2007 CTMA Symposium Presentations

Tuesday, March 27, 2007

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Plenary – Identification of Needs

8:00 a.m.  Welcome, Richard F. Pearson, President & CEO, NCMS

8:05 CTMA/Symposium Purpose, Chuck Ryan, Vice President,Technology, NCMS

8:30 DoD Strategy for Materiel Readiness, David Pauling, Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Materiel Maintenance Policy, ADUSD (MR&MP)

John Johns, Deputy Commander, Fleet Readiness Centers, US Naval Air Forces

9:30 Break

10:15 AF Logistics for the 21st Century, Tim Dues, Deputy Director for Maintenance Directorate of Logistics and Sustainment, HQ Air Force Materiel Command

CAPT Jonathan A. Dowell, USN Commander, Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Keyport

11:15 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.   Lunch

1:00 CTMA Project Highlight – Light Armored Vehicle (LAV), Sense and Respond,Bill Black, Black & Rossi, LLC and Dr. Steven Haynes IST/PSU

1:30 CTMA Project Highlight – Enhanced Wiring Integrity Systems (EWIS), Donald Chew, USAF COL. Ret.

2:00 Break

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Track Sessions - (Tue.)

Plating/Coatings

2:30 Hard Chrome Plating at North Island, George Cushnie, Advanced Tooling Corp.

Part II: Using Conforming Anodes in the Fleet Readiness Center, Bryan Pilgram,Fleet Readiness Center Southwest

3:00 Kinetic Spray Processing, Walley Birtch, Centerline

3:30 Laser Coating Removal, Phase II, Joel Galles, NUWC Keyport

4:00 Durable Non-Skid Coating Lifecycle Management and  Operations, Charlie Tricou, Penn State 

4:30 Robotic Painting Optimization, Matt Collins, Vision Solutions, Int’l

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Lifecycle Management and Operations

2:30 Six Sigma for Lifecycle Data Management, Phase II, Dimitri Mavriplis, UGS; Bob Mann, BCT Technology; Hallie Johcox, Cohesia Corp.; and Jayne Abney, General Electric

3:00 Assembly and Design Documentation, Ed Chenhalls, UGS Corporation

3:30 OptiCAM IV, Mike Huff, Spatial Integrated Systems, Matt Brennan, UGS Corporation

4:00 Legacy Lifecycle Management Monitoring and Inspection, Nainesh Rathod, Imaginestics and Bob Mann, BCT Technology

4:30 Thermal Drilling Application Development, Bill Charron, Ford Motor Company

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Monitoring and Inspection

2:30 Static Event Detector Monitoring and Inspection, Niels Jackson, VCD Technologies, LLC

3:00 Automated Process and Inspection Guide, Randy Kirk, Aspire Solutions, Randel Bowman and Edwin Kincaid, OC-ALC

3:30 Smart Machine Pilot Project, Phase II, Jim Dallam, Maintenance Technologies

4:00 High-Performance 3D Scanning System and Portable Large Shape Inspection System, Scott Ackerman, Dimensional Photonics Internat’l

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5:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Evening Reception and Tabletop Displays

Wednesday, March 28, 2007

7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Registration
 

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Plating/Coatings

8:00  Modernization of Nickel Electroplating at Depots, George Cushnie, Advanced Tooling Corp

Part II: Conforming Nickel Plating for AH-64 Rotor Blade Tip Cap Assembly PN 7-311412053, Jeremy Smith and Herb Goode, Corpus Christi Army Depot
 

8:30  DoD Metal Finishing Workforce Development Program, Jeremy Smith, CCAD

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Parts Marking

9:00 IUID Depot Maintenance Customer Day, Chris Sautter, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville

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Electronics

10:15 Automated Test Equipment, Synthetic Instrumentation, Chris Clendenin, Boeing

10:45 Legacy Test Program Set, Migration System, Peter Hansen, Teradyne

11:15 Impact of Lead/Free Initiatives on Military Intermediate Depot Maintenance Facilities, Aaron Caplan, GSA Service Co.

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Fuel

11:45 Fueling the DoD – In a Petroleum-Challenged World, Greg Russell, USMC Maintenance Directorate

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Lifecycle Management and Operations

8:00 Casting Knowledge Re-Used Based Cost Advisor, Prasenjit Datta Roy, Imaginestics

8:30 Centralized Fleet Automated Management System (CFAMS),Tom Manzagol , I.D. Systems, Inc.

9:00 Configuration Change Management, Dimitri Mavriplis, UGS Corporation

9:30 Managing Risk in the Preventative Maintenance Program, Robin Baxter, IMES, Inc. and Ben Stevens, OMDEC, Inc.

10:15 Using Simulation to Improve Process and Workflow Efficiency, Joe Hugan, Magnys V-Sim

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Composites

10:45 Heat Transfer Classification for Production Tooling
 & Composite Repair, Tom Rose, AvPro

11:15 Autonomous Cooperative Agents for Composite Curing Control, Francisco Maturana, Rockwell Automation

11:45 Inspection & Repair Preparation Cell (IRPC), Frank Elliott, GFM

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Monitoring and Inspection

8:00 Portable/Hand-Held Oil Assessment Devices   Part I,  Part II,  Part III, Dr. Edward Urbansky, Joint Oil Analysis Program Technical Support Center (JOAP) 

8:30 Next Generation Inspection Systems, Phase III, Jeffrey Calkins, Manufacturing Resources Inc.

9:00 Predictive Maintenance Systems, CH-53E Helicopters, Frederick Wylie, NAVAIR Pax River
 

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Low-Volume Advanced Manufacturing Processes

9:30 Advanced Digital Fabrication & Repair, Randy Jeffcoat, Trident Refit Facility: Mark Tobler, General Pattern; and Ken Cooper, NASA-Marshall Space

10:15 Real-Time Ultrasonic Control of Bolt Tightening Application Development, Bill Charron, Ford Motor Company

10:45 Ultrasonic Consolidation Of Titanium Alloys for High
Performance Military Aircraft Damage Repair, Anu Gupta, Solidica Inc.

11:45 Parts Washing Using Bioremediation Technology, Don Makaruk, ChemFree Corp.

12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Group Luncheon Speaker – LTGEN Mike Hough, (Ret.), The Former Head of Marine Corps Aviation

1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Brainstorming Workshops

3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Workshop Reports

4:30 p.m. Next Steps and Adjourn