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September/October
2006
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Revised
AISI Prescriptive Method Approved as American National
Standard
The
revised AISI Standard for Cold-Formed Steel Framing—Prescriptive
Method for One and Two Family Dwellings has just
been approved as an American National Standard by the
American National Standards Institute (ANSI). In response
to the need for increased performance by building materials
in hostile weather conditions, AISI's revised Prescriptive
Method has increased the wind load requirement for
residential framing up to 150 mph. This change has made
steel more competitive in high-wind regions such as
south Florida and the U.S. Gulf Coast.
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IPSCO
Inc. Presdient and CEO David Sutherland (left)
and EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson (right)
at a mercury switch signing event held in August.
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AISI
Joins Others for National Vehicle Mercury Switch Recovery
Program
In
August, AISI joined forces with the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA), the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers,
the Steel Manufacturers Association, the Institute of
Scrap Recycling Industries, the Automotive Recyclers
Association, Environmental Defense, the Ecology Center
(Ann Arbor), and representatives of the Environmental
Council of the States in an agreement known as the National
Vehicle Mercury Switch Recovery Program. The program
is the result of a two-year collaborative effort among
these environmental and industry organizations to find
a solution to the mercury switch issue.
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AISI
Wins 2006 WebAward for Newly Redesigned Steelworks
AISI
has received a Standard of Excellence WebAward in the
annual Web Marketing Association competition in the
'Associations' category for its newly redesigned Web
site. The WebAwards is an international Web site award
program now in its 10th year.
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Professor
Donald R. Sadoway and his team at MIT have successfully
demonstrated the technical viability of producing
iron by MOE in a laboratory scale-cell.
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MOE:
Environmentally Friendly Alternative for Iron Making
AISI
announced this August that under the leadership of Professor
Donald R. Sadoway, in the Department of Materials Science
Engineering, a team at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (MIT) has successfully demonstrated the technical
viability of producing iron by molten oxide electrolysis
(MOE) in a laboratory scale-cell. As part of the AISI/Department
of Energy (DOE) Technology Roadmap Program (TRP), producing
iron in the lab by MOE represents a significant stride
and is a positive signal about the future of this technology,
according to Lawrence W. Kavanagh, AISI vice president
of manufacturing and technology.
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Transporation
design and engineering students from AISI's
summer automotive design internship unveil their
concept vehicles.
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AISI
Joins in Unveiling of "My Other Car Is..."
Concept
Vehicles
This
summer, design and engineering disciplines merged as
students from College for Creative Studies (CCS) and
University of Michigan (U-M) unveiled their remarkable
automotive designs for the 18th annual American Iron
and Steel Institute (AISI) summer automotive design
internship. This year's internship program broke new
ground by introducing a real-world twist.
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