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Innovative Forming Techniques (IFT) Workshop
ATP Fall Meeting - Tentative Agenda
November 18, 1998

TIME PRESENTER TITLE
8:00 a.m. Registration
9:00 a.m. John Gudas, Director of Materials and Manufacturing Office, NIST/Advanced Technology Program Opening Remarks
9:15 a.m. Clare Allocca, Program Manager, NIST/Advanced Technology Program ATP Focused Program Criteria / Current projects in IFT
9:45 a.m. Dr. Philip Whalen, Ceramics Technology Skillbase Leader, AlliedSignal Technology Center, AlliedSignal, Inc. Technical Barriers, Innovations and Economic Benefit: The Future in Ceramics and their Composites
10:30 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m. David S. Lee, Program Manager, External Programs Office, Howmet Research Corporation Technical Barriers, Innovations and Economic Benefit: The Future in Metals and their Composites
11:30 a.m. Thomas Mueller, Mueller & Flynn Consultants Technical Barriers, Innovations and Economic Benefit: The Future in Solid Freeform Fabrication and Rapid Prototyping
12:15 p.m. Clare Allocca, Program Manager, NIST/Advanced Technology Program Organization and Goals of Afternoon Breakout Sessions
12:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30 p.m. Breakout Sessions: -
  • Ceramics and Ceramic Matrix Composites - Session Chair: Clare Allocca, NIST
  • Metals and Metal Matrix Composites - Session Chair: Robert Schaefer, NIST
  • Rapid Prototyping and Solid Freeform Fabrication - Session Chair: John Gudas, NIST
    Objectives:
  • Identify critical technical hurdles that industry needs to overcome but cannot overcome without ATP support.
  • Identify economic benefits associated with overcoming these hurdles
  • Identify industry growth paths for these technologies with and without ATP support.
  • Discuss why industry needs ATP.
3:00 p.m. Break
3:15 p.m. Reports from Breakout Sessions and Discussion of Session Results
5:00 p.m. Adjourn

Date created: October 1998
Last updated: April 12, 2005
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