Great Designs in Steel 2009
Seminar Presentations

ULSAB-AVC (Advanced Vehicle Concepts) on the Road Today
Jody Shaw
United States Steel Corporation

Applications of Advanced High-Strength Steel in the 2009 Acura TL and 2009 Honda Pilot
Robert Zum Mallen, Shawn Tarr, Jim Dykeman and Janine Odell
Honda R&D Americas Inc.

Future of Steel in the Automobiles of the 21st Century
Raj Sohmshetty
Ford Motor Company

Durability Performance of Steel Fuel Tanks in Aggressive Flex Fuels
Peter Mould
Strategic Alliance for Steel Fuel Tanks

Investigation of Tooling Durability for Advanced High-Strength Steel
Darryl Young
Ford Motor Company

2009 Ford F-150 Body Structure Technologies
Shawn Morgans
Ford Motor Company

Automotive Lightweighting and Upcoming Energy-Climate Policy Opportunities
John DeCicco
Environmental Defense Fund

A Comparative Study of Joint Efficiency for Advanced High-Strength Steels
John Bohr
General Motors Corporation

Effects of Material Properties and Weld Geometry on Fatigue Performance of DP780 and Mild Steel GMAW Lap Joints
Justin Hunt & Jack Sang
AET Integration, Inc.

Tailored Steel Products – A Smart Investment
Frank Fenton
Powerlasers Corporation

Material Comparison for Lightweight Liftgates
Theresa Lee
General Motors Corporation

The Challenges of Advanced High-Strength Steels at Rescue and Extrication Incidents
Ron Moore, Battalion Chief
McKinneyFire Department

Future Generation Passenger Compartment
Joseph Polewarczyk
General Motors Corporation

Improving PHS Ductility through Orientation of the Blank Rolling Direction
Mark Dingman & Chris Chen
General Motors Corporation

The Unique Formability of Advanced High-Strength Steels
Robert H. Wagoner
The Ohio State University

Characterization and Prediction of Fracture of Advanced High-Strength Steels in Automotive Applications
Tom Wierzbicki
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

An Experimental Study on Shear Fracture of Advanced High Strength Steels
Hua-Chu Shih
United States Steel Corporation

Bending Process Optimization of Dual Phase 780 Tubes for Body Structural and Chassis Applications
Ramakrishna Koganti, Ford Motor Company
Isadora van Riemsdijk, ArcelorMittal Dofasco

Development of a Complex Phase Steel for Rim Application by ArvinMeritor Wheels Division as a Strategy for Weight Reduction
Luiz Lopes
ArvinMeritor

Advanced High-Strength Steels and Tubular Multi-Wall^TM Technology in a Twist Axle Application
Stefano Lepre, ArcelorMittal Tubular Products
Frédéric Hopp, ArcelorMittal Global R&D

Mass Efficient Architecture for Roof Strength
Shawn Morgans
Ford Motor Company

Optimized Steel Solutions for Roof Strength Using AHSS
Guofei Chen
United States Steel Corporation

Crush Performance of Thin Walled Spot-Welded and Weld-Bonded Sections
Paul Davidson
Universityof Michigan

NVH Technology in the BMW 1 Series
Tony Fleszar
LMS North America

Future Steel Vehicle - Advanced Powertrains and the Influence on Material Selection
Harry Singh
EDAG

Future Steel Vehicle Design Methodology - Highly Optimized Front Rail Achieving 40% Mass Reduction
Akbar Farahani
ETA

Highly Optimized Advanced High-Strength Steel Rear Chassis
Jamal Alghanem
Chrysler LLC

2008 Presentations