Wednesday, September 24, 2008: 9:00 AM-10:40 AM
Room C (Palazzo dei Congressi di Stresa)
Session Chair:
Dr. Martin F.-X. Wagner
9:00 AM
Optimization of the Ti-21.6Hf-23.7Nb alloy by cold working
Ms. M. González, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya;
J. Peña, Elisava Escola Superior de Disseny;
J.M. Manero, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya;
M. Arciniegas, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya;
F.J. Gil, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
9:15 AM
Size effects in shape memory alloys
Mr. P. Palanisamy, University of Central Florida;
Mr. M. Fox, University of Central Florida;
Prof. Raj Vaidyanathan, University of Central Florida;
Dr. A. Antoniou, Los Alamos National Laboratory;
Dr. A. Misra, Los Alamos National Laboratory;
Dr. Santo Padula, NASA Glenn Research Center;
Mr. G. Bigelow, NASA Glenn Research Center;
Dr. R. Noebe, NASA Glenn Research Center
10:00 AM
Phase transformation and energy absorption of Nitinol alloys
Dr. Norman D. Munroe, Florida International University;
Waseem Haider, Florida International University;
Chandan Pulletikurti, Florida International University;
Puneet K. Singh Gill, Florida International University;
Sushma Amruthaluri, Florida International University;
Srikanth Kanchibhotla, Florida International University