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Coventry & Warwickshire Materials Society (CWMS)

An IOM3 Affiliated Society in the Midlands region committed to creating and promoting an interest in materials

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16 May 2023, 6.00pm - 8.00pm Talk/Lecture

2 days left to register! Performance is in the detail - materials and processing in Mercedes F1 power units

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Hybrid event: GE Power Conference Centre, Newbold Road, Rugby CV21 2NH and MS Teams


You still have time to register for this event (registration closes midnight on the 13th). Please note to register you have to create an account on the IMechE website but this is free and is not an application for membership!
CWMS is please to announce its next technical lecture in collaboration with the IMechE Warwickshire Area. Please follow the link below to book your place by 13th May https://nearyou.imeche.org/near-you/UK/Midland/Warwickshire-Area/events/event-detail?id=21075

Agenda:
18:00 tea/coffee/biscuits for in-person attendees*
18:30 presentation followed by Q+A *

*In-person attendees need to complete a site safety assessment; details will be provided in advance by email to minimise delays on arrival.

Formula 1 is the ultimate team sport, involving over 1000 diversely talented and driven people, being publicly tested on track, every other weekend. At Mercedes High Performance Powertrains (HPP), the materials engineering team collaborate with many departments, suppliers and engineers. This allows them to successfully utilise a wide variety of materials and processes on the power unit, often developed to high levels of detail under time pressure, such are the demands of Formula 1. Key challenges for a materials engineer include defining materials, measuring properties, controlling manufacturing processes and conducting detailed failure investigations. The one thing required to successfully engineer a modern Formula 1 engine in the quest for “More, Reliable Power” is rigorous attention to detail.
About the speaker: Stephen Edge, Senior Materials Engineer - Mercedes High Performance Powertrains Having started his career at an aluminium R&D laboratory 26 years ago, Stephen is an experienced metallurgical and processing engineer, with an MSc in Advanced Materials from Cranfield University. For the last 4 years he has combined the technically advanced world of Aerospace and the fast-paced development world of Automotive, meeting the challenges faced by the materials engineering team at Mercedes HPP, Brixworth. Stephen’s work has entailed developing components with engineers as well as characterising and introducing new materials and processes to the powertrain. When the engineering challenges have occurred, he has spent countless hours staring down microscopes at fracture surfaces. As well as powertrains of the championship winning Formula 1 team, he has also worked with the Formula E team and on the Project 1 Hypercar.




 







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