Aerospace Manufacturing Technology Conference & Exposition Technical Session Schedule Tuesday, September 9 Advanced Material Joining and Processing (Session Code: AMT15) Room 512D  1:00 p.m. The demand of fulfilling higher performance ratingas well as cost effective processes creates the desire for joining and processing of advanced materials. This session reflects on several potential technologies, which are progressing towards more durable, less costly joins and processes. An overview of advanced materials and processes, their characteristics and capabilities will be presented. This session includes analytical, design, and technology samples. Organizers - Tanni Sisco, Boeing Commercial Airplanes Chairpersons - Dave Amirehteshami, Boeing Commercial Airplanes; Jagdish Kalyan, Boeing Co. Time Paper No. Title 1:00 p.m. 2003-01-2895 Achieving Low-Porosity Laser Welds in Aerospace Aluminium Alloy Geert Verhaeghe, Paul Hilton, TWI Ltd; Stuart Barnes, Univ. of Warwick 1:30 p.m. 2003-01-2897 Friction Stir Welding of Airframe Structure: From One Delivery System to Another Dwight Burford, Boeing Commercial Airplanes 2:00 p.m. 2003-01-2898 Manufacturing Aspects of the StresswaveSt Cold Working Process Eric T. Easterbrook, Milton Sigelmann, StressWave, Inc. 2003-01-2896 Achieving "One Up Assembly" By Reduction of Interface Burr Height in Aluminum, Graphite, and Advanced Titanium/Graphite Hybrid (Tigr) Material (Written Only -- No Oral Presentation) Tanni Sisco, Boeing Co. 2003-01-2899 Robotic Nd:Yag-Laser Welding System and Its Applications (Written Only -- No Oral Presentation) Min Xiao, Peter Bradley, National Research Council Canada The papers in this session are available in a single publication, CMALL, CMCONVPPRS and CMPHASE2, and also individually.