PRESENT A JOINT DINNER MEETING
Development of a Magnesium-Intensive Engine
Social Sponsor: Pridgeon and Clay Advanced Engineering Lab
Date: Thursday, October 13, 2016
Time: 5:30 pm Social Hour: Fellowship and Networking
6:30 pm Dinner 7:15 pm Brief Presentation from Social Sponsor
7:30 Main Presentation
RESERVE WITH MEAL CHOICE BY NOON ON MONDAY 10/10/16
to DaAliya@itothen.com or 616-475-0059
If you require special food accommodations, you must sign up on time.
Place: Holiday Inn Downtown Grand Rapids
310 Pearl Street NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49504 ▪ (616) 235-1995
Cost: Members and Non-members $25.00
Payment by cash or check at the door.
Students, retirees and unemployed $12.00
Speaker: Peter P. Ried, Jr., Ried and Associates, Portage, MI
Menu: Your Choice of Salmon Oscar or London Broil. All meals include salad, accompaniment, rolls, coffee or tea or lemonade, and carrot cake.
FEATURE PRESENTATION: Lightweighting, like engineering, can be both a verb and a noun – an action and a result. As such, it is an important technical enabler for all manner of consumer, industrial, and durable goods by improving mobility or portability – and more broadly, quality of life.
Among metals, magnesium (atomic weight 24) is one of many possible lightweighting alternatives to steel/cast iron (atomic weight 56) and aluminum (atomic weight 27).
The "Development of a Magnesium-Intensive Engine" examines a multi-year, multi-million dollar precompetitive applied research program addressing the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) mandate of 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025. Jointly led by GM, Ford, and Chrysler, Peter served as Technical Administrator and Consultant, guiding the collaboration of a team representing over 50 suppliers, universities, and national laboratories.
The "Development of a Magnesium-Intensive Engine" takes a comprehensive systems-level "atoms to autos" approach, revealing many aspects of materials design and selection from alloy development and characterization through engine design, testing, and evaluation.
As Chief Engineer for Ried and Associates, Peter P. Ried, Jr. has been providing SQZ® engineering and consulting services for custom die, squeeze, and semi-solid casting solutions in aluminum and magnesium alloys throughout the value chain since 2001. Peter has ~40 years of domestic and international experience at leading OEM, casting, and tooling manufacturers, from apprentice to Chief Engineer, and has been responsible for product development, advanced engineering, sales and marketing, casting research, and operations. He currently serves as secretary for SME's Direct Digital Manufacturing Tech Group and is founding chair of NADCA's Die Surface Engineering Task Force. He has authored or co-authored some 24 articles for NADCA, TMS, SAE, and MFPT on topics ranging from die materials and heat treatment to surface engineering and systems thinking.
UPCOMING EVENT- Thursday, November 10, 2016: ASMI TRUSTEE VISIT,
Ellen Cerrata, Materials in Radiation and Dynamic Extremes Group at Los Alamos National Laboratory