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EME Electrical Manufacturing Expo 2008
Orlando, Florida • November 3-5

2008 Conference Sessions

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2008
Session 01 10:00 am Design for the Environment
Session Director: Dr. Peggy Canales- Indiana Institute of Technology
Session 03 10:00 am Advances in Motor Technology
Session Director: Fred A. Brown- EMCWA President, Com-Air Rotron
• Bonded NdFeB Magnets for Fuel Resistant Applications. E.E. Welker, V. Panchanathan, PhD., M.L. Spencer, P.E.- Polaris Rare Earth Materials, LLC
Session 04 1:15 pm Power Electronics
Session Director: Prof. Marian K. Kazimierczik, Wright State University
Session 06 1:15 pm Hybrid Vehicle Motors / Coil Design
Session Director: James Grover, Ph.D.- Kettering University
Session 07 3:00 pm Transformer Design Application & Analysis
Session Director: Robert Sanchez- Sandia National Laboratories
• Designing Low and High Frequency Gapped AC Inductors.Colonel W.T. McLyman - KG Magnetics, Inc.
Session 08 3:00 pm

Globalization: Recent Supply Chain Research
Session Director: Thomas L. Erekson- Western Illinois University
• An (updated) Brief Survey of Doing Business with/in China. William Koch - Western Illinois University
• The Uncertainty of the International Supply Chain: Transportation and Inventory Issues. Dr. Barton Jennings- Western Illinois University
• Managing Your Company's Global Outsourcing Relationships. James L. Patterson - Western Illinois University

Session 09 3:00 pm Reluctance Generators – Power Generation for the Future
Session Director: William F. Wingard, Jr.- Wingard & Co.
• Sines Reluctance Generator (SRG) Eddie Sines

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2008
Session 10 8:30 am Power Electronics Based Application Opportunities for Motors and Power Systems
Session Director: Athula Kulatunga, Purdue University
• Insulation Degradation of Electric Motor Windings under High Frequency Exposure. Athula Kulatunfa, Raji Sundararajan - Purdue University
• Adaptation of Commercial Motor Drive Reference Design for Appliance Applications. Athula Kulatunfa, Mike Bastik- Purdue University
• Making BLDC Motor Drive Design Easier for Beginners. Athula Kulatunfa, Fred Chow- Purdue University
• Fault Detection and Communication of Power Factor Correcting Capacitors. Athula Kulatunfa, Robert Murphy- Purdue University
• Evaluation and Adaptation of Synchronous Buck and Flyback DC to DC Reference Design. Athula Kulatunfa, Sam Green- Purdue University
Session 11 8:30 am Motor Design Techniques
Session Director: Chad Ghalamzan- Infolytica Corporation
Session 12 8:30 am Encapsulation Systems Thermoset Thermoplastics
Session Director: Mangesh Rajadhyaksha- Huntsman Advanced Materials
• High Performance Polymers for Insulation and Encapsulation of Car Ignition Coils. Werner Hollstein and Robert Kultzow
Session 13   DC Motor Applications and DC Digital Servo Control
Session Director: Thomas Lemley- Moog, Inc., EMCWA Board Member
• Basics of DC Motor Application. David Marks- Moog Components Group
• Development of a Software Configurable Digital Servo Amplifier for the Three-Phase Permanent Magnet Brushless DC Motor. Shiyoung Lee, Ph.D.- Penn State University Berks Campus
Session 14 10:15 am Electric Converter Technology for Alternate Energy Sources
Session Director: Dr. James V. Masi- JM Design Consultants
Session 15 10:15 am Coil Manufacturing Innovations
Session Director: Joseph Pizzonia- JFP, Inc.
• The Production of Coils with Small Wire Sizes. Thomas A. Manning- Sipro, Inc.
• Foil and Heavy Wire Winding and Tensioning. Allan Traylor; Thomas Broomfield; Steven Willard, Broomfield
Session 16 1:15 pm

High Temperature Fuel Cell Technology
Session Director: Etim Ubong, Ph.D.- Kettering University
• High Temperature Fuel Cell-Chemistry and Performance Compared with Nation based Membranes. Jayesh Kavathe; Ini Ubong- University of Science & Technology, River Sate, Kettering Unviersity Center for Fuel Cell Systems
• Experimental Study of the Parameters Impacting the Performance of the High Temperature PBI Based Membranes. Jayesh Kavathe; Ini Ubong- University of Science & Technology, River Sate, Kettering Unviersity Center for Fuel Cell Systems

Session 17 1:15 pm Predictive Maintenance
Session Director: David McKinnon- PdMA Corporation
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