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Workshop Agenda
DAY 1, DECEMBER 8, 2014
8:00 a.m. | Working Breakfast |
8:30 |
Welcome
Mike McGrath |
8:45 | Meeting Objective |
Introduction
9:15 |
Combat Vehicle Weight Reduction, An Introduction
Robert Carter and Erik Polsen, U.S. Army Research Laboratory and U.S. Army TARDEC |
Topic 1: Armor
9:40 |
The Science of Materials in Extreme Dynamic Environments
K.T. Ramesh, Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute |
10:20 | Break |
10:40 |
Alcoa, Lighter, Faster and Stronger
Rod Heiple, Alcoa |
11:20 |
Mechanical Behaviour of Protection Materials
Vikram Deshpande, Cambridge University, United Kingdom |
12:00 p.m. | Lunch |
Topic 2: Structure and Automotive Issues
1:00 |
The Lightweight and Modern Metals Manufacturing Innovation (LM3I)–Institute
Bill Mullins, Navy Sponsor of the LM3I |
1:40 |
Joining of Dissimilar Materials and Manufacturing Constraints During Design
Dianne Chong, Boeing |
2:20 |
Advanced Manufacturing Case Studies
Slade Gardner, Lockheed Martin |
3:00 |
The 3-Country Magnesium Project
Eric Nyberg, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
Panel Session: Implications for Armor/Structure and Automotive Issues
3:40 |
Panelists: Tom Kurfess, Georgia Institute of Technology Mick Maher, DARPA
Eric Nyberg, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
Lead: Bob Schafrik | |
4:40 | Adjourn |
DAY 2, DECEMBER 9, 2014
8:00 a.m. | Working Breakfast |
8:30 | Welcome, What We Heard Yesterday |
Topic 3: System Effects and Testing
8:40 |
Design Optimization That Takes Manufacturing Process Constraints Into Consideration
Mike Peretti, GE |
9:20 |
Lightweighting System Propagation Effects in the Air and on the Road
Olivier L. de Weck, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
10:00 | Break |
10:20 | TBD |
11:00 |
From MAX to MXene: From 3D to 2D
Michel Barsoum, Drexel University |
11:40 | Lunch |
Closing
12:40 p.m. |
Weight Reduction, A Web of Complex Constraints
Robert Carter and Erik Polsen, U.S. Army Research Laboratory and U.S. Army TARDEC |
1:10 |
Wrap-up Discussion of Workshop
Haydn Wadley, University of Virginia |
1:40 | Adjourn Workshop |