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The 2009 International Forum on Design for Manufacture and Assembly Conference Program

Tuesday - June 9
Session I       Resurrecting U.S. Manufacturing

From Policy to Technology: The State of U.S Manufacturing Today
Richard McCormack
Manufacturing & Technology News

Systematic DFMA Deployment: It Just Could Resurrect US Manufacturing
Mike Shipulski
Hypertherm
Session II      DFMA Implementation

Decision-making process for implementing DFMA in engineering department
Sam Mikhail
International Game Technology

A Level-Headed Approach to Costing and Machining
Jim Hale
Aztalan Engineering

High Impact New Product Development
Ned O’Donovan
Rensselaer Polytechnic, Hartford
Session III     Assembly Planning and Cost Engineering

Cost Modeling with DFMA
Jason Lynn
Whirlpool Corporation

Web-based, Interactive 3D Assembly Work Instructions
Garth Coleman
Dassault Systèmes 3DVIA

Session IV     Environmental Assessment and Product Design

Eco-Design: Be Green, Be Competitive, Be Efficient
Mike Zepp
Dassault Systèmes ENOVIA

DFMA 2009 and Design for Environment
Winston Knight
Boothroyd Dewhurst, Inc.

Project Based Approach for Teaching DFMA
Jennifer Hurley
NEIT
Wednesday - June 10
Session V      Product Design

The Soft Stuff is the Hard Stuff: Deploying DFMA Successfully is the Challenge
Chris Tsai
Global Productivity, Inc.

The Unified Theory of Product Development
Doug King
Society of Manufacturing Engineers

Great Designs – Getting It "Right . . . the 'Second' Time”
Robert Williams
Creative Design Solutions
Session VI     Panel Discussion

Reviving U.S. Manufacturing: How to make it happen
Session VII    DFMA Software Demonstrations
Note: Speakers and presentations listed are scheduled. The 2009 DFMA Forum Program is subject to change without notice.