A design team from the Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham recently won first place in the ASM International 2010 Undergraduate Design Competition for creating a cupola furnace.
The Dotson Co., Le Sueur Inc., Smith Foundry Co., St. Paul Brass and Aluminum and Pier Foundry have signed onto a green manufacturing for sustainability program.
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) has launched the Center for Advanced Materials Manufacturing, which will support research in cast nanostructure materials.