Category: Joint Presentation with AFS

SPEAKER: DAVID ROTHMAN

Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023 
6:00 PM Social Hour
6:45 PM Dinner
8:00 PM Program
Meal: Family Style Chicken & Liver dinner
Tickets: $35.00 at the door
Zehnders of Frankenmuth – Town Hall downstairs, 730 S Main St, Frankenmuth, MI 48734

Dave Rothman is Vice President of Four Lakes Task Force, the organization working to refill Secord, Smallwood, Wixom and Sanford lakes on the Tittabawassee River after the dams were destroyed or damaged by the May 19, 2020 flood. His main focus has been leading flood recovery work and applying for federal and state grant money. The presentation will be an overview of the progress to-date, including history of the project and current work on the dams.

Dave retired as a Senior Research Scientist after 33 years with the Dow Chemical Company in Midland, Michigan. He was educated at Principia College (B.S. Chemistry). Michigan State University (Ph.D.
Analytical Chemistry) and University of Georgia (Post-doctoral research).

Pay at the door. For scheduling questions, please contact Bernard at 810-265-8365 or ms037@email.sae.org

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Speaker: Jason Fischer, Executive Chief Engineer for Autonomous Programs at General Motors
Program Chair: Sue Manyen, AFS
Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022
6:00 PM Social
6:45 PM Dinner
8:00 PM Program

Zehnder’s of Frankenmuth, in the Downhill Room, Downstairs

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This is the Annual Joint Engineering Society dinner meeting with AFS, ASM, & Mid-Michigan Section SAE at Zehnder’s of Frankenmuth, 730 S Main St, Frankenmuth, MI 48734. 
Enjoy the Famous Family Style Chicken (fried and broiled) dinner with liver and soup before.

Jason will discuss:

– GM Autonomous Vehicle Program (Cruise Origin)

• Responsibility for all technical engineering, including manufacturing, while being wholly responsible for overall budget.
• Transforming the transportation industry in the mobility realm and lead future autonomous programs by creating culture change within General Motors, Cruise, and Honda.
• Providing leadership to cross functional teams in the areas of engineering management,program management (vehicle timing and global development process), finance, purchasing, human resource balancing, program quality, creative design, architecture management and enterprise cost decision making.
• Making informed and accurate decisions in a timely fashion with an ability to provide clear direction and vision while making appropriate tradeoff balances.

Jason Fischer, is an Engineering graduate of Michigan State University with a Masters in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University. He is the Executive Chief Engineer for Autonomous Programs at General Motors.

Zehnder’s of Frankenmuth, 730 S Main St, Frankenmuth, MI 48734.

Presented by the North American Die Casting Association (NADCA)

Available via Microsoft Teams and in-person

Speaker: Paul Brancaleon
Nov. 4, 2021
6:00 PM – Social Hour
7:00 PM – Dinner
8:00 PM – Business Meeting
8:15 PM – Program
Zehnder’s of Frankenmuth
Town Hall (downstairs), 
Frankenmuth, MI 

Paul Brancaleon, NADCA Director of Research, Education & Technology will share with us Trends In High Pressure Die Casting Machines and Lightweight Structural Castings. Over the past two decades high pressure die casting machines have more than doubled in size. Coupled with progress in materials and process technologies, the size and geometric complexity of die castings have increased as well as quality and performance characteristics. Today, lightweight die castings can be produced with favorable strength and high ductility for structural and crashworthy applications.

This presentation will provide an overview of progress and trends in die casting and describe structural die castings. Examples of conversions from multi-piece assemblies to single lightweight die castings, which result in time, cost, and floor space reduction benefits, will be provided. In addition, an update on additive manufacturing (AM) for die casting die components and joining of die castings by self-piercing rivets will be provided based on NADCA sponsored projects.

Speaker To Be Announced

Joint Meeting with AFS, ASM, and SAE
Oct. 7, 2021
Zehnders of Frankenmuth

Overview 

The 2024 GMC Hummer EV SUV is an all-electric reimagining of one of the most iconic, bad-ass off-road machines of the last century. While the Hummer brand now lives under the GMC umbrella, its unmistakable design and remarkable off-road capabilities are faithfully upheld in EV form. In fact, the latter will arguably be even more impressive thanks to the SUV’s advanced technology, incredible power output, and innovative features, including four-wheel steering, enabling the much ballyhooed crab mode.

The most interesting aspect of the reinvented Hummer is its Ultium battery tech, which provides quick charging times and a massive battery pack that provides an estimated range of 300-plus miles. Inside the cabin, it is visually identical to its pickup-truck counterpart, with a mix of high-tech content and removable roof panels that create an open-air experience.

( Source Car & Driver. Read full article )