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), a materials consulting and testing firm in Wixom, Michigan Wixom is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 13,263 at the 2000 census. The city is home to the former Wixom Assembly Plant, a Ford Motor Company plant. The Lincoln LS, the Ford Thunderbird, and the Ford GT were all manufactured there. , was awarded a $1 million research contract to investigate the "Prevention of Porosity in Iron Castings" in response to a proposal that CRS submitted to the Dept. of Energy's Metalcasting Industries of the Future Solicitation.

The ultimate goal of the this project, which involves 11 metalcasting and supplier companies, CRS and Albany Research Center The Albany Research Center, now part of National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), is a U.S. Department of Energy laboratory staffed by Federal employees located in Albany, Oregon. , Albany, Oregon Albany is a city in Linn County, western Oregon, United States. It is located in the Willamette Valley and is the county seat of Linn County.GR6 As of the 2000 census, the city population was 42,280 making it the 12th largest city in Oregon. , is to reduce the scrap rate in the casting industry caused by the incidence of porosity in castings. Developing an understanding of the mechanisms for pore formation in castings and developing a model for the use of the metalcasting industry will accomplish this goal.

The principal investigator for the project will be Rick Gundlach, president and senior metallurgical engineer, CRS.
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