Great Designs in Steel 2007
Seminar Presentations

New Use of Dual-Phase Steels in the 2007 Saturn Aura Body Structure
Chad Cannon
General Motors Corporation

Improved Materials and Powertrain Architectures for 21st Century Trucks
Raj Sohmshetty
Ford Motor Company

Advanced High-Strength Steel Technology in the 2007 DaimlerChrysler Sebring
James Chapp, Jr. and Vinay C. Shah
DaimlerChrysler Corporation

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Advanced High-Strength Steel Technology in the 2007 Saturn Outlook, GMC Acadia and Buick Enclave
Terry Swartzell and Don Kolkis
General Motors Corporation

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AHSS Technology in the 2006 Honda Civic
Mark Pafumi
Honda R&D Americas, Inc.

Cost Modeling of Tailored Welded Blanks
Dr. Peter Mould
Tailored Steel Product Alliance
Jeremy Gregory
Camanoe Associates/MIT

Quickly Implemented Automotive Cost Reduction Ideas Using Laser Welded Blanks
Paul McKune
Noble International

Highly Engineered Structural Solutions for the 21st Century Autobody
Steve Jansen
Noble International

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Design and Manufacturing a CR DP980 B-Pillar for the GM Equinox/Torrent - Lessons Learned
Matthew J. Rodzik
NARMCO
Adrian Mihail
General Motors of Canada

Steel Wheels... From Concept to Reality
Bjorn Shuster, John Owens and Young Jae Yoo
College for Creative Studies

Hot Stamped Bumper Design - Challenges in Development for Meeting Multi-Regional Requirements
Achim Kroening
Benteler Automotive

Springback Control for Advanced High-Strength Steels
Mai Huang
Mittal Steel USA

Stochastic Simulation of Stamping Process - A Six Sigma Paradigm
Yu-Wei Wang
Severstal North America, Inc.

Track 3

Developing a Deep Draw Hot Stamped Fuel Tank Guard
Bryan Macek
Benteler Automotive

Advanced High-Strength Steel Application Guidelines
Blake Zuidema
Mittal Steel USA

Steel Content of Average North American Vehicle
John Schnatterly
Mega Associates

Metallic Material Trends for Light Vehicles in North America
Richard Schultz
Ducker Worldwide

Conversion of Aluminum Radiator Support in Steel Design on GM's New Full Size Pick-Up Trucks
Terry Peng
General Motors Corporation
Wayne Wong
Van Rob Inc.

Material Challenges for Automotive Globalization
Curt Horvath
General Motors Corporation

Product Design Considerations for AHSS Displaying Lower Formability Limits in Stamping with Sheared Edge Stretching
Alex A. Konieczny
United States Steel Corporation

Future Generation Passenger Compartment
Akbar Farahanni
ETA

Tribology Technologies
Alan Pearson
General Motors Corporation
Gregory Dalton
TribSys

Track 4

Fatigue Performance of Forged Steel and Ductile Cast Iron Crankshafts
Johnathan Williams and Ali Fatemi
The University of Toledo

Applications of Advanced High-Strength Steels in Roof Strength Design
Liang Huang
Mittal Steel USA

Fatigue Performance of Advanced High-Strength Steel GMAW Lap Joints
Jack Sang
AET Integration

Fatigue Performance of Conventional and Advanced High-Strength Steel Spot Welds
John Bonnen
Ford Motor Company

Investigation of Arc Welding Processes Applied to Advanced High-Strength Steels
Donald Maatz
RoMan Engineering

Weld Lobe Development and Assessment of Weldability of Common Automotive Studs and Nuts with Drawn Arc Welding Process
Siva Ramasamy
Emhart Teknologies, Inc.

Weldability and Performance of GMAW Joints of Advanced High-Strength Steels
Dr. Zhili Feng
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

New Advanced High-Strength Steels and How Laser Technology Enables the Process Chain
David Havrilla
TRUMPF

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