Advantages of Steel Fuel Tanks
PowerPoint presentation that outlines the benefits of steel fuel tanks.

Steel Fuel Tanks - RESEARCH ANALYSIS: Fueling Opinions in the Tank Market
Fueled by the need to save weight and reduce evaporative emissions, a great deal of innovative design and materials work is going into vehicle fuel tank systems. Matthew Beecham reports on the ongoing plastic versus steel tanks debate.

Great Designs in Steel 2006: Innovations in Steel Fuel Tanks
A presentation that outlines the latest innovations and technology in the Steel Fuel Tank market.

Steel Wheels: A Wheel Story (just-auto.com)
Steel wheels are making a comeback as vehicle makers realize they can save up to US$250 per vehicle, without sacrificing quality or performance.

Tool-and-Die Shops Collaborate to Help Automotive OEMs and Their Suppliers Form Advanced High-Strength Steels
An article highlighting the importance of accelerating the pace of development of new steel grades and improving the competitiveness of the North American automotive industry.

AISI/CCS Summer Internship: 2005 Where "Bling" is King: AISI Challenges College for Creative Studies Transportation Students to Take Vehicle Design to the Extreme
Just when the emotional side of you says you can't have it all, the rational side realizes that a car "blinged to the max" proves you can. And that makes for a pretty extreme drive

Auto/Steel Partnership Approved for Freedom CAR Design Project
The Auto/Steel Partnership (A/SP) has received approval to initiate a lightweighting design project using advanced high-strength steels (AHSS) to assist the achievement of the future energy goals of Freedom CAR.

Steel Takes the Stage in Classic Car Event
Article highlighting AISI's co-sponsorship with the 2003 Woodward Dream Cruise, the world's largest celebration of the classic car culture.

Great Designs in Steel Seminar 2005 Draws Record-Breaking Attendance

AISI/CCS Summer Internship: 2004 Challenges Interns to Design Car Inspired by One of the Great Films of our Times
The 16th annual AISI/College for Creative Studies (CCS) Internship Program was launched on May 21, with students Darren Chilton, Robert Jablonski and Dan Kline ready to take on the challenge of their young careers.

Advanced High-Strength Steels Take Center Stage on Woodward Dream Cruises
Each year, over 1.5 million car buffs line up along legendary Woodward Avenue near Detroit to celebrate classic cars and the heydays of the fifties and sixties.

Long Products: Automakers Rely on Steel Performance for World's Ten Best Engines
Results from a new study show that automakers rely extensively on steel for strength, durability, mass efficiency and cost-effectiveness in their high-performance engines.

Innovative Steel Technologies Yield Significant ROI
AISI's Automotive Applications Committee (AAC) member companies are seeing a significant return from their investment in today's automotive market.

Great Designs in Steel Seminar 2004 Draws Over 1,200 Automotive Attendees
2004 technical seminar focusing on new and emerging automotive steel technology.

Great Designs in Steel Seminar 2004 Highlights
2004 technical seminar focusing on new and emerging automotive steel technology

AISI/CCS Summer Internship: 2003 Transportation Design Students Challenged to Design Vehicles for Urban Youth
AISI interns Jeff Hammoud, Amina Horozic, and Lawrence Yeung discuss their inspirations behind their designs of functional, futuristic vehicles that will appeal to urban youth.

AISI/CCS Summer Internship: 2003 Young Designers Convey Steel's Message of Strength and Gain Valuable Learning Experiences
AISI interns Rob Hunwick, Hyunsoo Kim, and Antonio Molinari captured the tuner passion in the concept model cars they unveiled to the automotive community, meeting the challenge of designing the vehicles with mass-production in mind.

Great Designs In Steel Seminar 2003 Scores Second Success
Highlights of this all-day, two-track technical seminar, featuring presentations on advanced high-strength steels and advanced manufacturing technology utilized in the automotive industry. Links provided to all presentations.

Great Designs in Steel Seminar 2003 Highlights
2003 technical seminar focusing on new and emerging automotive steel technology

Long Products: The Use of Steel Long Products in Future Vehicle Construction
Technical article addressing the future of Bar and Rod Steel usage in Powertrain Systems, Connecting Rods, Crankshafts, Cylinders, Camshafts, Diesel Engines, Manual and Automatic Transmissions, Drive Shafts, Constant Velocity Joints, Steering, Suspension, Coil Springs, Bearings and Fasteners.

Steel Wheels: What do Consumers want in a Wheel?
The Wheels Task Force of the American Iron and Steel Institute worked closely with wheel manufacturers, trim suppliers and car companies and conducted consumer research to answer pertinent industry questions.

Great Designs in Steel Seminar 2002 Highlights
2002 technical seminar focusing on new and emerging automotive steel technology

Great Designs in Steel Seminar 2002 Launches to an Enthusiastic Crowd of 500 Automotive Engineers
Highlights of this all-day, two-track technical seminar featuring the first public, fully detailed engineering report presentation on the ULSAB-AVC. All presentations covered advanced high-strength steels and advanced manufacturing technology utilized in the automotive industry today.

