esd-logo.gif (8297 bytes)Emerging Technologies


Co-sponsored by NCMS and The Engineering Society of Detroit
May 4, 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Purpose:

The purpose of this session is to expose attendees to leading edge technologies that may be five to ten years away from widespread adoption by industry but are expected to have considerable impact as they mature. On industry roadmaps, the types of emerging industries spotlighted here would be mid-range milestones as opposed to near or far-term.

Who Should Attend:

This session focuses on information useful to technology and engineering managers, manufacturing operations professionals, strategic planning professionals, and researchers. Presentation content is focused on processes and equipment and is technical at an overview level.

Session Agenda:

2:00 pm – 2:15 pm
Introduction
Rich Pearson, Manager, Manufacturing Technology Planning, Ford Motor Company

2:15 pm – 3:00 pm
High Speed Machining: Controls and Linear Motor Positioning
Todd Schuett, Creative Technologies
Jim O’Neil, Kingsbury Corporation

3:00 pm – 3:30 pm
The IBM Smart Car
Ray Lipa, Director, Bresson, Rupp, Lipa & Co.

3:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Bonding and Joining Technologies
Elaine Yorkgitis, Technical Supervisor, 3M

4:00 pm – 4:45 pm
Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS)
Dr. James Smith, Micromachine Department, Sandia National Laboratories

4:45 pm – 5:00 pm
Wrap-up

Objectives:

  1. Provide a brief review of topics presented in 1997,
  2. Update the High Speed Machining and Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems topics presented in 1997,
  3. Present three new topics,
  4. Provide attendees with a heads-up on emerging technologies,
  5. Provide input to strategic planners developing or utilizing technology roadmaps in other sessions.

Background:

This Emerging Technologies session, co-sponsored by NCMS and the Engineering Society of Detroit, was established in 1997 as an ongoing series. The series will focus on emerging technologies (defined as technologies that have advanced beyond basic to applied research but have not yet attained widespread adoption by industry) rather than advanced (defined as technologies still in the basic research stage) or mature (defined as technologies with widespread industry adoption). Through this session, it will be possible over the years to track important technologies from early emergence to maturity.

Technique:

This session is designed as informative rather than as a vehicle for strategic planning. The topics are certainly of interest to strategic planners but there will be no interactive brainstorming of roadmap milestones. The session format is presentations with Q&A periods. The speakers will be well known experts in their field. Bring your notepad and prepare to be astounded with technologies just now entering industrial practice.

Session Contact: Tony Haynes - 734-995-4930, tonyh@ncms.org
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