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An ASME Hartford Section Event |
Guests are Welcome!
| Title: |
From Concept to Customer: The Design Process for High-Technology Products |
| Date: | October 17, 2008 (Friday) |
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6:15p Sign in 6:30p Presentation 7:30p Dinner |
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Cost: |
$30 Adults (members and non members) $20 Students and Children |
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| Registration: |
Advanced Registration is Required. Registration deadline is October 13, 2008. Dress: Casual To register send us an email or call us on the ASME Hotline. Leave your name, phone number and number of people in your party. We will get back to you to confirm. |
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Menu: |
Buffet Dinner: |
| Place: |
Hartford/Windsor Marriott 28 Day Hill Road Windsor, CT 06095 |
| Program Description: |
How does one bring a new technology to
market? What steps are required to minimize risk? How do you quantify
the stage of development a new technology?
"From Concept to Customer" discussed these ideas and more. The quality system hierarchy of technology development will be discussed, along with its relationship to product deployment. Technology development, validation, risk analysis, and testing are key parts of the advanced technology implementation process. While this seminar will discuss these concepts and show various short videos that relate these ideas to what is done in the propulsion engine business (icing tests, bird ingestion tests, water ingestion tests, destructive blade-out tests, etc.) the concepts are applicable to any advanced technology development and implementation process.
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| Speaker: |
William T. Cousins, Ph.D. Engineering Fellow Systems Engineering & Validation Pratt & Whitney Dr. Cousins holds a BSME, MSME, and Ph.D. degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and has worked in the area of compressor aerodynamics, operability, and testing for over 30 years. While spending most of his career in the propulsion industry in both a managerial and individual contributor capacity, he has also worked in the power production and air pollution control businesses. Currently with Pratt & Whitney in East Hartford, Connecticut, he holds the position of Engineering Fellow in the Systems Engineering & Validation area. He is responsible for the development of advanced technology concepts and associated analysis, and is the Chair of the SEV Eagle Works Innovation Center Technology Board. Dr. Cousins has continued to teach undergraduate and graduate technical courses as an adjunct professor in several universities, and as a corporate certified facilitator, has taught courses in process improvement, culture change, and six-sigma quality. He has received numerous awards including the Certificate of Teaching Excellence from Virginia Tech, the NASA Glenn Team Recognition Award, and the ASME Dedicated Service Award. He has also received the Honeywell Corporate Technical Achievement Award for his contributions to the development of an on-line real-time engine transient monitoring system that significantly reduced control system development time. Dr. Cousins is a Fellow in ASME and has been the Vice President in charge of Region XII, the Vice President for Professional Development, and the Senior Vice President for Member Affairs and a member of the ASME Board of Governors.
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| Directions: |
From Airport take Rt. 20 to I-91 South. Exit
Day Hill Road (#38B). Hotel is on the right. From the South and Downtown
Hartford take I-91 North. Exit Route 75/Poquonock (#38). Turn right at
the end of the exit ramp onto Rt. 75 North. Go through 2 lights, and
then turn right at Day Hill Road Exit. Hotel is on the right.
http://www.whihotels.com/ebrochures/hartfordwindsor/contact.shtml |
| Contact for questions about the program: |
Hartford Section Hotline 860-722-5005 or
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