QDE Technical Program

Tuesday, May 6, 2025

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9:00 AM-10:00 AM


QDE Opening Keynote Session: Dr. D. Scott MacKenzie, FASM, retired, Quaker Houghton, presents, “Legacy of the Quenching and Distortion Engineering Conference – People, Places and Impact”.
Session Chair: Dr. Lesley D. Frame

10:30 AM-12:30 PM


Modeling of Processes and Phenomena - Boundary Conditions
Session Chair: Robert C. Goldstein

Residual Stress - Process Methodology
Session Chair: Dr. Lesley D. Frame

1:30 PM-2:30 PM


Residual Stress - Measurement
Session Chair: Dr. Lesley D. Frame

1:30 PM-3:00 PM


Modeling of Processes and Phenomena - Applications I
Session Chair: Mr. Greg Petrus

3:30 PM-5:30 PM


Quenchants (oil, polymer and other quenchants)
Session Chair: Dr. D. Scott MacKenzie, FASM

Wednesday, May 7, 2025

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9:00 AM-10:00 AM


QDE Keynote Session: Dr. Rainer Fechte-Heinen, Leibniz-Institut für Werkstofforientierte Technologien – IWT, presents, “Alternative quenching paths and how they can be used to design high performance microstructures”.
Session Chair: Dr. Lesley D. Frame

10:30 AM-12:30 PM


Residual Stress - Heat Treatment
Session Chair: Prof. Rainer Fechte-Heinen

1:30 PM-2:30 PM


Fundamentals Principles I
Session Chair: Dr. Lesley D. Frame

3:30 PM-5:30 PM


Fundamentals Principles II
Session Chair: Mr. Dennis Beauchesne