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a product that improves transportation fuel efficiency by 2%-4%: the
worldwide economic equivalent of saving more than two times Alaska's
annual oil output. In-cylinder pressure monitoring enables this savings
by allowing optimization of each engine cylinder rather than the engine
block as a whole. Orbital Research Inc, is commercializing an innovative
high temperature pressure sensor to improve fuel efficiency and reduce
emissions through more precise control of diesel, gasoline, and turbine
engine performance. This presentation will highlight a MEMS
(micro-electromechanical system) based sensor technology that exhibits
dramatic performance and cost advantages over potentially competitive
technologies. The key to this technology is an innovative shape memory
alloy sensing element. The competitive advantages of a shape memory
alloy sensing element include superior sensitivity, high temperature
capabilities and lower manufacturing cost. These highly sensitive
sensors are currently being designed for operating temperatures able to
withstand diesel and turbine engine environments. By tailoring the alloy
composition, this sensor has the potential to be utilized at higher
frequencies (greater than 30KHz) and operating temperatures greater than
600°C. As the pressure increases on a diaphragm, the sensing element
transforms phases as indicated by a large resistance change. The high
gage factor for the sensing elements (gage factor is defined as the
change in resistance divided by the change in strain) compares very well
with low temperature technologies that cannot operate at the high engine
temperatures. SPEAKER:
Dr. Frederick J. Lisy,
FASM,
President, Orbital
Research Inc.,
Prior to joining
Orbital Research, Dr. Lisy was the Program Manager and Senior Researcher
for the Center on Materials for Space Structures (CMSS), a NASA Center
for Commercial Development of Space (CCDS) at Case Western Reserve
University. While working at CMSS, he was instrumental in developing
eight passive and one active space shuttle experiments. He
received his B.S. (1989), M.S. (1989) and Ph.D. (1993) in materials
science from Case Western Reserve University. He was selected as the
"Young Engineer of the Year" in Northeast Ohio by the
Cleveland Engineering Society in 1997, recognized for "Outstanding
Technical Achievement" by the Cleveland Technical Societies Council
in 2000 and honored as one of Cleveland’s Top 40 Engineers (1998) and
Top 40 “Leaders Under 40” (2002) by Crain's Cleveland Business
magazine. He was elected a Fellow of ASM in 2001.
Dr. Lisy has been a member of ASM for nearly 20 years and has
been active in numerous society and educational activities at the
national and local levels. He has served as Student Chapter Chairman for
Case Western Reserve University (1986-87), as a member of the Cleveland
Chapter Executive Committee (1992-2002) and as a member of the ASMI
Chapter Council (1999-2002). COCKTAILS............................................................................................................
5:30 pm DINNER....................................................................................................................
Chicken
Francese, stuffed sole, steak special of the night..................................................................
$25.00 Retirees.........................................................................................................................................................
$20.00 Full-Time
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$10.00 SPEAKER.................................................................................................................
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FIRM RESERVATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED ON OR BEFORE TUESDAY March 14,
2006. Please state a meal
choice when making reservations. Members
unable to attend the dinner are cordially invited to attend the
presentation at 7:30 pm. .....................................................................................................................................................
Telephone reservations with meal choice
may be called into the Chapter Secretary (Jim Michel) at:
203-378-6589 or email: jameshmichel@optonline.net
Directions
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