Mechatronics Expo 2008

Event Overview

Session Outline

Speaker Bios

Venue Info

Hotel Info

The 2008 Mechatronics Expo free one-day seminars address how the mechatronics approach to design can help engineers get the job done better, more quickly and at lower cost.

Mechatronics Expo 2008: Event Overview

8:00 - 9:00	Registration/Breakfast
8:30 - 9:00	Exhibitor Booths Open
9:00 - 9:05	Welcome by John Dodge, Chief Editor, Design News
9:05 - 9:45	Keynote: The Dreams of Engineers: What’s next? Geoffrey Orsak, Ph.D., Dean of SMU Engineering School
9:45 - 10:30	Micromechatronics -A vital technology for industrialized nations in the new century Tai-Ran Hsu, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, San Jose State University
10:30 - 10:45	Break/Exhibitor Booths Open
10:45 - 11:30	Panel: Mechatronic Engineering Program at CSU - Chico Dr. Ramesh Varahamurti, Program Director, Mechatronic Engineering/Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronic Engineering, CSU - Chico Dale Word, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, CSU - Chico Dr. Jim Tan-atichat, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronic Engineering, CSU - Chico
11:30 - 12:15	Servo Network Trends in Mechatronic Systems Ed Nicolson, Ph.D., Director of Development, Yaskawa
12:15 - 1:00	Lunch/Exhibitor Booths Open Lunch Session: Design and Testing of Autonomous Automobiles and Helicopters Gabe Hoffman, Ph.D. Candidate, Stanford Racing Team Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University
1:00 - 1:45	NI/Solidworks – New Alpha Mechatronics Toolkit
1:45 - 2:30	Dassault Systèmes – Understanding Product Lifecycle Management and the Emergence of Mechatronics
2:30 - 2:45	Break/Exhibitor Booths Open
2:45 - 3:30	Autodesk – Digital Prototyping for Mechatronics
3:30 – 4:15	PTC – MCAD-ECAD Integration
4:15 - 5:00	Panel: John Dodge, Chief Editor, Design News Rick Nelson, Editor, EDN/Test & Measurement World Charlie Masi, Senior Editor, Control Engineering Dr. Geoffrey Orsak, Ph.D. Dean of SMU Engineering School

Platinum Sponsor:

Gold Sponsor:

Silver Sponsors:

Presented by:

Design News for Mechanical and Design Engineers

Reed Business Information

Design News China | Design News Japan | Design News Poland

Please visit these other Reed Business sites