We are organizing a Concurrent Engineering Symposium to be held in Detroit
February 23-26, 1998 and being sponsored by the Society of Automotive Engineers
(SAE). The details of this symposium are being sent to you as an attachment to this letter.
I cordially invite you to submit an abstract of about 200 to 300 words at your earliest
possible convenience. We are also planning to publish a proceedings for this symposium.
In the event that you are not interested in submitting a paper, I invite you to become a
member of the Industrial Panel. If possible, we require that you send the title of your talk
with an abstract of 200 to 300 words.
Since the deadline for submitting abstracts (or atleast the title) is September 15, 1997, your immediate
attention will be highly appreciated. For instructions on preparing your written paper
and/or preparing your oral presentation, please check the web at http://www.sae.org
/PRODSERV/TECHPAPE/present.htm. If you have any questions, please contact me. I
may be reached by E-mail at snd7483@usl.edu.
Looking forward to hearing from you at your earliest convenience.
Sincerely Yours,
Suren N. Dwivedi, Ph.D., P.E.
Endowed Chair Professor
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
241 E.Lewis St.
CLR Hall, Rm 223
Lafayette, LA 70504
TEL: (318) 482-5361
FAX: (318) 262-5472
Email: snd7483@usl.edu
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ANNOUNCEMENT & CALL FOR PAPERS
CONCURRENT ENGINEERING SYMPOSIUM
A New Emerging Technology Track for
1998 SAE International Congress and Exposition,
February 23-26, 1998
Cobo Center/Exhibition Center, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
A Concurrent Engineering Symposium sponsored by Emerging Technology Committee of the SAE is to
be held in February of 1998 as a part of the 1998 SAE International Congress and Exposition. The
purpose of the symposium is to bring together the state of the art developments in CE, concurrent design
and developments of the products, and bringing product to market faster, at a less cost and better quality.
The products include both the manufacturable and non-manufacturable products (such as service, etc.).
The symposium will bring together individuals both in the industrial and academic environments
specializing in areas spanning total life cycle technology, manufacturing engineering, passenger car,
automobile body, engines, materials, passenger car and marine technology including systems
engineering, management science, and industrial engineering. The topics of interest include but not
limited to:
o Principles of Concurrent Engineering o CE Process Characterization & Matrix
o Enterprise Modeling o Workflow Tracking & Management
o Multi-enterprise Integration o Information Sharing and Collaboration
o Project & Team Coordination o Decision Support & Design Assessment
o Networked Collocation o Tools for Multi-media Conference on the Network
o Distributed Computing Environments o Corporate Technical Memory
o Capturing Design Intent o Integration Frameworks for CE
o CE Languages and Tools o Intelligent Retrieval of Corporate Knowledge
o Emerging Standards & Practices o Case Histories & CE Applications
Please mail a digest of 200-300 words abstract, the full paper, as the case may be, or direct any questions
to the symposium organizers:
Organizer/Symposium Chair Technical Paper Chair:
Dr. Biren Prasad Dr. Suren Dwivedi
EDS/GM/CERA Institute Endowed Chair Professor of Manufacturing/Mech. Eng
P.O. Box 250254, University of Southwestern Louisiana
West Bloomfield, MI 48325, USA. P.O. Box 42251
Tel: (248) 265-7453; Lafayette, LA 70504-2251, USA
Fax: (248) 661-8333 Tel: (318) 482-5361 ;
Email: bprasad@cmsa.gmr.com Fax: (318) 262-5472
Authors are required to submit four copies of their full manuscripts to the session organizers for peer
review per SAE guidelines. Please follow the SAE guidelines for submission of abstracts and papers.
Abstract Submission Deadline: Sept. 15, 1997
Notification for Acceptance: September 30, 1997
Symposium Papers are Due: October 30, 1997
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