2018 GDIS Presentations

Highly Toughened Gap Filling Adhesives For Enhanced Body Structure Reinforcement
Track 3 – Daniel Sophiea / Raymond Bis – Dow Automotive Systems

Improvement of Bendability and Resistance to Hydrogen Embrittlement in Press Hardening Steels
Track 2 – Rafael Mesquita – CBMM

Press-Hardened and Roll-Formed Lightweight Bumpers in Steels with Enhanced Strength
Track 1 – Johan Nilsson – Gestamp

Press Hardening Furnaces with Integrated Flexible Tailored Tempering
Track 2 – Anton Oppermann – Ebner Industrieofenbau GmbH

Anti-Wear Improvement of Stamping Die Materials Through Duplex Chroming
Track 3 – Eric McCarty – Auto/Steel Partnership

Dynamic Considerations in Prediction of Fracture of Ultra High-Strength Steel During Crash
Track 1 – Michael Worswick – University of Waterloo

Optimal Design Solutions for Two Side SORB using Bumper Design Space
Rajasekaran Mohan – SMDI Bumper Group – Detroit Engineered Products

UltrapremiumTM and Endurance Steels
Track 2 – Daniel Gynther – TimkenSteel

Die Steel Improvements for AHSS Applications
Track 3 – Thomas Bell – Hitachi Metals Americas

Door Lightweighting Using Ultra-Thin AHSS Reinforced with Low Density CFRE Materials
Track 2 – Sriram Sadagopan – ArcelorMittal

Advanced High-Strength Steel Technologies in the 2019 Chevy Silverado
Track 2 – Joy Geeraerts and Jeff Sulik – General Motors Company

A New Hybrid Bead with Post-stretching Method to Effectively Control Spring-back for Advanced High-Strength Steel
Track 3 – Yu-Wei Wang – Auto/Steel Partnership – AK Steel Corporation

Thermal Integrated Clinching Process- Innovative Joining of Next Gen. of AHSS
Track 3 – Mark A. Savoy – Utica International Inc. and Hassan Ghassemi-Armaki – ArcelorMittal

Validating NEXMET™ AHSS as a Lightweight Steel Solution
Track 2 – Scott Stevens – AK Steel Corporation

Advanced Characterization of Automotive Steels for Forming and Crash Simulations
Track 1 – Fadi Abu-Farha – Clemson University

Consideration of Damage Accumulated During the Forming Process in Crash Simulations
Track 1 – Ashutosh Patil – FCA US LLC

An Efficient Methodology for Fracture Characterization and Prediction of DP980 Steels for Crash Application
Track 1 – Cliff Butcher – University of Waterloo

Competitive Designs With Tailor Rolled Products
Track 2 – Markus Zoernack – Mubea, Inc.

Optimization Process for Agricultural and Commercial Vehicles Steel Wheels
Track 2 – Pedro Gabriel Santos – Maxion Wheels

Strategic Steel Application in the Acura NSX Spaceframe
Track 2 – Kurtis Horner – Honda R&D; Americas, Inc.

Gas Metal Arc Brazing and Welding of Advanced High Strength Steels
Track 3 – Mike Palko – Auto/Steel Partnership – Ford Motor Company

2019 Acura RDX World’s First Inner & Outer Door Ring System
Track 2 – Joe Riggsby – Honda R&D; Americas, Inc. 2019 Acura RDX World’s First Inner & Outer Door Ring System

Hot Stamped Steel One-Piece Door Ring in the All-New 2019 Ram 1500
Track 2 – Paul Belanger – Gestamp and Dave Reed – FCA US LLC

A Comprehensive Study of Hole Punching for AHSS
Track 3 – Chao Pu – Auto/Steel Partnership – AK Steel Corporation

Improving the Drawing Process of AHSS by Using Servo Press Technologies
Track 3 – David Diaz-Infante – The Ohio State University

Developing Best-In-Class Repairability Guidelines and Procedures
Track 3 – Jason B. Bartanen – I-CAR (Inter-Industry Conference on Auto Collision Repair)

Lasers in Automotive – Precision and Flexibility for Advanced Manufacturing
Track 3 – Brandon Reinhold – Comau LLC