Bharat K. Soni, Ph.D., Professor and Chair of the UAB Mechanical Engineering Department and his staff hosted a tour for us on Thursday, April 30, 2009 at the Business / Engineering Building at the University of Alabama Birmingham.
Dr. Alan Shih, a specialist in numerical geometry, introduced us to the Modeling & Computational Simulations Lab, touching on subjects such as Emergency Response modeling; medical, anatomical and bilogical simulations; and modeling projects involving manufacturing, assembly, and technical training. Dr. Soni stands at the bottom right of the picture above.
Dr. Vora from the Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) took time to explain how India is ramping up to support automotive manufacturing. With 16 Million people riding 2-wheelers every day in India, companies such as TATA are beginning to mass produce smaller, less expensive automobiles in order to reach this 2-wheel market. Dr. Vora, along with Dr. Soni support automotive research competitions such as BAJA, FSAE & AWIM that support student engineers working together to improve vehicle technology from Formula to BAJA racing. We thank Dr. Vora from Pune, India for taking time from his busy schedule to visit us during his three week trip to the US.
While there, we met several student engineers who were working in the UAB Machine Shop on both the BAJA project car and the Formula project car.
We thank the UAB Mechanical Engineering Department, especially Dr. Soni and his staff for taking time out of their Exam Week scheduling to support our group.
If you would like to join us at any of our SME Meetings or tours, please, visit the SME website to view our touring schedule or contact Brian Everling at 205-942-2491 or BrianE@PrecisionGrinding.com.
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