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EWI’s Jerry Gould to speak at GALM on August 23rd

August 1, 2017

headshot gouldJerry Gould, EWI Technical Fellow for Resistance and Solid-state Welding, will be a featured speaker this month at the 6th Annual Global Automotive Lightweight Materials (GALM) Summit in Detroit. His presentation, Joining As An Enabling Technology For the Manufacture of New Generation Lightweight Automotive Structures, will cover the following:

  • Technical challenges in welding of new generation materials for vehicle construction
  • Capable processes for dissimilar materials joining
  • Methods of assessing joint structural performance
  • Process instrumentation and strategies for quality assurance

Jerry has been on the senior technical staff at EWI since 1985. His major area of expertise is resistance spot welding of sheet steels. His research has focused on all aspects of resistance and friction based technologies, with particular interest in application to lightweight materials structures. Jerry is also a member of the LIFT (Lightweight Innovations for Tomorrow) technical leadership team, and currently serves as LIFT’s Pillar Leader for Joining and Assembly.

GALMIf you are attending the 6th GALM Summit, you are invited attend Jerry’s presentation on Wednesday, August 23, at 2:25pm. A Q&A session will follow at 2:45.

To learn more about EWI’s activities and innovations for lightweighting, please visit come to see us at Booth 38, Ballroom B, at the GALM Exhibitors Showcase. Jerry and EWI Director of Marketing & Product Development Jon Jennings will be happy to speak with you. To set up a meeting with Jerry or Jon prior to the GALM Summit, contact [email protected] or [email protected].