History of NAMRC

Research presented at the North American Manufacturing Research Conference (NAMRC) is often implemented in industry with significant impact. Concepts such as geometric dimensioning and tolerancing, finite element modeling of sheet metalforming and open-architecture control were first presented at NAMRC.

Now, for the first time, you can explore each program in detail from the very first conference in 1973 to the most recent. As you review the brochures, please consider submitting a nomination for the S.M. Wu Research Implementation Award, which recognizes outstanding original research presented as a paper at annual NAMRCs that subsequently, upon implementation, had a significant commercial and/or societal impact.

Each NAMRC date, host, location and the inclusion of any special activity is listed below with a link to the original program brochure. Most of the brochures are from the collection of the 1997-98 NAMRI | SME president Marvin F. DeVries, PhD, FSME, emeritus professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

2021

NAMRI | SME NAMRC 49 (PDF)
June 22-25, 2021 Virtual Conference
Hosted by University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio

2020

NAMRC 48 was cancelled due to COVID.

2019

NAMRI | SME NAMRC 47 (PDF)
June 10-14, 2019
Hosted by Penn State University, Erie, Pennsylvania

2018

NAMRI | SME NAMRC 46 (PDF)
June 18-22, 2018
Hosted by Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas

2017

NAMRI | SME NAMRC 45 (PDF)
June 4-8, 2017
Hosted by University of Southern California, Los Angeles

2016

NAMRI | SME NAMRC 44 (PDF)
June 27 – July 1, 2016
Hosted by Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia

2015

NAMRI | SME NAMRC 43 (PDF)
June 8-15, 2015
Hosted by the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina

2014

NAMRI | SME NAMRC 42 (PDF)
June 9-14, 2014
Hosted by the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

2013

NAMRI | SME NAMRC 41
June 10-14, 2013
Hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin

2012

NAMRI | SME NAMRC 40
June 4-8, 2012
Hosted by the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana

2011

NAMRI | SME NAMRC 39
June 13-17, 2011
Hosted by Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon

2010

NAMRI | SME NAMRC 38 (PDF)
May 26-28, 2010
Hosted by Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

2009

NAMRI | SME NAMRC 37 (PDF)
May 19-22, 2009
Hosted by Clemson University, Greenville, South Carolina

2008

NAMRI | SME NAMRC 36 (PDF)
May 20-23, 2008
Hosted by Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico

2007

NAMRI | SME NAMRC 35 (PDF)
Special Activity: SME NIST-ATP Technology Dissemination Workshop on Intelligent Optimization and Control of Grinding Processes
May 22-25, 2007
Hosted by the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

2006

NAMRI | SME NAMRC 34 (PDF)
May 24-27, 2006
Hosted by Marquette University, Milwaukee

2005

NAMRI | SME NAMRC 33 (PDF)
May 23-27, 2005
Hosted by Columbia University, New York

2004

NAMRI | SME NAMRC 32 (PDF)
Special Activity: SME/Greenfield Coalition Workshop on Learning Resources
June 1-4, 2004
Hosted by the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina

2003

NAMRI | SME NAMRC 31 (PDF)
May 20-23, 2003
Hosted by McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

2002

NAMRI | SME NAMRC-XXX (PDF)
May 21-24, 2002
Hosted by Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana

2001

NAMRI | SME NAMRC-XXIX (PDF)
May 22-25, 2001
Hosted by The University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

2000

NAMRI | SME NAMRC-XXVIII (PDF)
May 23-26, 2000
Hosted by the University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky

1999

NAMRI | SME NAMRC-XXVII (PDF)
May 25-28, 1999
Hosted by the University of California, Berkeley, California

1998

NAMRI | SME NAMRC-XXVI (PDF)
May 19-22, 1998
Hosted by the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta

1997

NAMRI | SME NAMRC-XXV (PDF)
May 21-23, 1997
Hosted by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska

1996

NAMRI | SME NAMRC-XXIV (PDF)
May 21-23, 1996
Special Activity: The Second S.M. Wu Symposium on Manufacturing Science-U.S.A. Venue
Hosted by the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

1995

NAMRI | SME NAMRC-XXIII (PDF)
May 24-26, 1995
Hosted by Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan

1994

NAMRI | SME NAMRC-XXII (PDF)
Special Activity: The First S.M. Wu Symposium on Manufacturing Science-U.S.A. Venue
Hosted by Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois

1993

NAMRI | SME NAMRC-XXI (PDF)
May 26-28, 1993
Special Activity: The Symposium on U.S. Contributions to Machining and Grinding Research in the Twentieth Century
Hosted by Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma

1992

NAMRI | SME NAMRC-XX (PDF)
May 20-22, 1992
Hosted by Washington State University, Pullman, Washington

1991

NAMRI | SME NAMRC-XIX (PDF)
May 22-24, 1991
Hosted by the University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, Missouri

1990

NAMRI | SME NAMRC-XVIII (PDF)
Special Activity: The CIRP International Working Seminar on Artificial Intelligence Based Product Design
May 22-25, 1990
Hosted by The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania

1989

NAMRI | SME NAMRC-XVII (PDF)
May 24-26, 1989
Hosted by The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

1988

NAMRI | SME NAMRC-XVI (PDF)
May 25-27, 1988
Hosted by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois

1987

NAMRI | SME NAMRC-XV (PDF)
May 27-29, 1987
Hosted by Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

1986

NAMRI | SME NAMRC-XIV (PDF)
May 28-30, 1986
Hosted by University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

1985

NAMRI | SME NAMRC-XIII (PDF)
May 20-22, 1985
Hosted by the University of California, Berkeley, California

1984

NAMRI | SME NAMRC-XII (PDF)
May 30 – June 1, 1984
Hosted by Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan

1983

NAMRI | SME NAMRC-XI (PDF)
May 24-26, 1983
Hosted by University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin

1982

NAMRI | SME NAMRC-X (PDF)
May 24-25, 1982
Hosted by McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

1981

NAMRC-IX (PDF)
May 19-22, 1981
Hosted by The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania

1980

NAMRC-VIII (PDF)
May 18-21, 1980
Hosted by University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, Missouri

1979

NAMRC VII (PDF)
May 13-16, 1979
Hosted by The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

1978

Sixth North American Metalworking Research Conference (PDF)
April 16-19, 1978
Hosted by the University of Florida in Gainesville, Gainesville, Florida

1977

Fifth North American Metalworking Research Conference (PDF)
May 22-25, 1977
Hosted by the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts

1976

Fourth North American Metalworking Research Conference (PDF)
May 17-19, 1976
Hosted by Battelle’s Columbus Laboratories and The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

1975

Third North American Metalworking Research Conference (PDF)
May 5-7, 1975
Hosted by Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh

1974

Second North American Metalworking Research Conference (PDF)
May 20-22, 1974
Hosted by University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin

1973

NAMR North American Metalworking Research Conference and Spring Meeting of ASME Product Engineering Division (PDF)
May 14-15, 1973
Hosted by McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada