NADDRG’s fall meeting will be held on Wednesday, December 9th, 2026, at Dearborn Inn (20301 Oakwood Blvd., Dearborn, MI 48124). The meeting will start at 8:15 am with breakfast starting at 7:30 am, and lunch provided. Our meeting will be co-located with the International Fracture Consortium held at the same venue on December 10th.
The NADDRG is also pleased to announce the 2027 Spring Meeting on Tuesday, May 11th 2027, at THE MILL, located at Mississippi State University (600 Russell St, Starkville, MS 39759). Tours of nearby sheet metal manufacturing facilities are planned as well as a Monday evening social activity. More information will be provided in the coming months.
Presentations for both meetings will focus on the forming of sheet metal parts and related adjacencies, including (but not limited to) defects, key enablers, lubrication, coatings, and surface texture. We invite you to present your experiences in relevant research and industrial topics. These presentations help members stay current with ongoing research and industrial trends and allow for informal input and recommendations from peers. If you have a topic to present, please send your name, company, presentation title, and time requirement to ProgramChair@NADDRG.org. We will gladly schedule qualified presentations for this or a future meeting.
Tentative topics of presentations will be posted as we get closer to the meeting.
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- Early registration is $150 for business and academic professionals and $50 for students. Early registration ends on November 20th, 2026, with rates increasing on November 21st to $200 for business and academic professionals and $75 for students.
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At the May 2026 meeting, we heard about many of the listed below.
- Several methods to improve stamping engineering efficiency
- Draw Bead Enhanced Formability of AHSS
- VHER Mid-Step
- The Wrong Question
- Springback Prediction of 6xxx-Series Aluminum: Effect of Hardening model, Friction and Binder Loading
- Enhancing Formability Analysis through High-Efficiency X-Ray Residual Stress Measurement and Simulation Validation
- Characterization of Fracture Limits Under Varying Stress States and Edge Conditions Using the V-Bending Test
- Studying the fracture strain of Gen3 AHSS TWB (Tailor Welded Blanks) materials using a draw bead simulator
- Impact Testing Benchmark For EV Battery Safety Shields
- Micro–Macro Interrelations of AA6082 Aluminum Extrusions in Tight-Radius Bending
At the December 2025 meeting, we heard about many of the listed below.
- [Invited Talk] Leveraging robotics for generating material cards
- [Invited Talk] High-Throughput Nakazima Experiments for Advanced Formability Characterization
- What is the Slope of a Straight Line?
- Level “0” Material Card Definition
- Phased approach to developing comprehensive material cards for forming and fracture
- Toward an Alternative Edge Ductility Test
- Recent Development in Forming Limit Testing
- Defect Prediction of Heated Hybrid Forming using Simulation
- The Chemistry of Mill-Applied Prelubes and Corrosion Preventives
- Application of the Sheared-Edge Safety Factor (SESF) Concept to the Abspoel & Scholting (Tata Steel) FLC Model
At the May 2025 meeting, we heard about many of the listed below.
- Science Based Engineering of the Die Face
- Sheared-Edge Safety Factors for Sheet Metal Forming Simulation
- Pros and Cons of ASTM and ISO Test Standards for Experimental Material Card Preparation
- Analysis of Contact Pressure Distribution During Sheet Metal Flow Through the Die Entry Radius
- Process Artefacts and Influence of Friction in Kinematic Hardening Characterization
- Investigating the Coupled Effects of Temperature and Strain Rate on Gen III 980 Steel
- A Practical Look at Formulating for Success
- HiVe Assembly of Al Cast and UHSS Components