ACRC Welcomes ATEK Precision Castings as New Member
By Author January 18, 2012
ATEK Precision Castings (APC), located in New Hampton, Iowa is a wholly owned subsidiary of ATEK Companies, headquartered in Minneapolis, MN. Founded in 1935 the company is a recognized leader in the production of gravity pour permanent mold (PM) and low pressure permanent mold (LPPM) aluminum castings supplied to commercial and defense markets. ATEK […]
Apelian Elected to Advisory Committee of China’s State Key Lab
By Author December 21, 2011
Diran Apelian has been elected to serve on the Advisory Committee of China’s State Key Laboratory for Solidification Processing. Professors C.T. Liu and Apelian are the only two international members of the Committee. The State Key laboratory at Northwestern Polytechnic is China’s principal center for casting research. The Laboratory’s annual budget is over $10 million […]
Apelian Welcomed to Tsinghua University
By Author December 21, 2011
Professor Baicheng Liu, leading member of Chinese Academy of Engineering and Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Tsinghua University, greets Professor Apelian at a welcoming luncheon in Beijing. Prof. Liu is one of the first academicians that came to USA when the “doors opened” between China and USA, and Liu worked at University Wisconsin’s metal […]
Remembering WPI Alumnus Yi Chi Mei ‘14
By Author December 21, 2011
Tsinghua University in Beijing is one of China’s best known and most distinguished educational institutions; it is also the nation’s top engineering school. That status is largely due to the work and philosophy of Yi Chi Mei, who served as president of the university during one of its most challenging periods. Mei was born in […]
A Visit to China’s Gansu Province
By Author December 21, 2011
China’s Gansu Province is home of the world’s largest nickel mine and well known for its non-ferrous mineral resources. Gansu is located in the northwest of the China. It lies between the Tibetan and Huangtu plateaus, and borders Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, and Ningxia to the north, Xinjiang and Qinghai to the west, Sichuan to the […]
WPI’s Strategic Alliance with Lanzhou University
By Author December 21, 2011
Lanhzou University of Technology is the home of China’s State Key Laboratory for Non-ferrous Metals. WPI’s Metal Processing Laboratory (MPI) has a strategic alliance with this State Key Lab and Prof. Li, its Director and Dean spent a year at WPI working with Apelian in 2009. There is ongoing collaboration in self-inoculation, semi solid processing, […]
WPI Team Truly Welcomed on their Visit to China
By Author December 21, 2011
Prof. Libo Wang and Graduate student (Doctoral candidate) Ning Sun accompanied Prof. Apelian at Tsinghua, Lanhzou, and Northwestern Polytechnic University. Pictured above are (left to right) Ning Sun, Apelian, and Libo Wang in front of the State Key laboratory for Solidification Processing in Xian. The WPI team was truly welcomed in China; the hospitality the […]
Shaping Our World
By Author December 19, 2011
A look at engineering education today— with an eye to tomorrow. Engineering education is in flux. While it is increasingly important that engineers be innovative, entrepreneurial, collaborative, and able to work globally, there are virtually no programs that prepare students to meet these new challenges. Shaping Our World: Engineering Education for the 21st Century seeks […]
Stay Connected to MPI News
By Author November 20, 2011
WPI Metal Processing Institute is launching MPI News, your information source in near-net-shape manufacturing. Featuring industry leaders, research, projects, publications, and items of general interest, MPI News will be our communication tool to facilitate discussion, knowledge building, and information sharing. We invite you to subscribe to MPI News. By subscribing, you will be emailed anytime […]