Advanced High-Strength Steel - Baseline Understanding
Technical article providing a baseline understanding of how Advanced High-Strength Steels unique mechanical properties evolve from their processing and structure. The article covers Dual Phase (DP) Steels, Transformation Induced Plasticity (TRIP) Steels, Complex Phase (CP) Steels, Advanced High-Strength Steel Processing, Forming Assessment, and Materials Selection.

Steel Fuel Tanks: Plastic and Steel Take Different Roads to Tanks
Article that highlights the solution taken on behalf of the plastics and steel companies in meeting environmental regulation challenges in coming up with new tank and fuel system designs.

Steel Wheels: Steel Industry Reveals Light Truck Wheel Innovation
Results of the Light Truck Wheels Study initiated by the Wheels Task Force of American Iron and Steel Institute.

AISI/CCS Summer Internship: 2000 Transportation Design Project Tackles the Ultimate SUV
Adventurous. Rugged. Unique. Three words that unequivocally describe the nature of the beast three student designers are up against as they push to design concept vehicles based on General Motors' Hummer for the twelfth annual CCS transportation design project sponsored by American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI).

High-Strength Steel Quietly Makes Major Automotive Gains
Article highlighting the current use and future growth of advanced high-strength steels in the lightweight vehicle market.

Auto/Steel Partnership Publishes Corrosion Protection Guide
This guide focuses on protecting vehicle underbody structural components from corrosion and is a must for automotive engineers responsible for design and process engineering, material selection or corrosion performance.

Frequently Asked Questions about the MIT Study
Questions and answers pertaining to the MIT study on the relative consequences of automotive material choices over time.

Tracking the Return of Major Automotive Components to Steel
A technical article demonstrating how advanced characteristics in steel provide solutions that engineers and designers seek for future vehicle design.

AISI/CCS Summer Internship: 1999 CCS Student Designers give the Hummer Product Line a Futuristic Facelift
AISI Interns captured the hummer heritage as they unveiled their concept vehicles to the automotive engineering community.

AISI/CCS Summer Internship: 1998 CCS Design Debut-My First Car Designs Target Innovation and Marketability
AISI Interns unveil their design concepts of an entry-level vehicle, sticker priced less that $16,000.

Bar and Rod: Fasteners-Important Customer to Steel
Article discussing the bar and rod market development initiatives and the need to explore the opportunities within the fastener industry.

Steel Wheels: AISI Introduces Lightweight Microalloy Steel Wheels
Article addressing how automotive stylists can reduce weight and cost, without sacrificing consumer appeal by using Lightweight Microalloy Steel Wheels.

Light Truck Structure: AISI Offers Solutions to Design and Manufacturing Challenges
Article addressing how the Light Truck Structure program shows weight and cost savings, and increased structural performance against benchmarked results.

ULSAB: Working High-Strength Steel into Automotive Design
Article addressing how automotive engineers and the steel industry work together to overcome the learning curve and gain valuable experience on the use of high-strength steel in automotive design.

ULSAB: A Global Effort Focused on a Single Goal
Article discussing the successful collaboration of the global steel industry and its completion the UltraLight Steel Auto Body program.

ULSAB: The Steel Industry Comes Together Delivering Technology to Customers
Article addressing the benefits of pre-competitive technology cooperation among steel producers around the globe.

Steel Bumpers: A New Vision in Bumper Systems
Technical article on a 50-page bumper report outlining steel bumper systems that help overcome future engineering challenges.

ULSAB: An Inside Look at the Details
Technical article covering the benchmarking, philosophy, styling, materials selection and processes, manufacturing elements, structural performance charts, and economic analyses for the ULSAB research project results.

CARS: New Software May Open the Door for Advanced Materials and Manufacturing
Article discussing new computer software and hardware technology that are helping automotive body engineers better predict vehicle crash behavior in relationship to vehicle design and material usage.

ULSAB: Key Points to Remember About Steel and the UltraLight Steel Auto Body
Ten Points outlining the reasons why the ULSAB vehicle raises the bar on automotive design and future manufacturing of vehicles.

ULSAC: Steel Closures-Steel Industry Announces Results of UltraLight Steel Auto Closure (ULSAC) Study
Overview of Phase One of the UltraLight Steel Auto Closures Project the shows closure design ideas that cut vehicle weight by more than 50 pounds.

ULSAB: Auto Executives are on Hand as the Steel Industry Pulls The Sheet off on ULSAB
The North American Steel Industry unveils the results of their $22M research project showing a 36 percent vehicle weight reduction while reducing costs and meeting future safety standards.

CARS: Automotive Steel Design Software Solves Problems in Hours
An introduction to the software release of CARS 1998 that provides a quick, accurate finite element assessment of steel-based automotive design concepts.