Rapid Product Development Exposition
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“Collegiate Grant Challenge”
Milwaukee School of Engineering
Thursday October 22, 2009
“The Rapid Product
Development Process”
Keynote by: Mark Schaefer
• Creating products with precision – less cost – great speed
• The brainstorming process – How do you make a difference?
• Customer needs and wants versus the actual design
About Advanced Design Concepts
ADC has been dedicated to developing close relationships with companies seeking improved paths of product design and manufacturing since it was founded in 1993. Today, ADC has grown into a fullservice engineering design firm with a team of degreed mechanical engineers and experienced CNC/CGI programmers operating in state-of-the-art facilities.
ADC will showcase projects which achieved higher product quality, better time-to-market and profitability. Leading Fortune 500 companies like Harley-Davidson, Briggs & Stratton and Fiskars have trusted ADC to develop innovative new approaches in the design and manufacturing of their products.
Design Philosophy
ADC strives to create designs that are based on sound engineering principles, the latest technology, aiming for products that are intuitive in use, attractive and simple and inexpensive to manufacture. ADC offers innovative solutions to design challenges.
Biography: Mark Schaefer, Chief of Innovation
Founder and owner of ADC, Mark has more than 20 years of engineering experience managing new product design and product refinement projects in aerospace, consumer products, the medical industry and manufacturing covering the full spectrum of design through manufacturing. The business is fully equipped to take product ideas from concept to reality.
Mark graduated with honors from Iowa State University with a BS degree in mechanical engineering and he holds a Master’s of Business Administration (MBA) degree. Mark is a Licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.) and has the distinguished designation of being a PTC Certified Engineering Provider and a PTC Certified Trainer. He holds more than 25 patents, is a member of Phi Kappa Phi, Tau Beta Phi. He is certified to scuba dive and licensed to fly. He has completed two Ironman competitions, 11 marathons and countless endurance events crediting long runs, distance biking and flying as creative and problem solving time.
About Rapid Product Development Exposition
The SAE Milwaukee Section Rapid Product Development Exposition is a showcase of technologies and processes used to support many local and Fortune 500 businesses. By attending the Exposition you can gain firsthand knowledge of the latest rapid product development technologies from industry experts and explore how these technologies can help you and your business succeed in these challenging economic times. The following rapid product development vendors will be displaying their technologies and are supporting our Student Chapters through their generous donations of sponsorship fees. Your attendance at the Exposition will a sign of appreciation for theirs upport of SAE…
Be There!!!!
About Milwaukee Section Student Grant Challenge
Student Chapters from MSOE, UW-Madison, UW-Milwaukee, Michigan Tech, Marquette and Northern Michigan University will be making presentations on their SAE Collegiate Design Series projects as part of the 2008 Milwaukee Section Student Grant Program. Sponsors of the “Rapid Product Development Exposition” are contributing financial, services and gifts in kind.
This year’s Student Night is hosted by Mike Krauski, Director of Corporate Relations, UWM College of Engineering & Applied Science. The Rapid Product Development Exposition is our showcase of industry and student engineering talent, and their projects including the Collegiate Design Series:
• Aero Design®
• Clean Snowmobile Challenge TM
• Formula SAE® Series
• Baja SAE® Series
• Supermileage®
This is an excellent opportunity to network with a group of engineers that have taken extra steps to develop an experience that puts them beyond academics. These men and women will present their stories of how they conquered technical challenges, developed practical skills, created an intuitive confidence, grew as leaders and prepared them to be productive engineers. (and having a lot of fun in the process)
Section members are invited to view student displays, ask questions, review their presentations and influence how grant offerings will be distributed. Please invite your Human Resources staff and hiring managers to attend. Several international companies have discovered that SAE student experiences have translated very well into the workplace. Students are also looking for internships, senior design projects and research work.
Student Chapters from MSOE, UW-Madison, UW-Milwaukee, Michigan Tech, Marquette and Northern Michigan University will be making presentations on their SAE Collegiate Design Series projects as part of the 2008 Milwaukee Section Student Grant Program. Sponsors of the “Rapid Product Development Exposition” are contributing financial, services and gifts in kind.
• Aero Design®
• Clean Snowmobile Challenge TM
• Formula SAE® Series
• Baja SAE® Series
• Supermileage®
Registration
Only pre-payments made with a charge card can be completed online via http://milwaukee.sae.org Retirees, students and members without web access may register by phone on the SAE Registration Coordinator – Jim Ryan (262) 636-1634. Note registration number!
Registration deadline: Monday, October 19, 8:00 a.m.
Directions to Milwaukee School of Engineering – CC Building, Ground Floor
From the North
• Take I-43 south to downtown Milwaukee.
• Exit at McKinley Ave. and go left / east at the stop light. Drive east on McKinley, which will become E. Knapp St., for six blocks.
• Take a right on N. Broadway and take Broadway to the specific building or parking lot on campus.*
From the South
• Take I-94 West/I-43 North to downtown Milwaukee.
• Exit at McKinley Ave. and go right / east. Drive east on McKinley, which will become E. Knapp St., for six blocks.
• Take a right on N. Broadway and take Broadway to the specific building or parking lot on campus.*
From the West
• Take I-94 East to downtown Milwaukee.
• When you arrive downtown, follow I-794 East.
• On I-794 East, drive in the far left lane and exit at Jackson/Van Buren, this is a left hand exit.
• Veer left onto Van Buren St. Follow north through downtown for seven blocks.
• Turn left on State St. and follow to the specific building or parking lot on campus.*