The following papers will be presented at the Julian Szekely Memorial Symposium on Materials Processing, on Wednesday afternoon, October 8th, 1997.

SESSION 6: ECONOMIC MODELING AND INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY

1:55 pm
The Application of Quantitative Modeling Techniques to the Problems of New Business Development: J. Busch, Ravi Bhatkal, IBIS Associates, 55 Williams St., Suite 220, Wellesley, Massachusetts 02181, USA

2:25 pm
Metal Production and Greenhouse Gases: N.J. Themelis and I.K. Wernick*, Columbia University, Henry Krumb School of Mines, Mineral Eng., 500 W. 120th St., 1047 Mudd Bldg, New York, New York 10027, USA; *Columbia Earth Institute, 405 Low Library, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA

2:55 pm
Economic Model of Recycling of Automobile Body Engineered Scrap: F.R. Tuler, Cambridge Technology Center, 3 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142-1613, USA

3:25 pm
Break

3:35 pm
Economic Analysis of Alternative Fabrication Approaches for Advanced Structural Silicon Nitride Ceramics: J.M. Schoenung, H. Tuazon, M. Santos, R. Masseth, Dept. of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, California State Polytechnic University, 3801 W. Temple Avenue, Pomona, California 91768 USA; B. Draskovich, Allied Signal Ceramic Components, Torrance, California, USA; A. Mascarin, IBIS Associates, Inc., Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA

4:05 pm
Manufacturing Cost Estimation of Large Processing Systems: R. Kirchain and F. Field, MIT, Materials Systems Laboratory, CTTID Room E40-212, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139, USA

4:35 pm
Effect of Vehicle Lightweighting on the Profitability of the Automobile Recycling Infrastructure: J.A. Isaacs and S.M. Gupta, Dept of Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Northeastern University, 334 Snell Engineering Bldg., Boston, Massachusetts 02115 USA