AMTAS Autumn 2007 Meeting
Date: October 25, 2007 Time: 8:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. Location: University of Washington Seattle, WA
Overview
AMTAS' semiannual meeting of academic and industry partners attracted 70 attendees.
The meeting included:
- A Center activities report
- Updates from current and new AMTAS PIs about their research
- Review of the April 12 AMTAS meeting brainstorming sessions with industry participants
- Discussion of potential future research and training topics
Outcomes of Research/Education Topics Discussion
There was vigorous discussion of potential new research and short course topics (see page 2 of agenda).
The following topics appeared to be of most interest (not in priority order):
- Control of cure procedures during repair
- Long-term durability
- Facesheet delamination–internal pressures
- Over-cooked parts–heat degradation
- Systematic study of variability
- FEA short course—include optimization and real-world case studies
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Attendees listen to presentations. |
Eli Livne shares his views. |




