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Monday, October 6, 2008 • 1:30 PM – 5:00 PM

1. 1:30 PM Thermal Spray Technology, Serving as Modern Surfacing and Repair Method in Modern Industry by Fred van Rodijnen, Sulzer Metco OSU GmbH, Duisburg, NRW, Germany
2. 2:00 PM Applying Lean to Wire Dispensing for GMAW by Viwek Vaidya, Air Liquide Canada, Inc., Montreal, Canada, and Ed Cooper, Elco Enterprises, Inc., Jackson, MI
3. 2:30 PM Cold-Metal Transfer (CMT) – Applications in the Automotive Industry by Gerald Obritzberger, Fronius USA, Brighton, MI
4. 3:00 PM Shielding Gas Blends for Welding in Face of Helium Shortage by Viwek Vaidya, Air Liquide Canada, Inc., Montreal, Canada, Bryan George, Air Liquide, Palm Coast, FL, and Charles Caristan, Air Liquide Industries US LP, Houston, TX
5. 3:30 PM  Magnetic Pulse Welding: Principles and Applications by Jianhui Shang, Hirotec America, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI, and Victor Shribman, Pulsar, Ltd., Yavne, Israel
6. 4:00 PM  Integrated Internet Tracking of Manufactured Components Using Unique Machine Readable Identification by Kevin McGushion, Exel Orbital Systems, Inc., Simi Valley, CA

1. 1:30 PM  Spatter Reduction of Stainless Steel Sheets GMAW Using CBT Process by Matthew Brooks, OTC DAIHEN Inc., Tipp City, OH, Tetsuo Era and Tomoyuki Ueyama, OTC DAIHEN Corp., Kobe, Japan, and Yoshinori Hirata, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
2. 2:00 PM  Measurement of Weld Pool Surface in P-GMAW: A Preliminary Study by Xiaoji Ma and Yuming Zhang, Center for Manufacturing, Dept. of ECE, Lexington, KY
3. 2:30 PM  GMAW Sensor Fusion: Development of Sensor Correlations and Quality Differentiating Algorithms by Paul Boulware, EWI, Columbus, OH
4. 3:00 PM  Automated Monitoring of Metal Transfer for Real-Time Control by Zhenzhou Wang, Yan Shao, and Yuming Zhang, Center for Manufacturing, Dept. of ECE, Lexington, KY
5. 3:30 PM – CANCELLED
   Automated Welding and Data Acquistion Initiative: A Key Enabler for Next Generation Nuclear Reactors by James Dowalo and Larry Zirker, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID
6. 4:00 PM – CANCELLED
   Optimisation of Tandem GMAW: For Root Runs in Pipe at Low Current Levels by Ruham Pablo Reis, Federal University of Uberlandia-Brazil/University of Wollongong, Fairy Meadow, Australia John Norrish, Dominic Cuiuri, and Alexander Nicholson, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia

1. 1:30 PM  Effect of Molybdenum and Niobium Additions on the Ductility-dip Cracking Susceptibility of High-Cr, Ni-base Filler Metals: Strain-to-fracture testing and advanced characterization techniques have been used to determine the beneficial effects of Mo and Nb by John C. Lippold, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, Samuel D. Kiser, Special Metals Welding Products Co., Newton, NC, and Antonio J. Ramirez, Synchrotron Light National Laboratory, Campinas, Brazil
2. 2:00 PM  An Investigation on X80 Pipeline Steel HAZ by Joel Pepin, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, Hani Henein, Douglas Ivey, and J.B. Wiskel, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, and Christopher Penniston, IPSCO Inc., Regina, Canada
3. 2:30 PM  Elevated Temperature Ductility of Alloy C22: Solid-State Cracking Investigation by Morgan Gallagher, The Ohio State University, Houston, TX, and John C. Lippold, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
4. 3:00 PM  Investigation of HAZ Cracking in Haynes 230 by Thomas J. Lienert, William L. Stellwag, Jr., Carl T. Necker, and Paul Burgardt, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM
5. 3:30 PM  Direct Observation of Ductility-dip Cracking Phenomena of Ni-base Filler Metals: In-situ High Temperature Deformation Observation in Electron Microscope of DDC Phenomenon on Ni-base Filler Metals FM-52 and FM-82 by Antonio J. Ramirez, Edwar A. Torres and Fellipe G. Peternella, Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory, Campinas, Brazil, and Rubens Caram Jr., State University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
6. 4:00 PM  Pipe Welded Joint Mechanical Property and Corrosion Resistance by Estela Silvia Surian, UNLZ and Regional Faculty San Nicolas-UTN, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Esteban Baralla, TENARIS-SIAT, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Monica Zalazar, UNCo, Cipolietti, Argentina, and Mabel Ramini de Rissone, UTN, San Nicolas, Argentina
7. 4:30 PM  Microstructural Control for the Improved Resistance to Weld Metal Cold Cracking by Hee Jin Kim, Hoi Soo Ryoo, and Jun Seok Seo, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology, ChonAnSi, Korea