Speaker Directory

    If you have seen a great speaker and believe other Chapters/Members would benefit from seeing the speaker’s presentation submit their name for inclusion in the directory.  ASM Chapter Council thanks you for your submissions.
     
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    Mr. Prem K. Aurora
    ASM Trustee (2017-2020)
    Partner
    Aurora Engineering Co.
    Maharashtra, India
     
    Mr. (Ted) Edmund George Baltuch
    Air-Therm Inc.
    • 5 Dimensional CFD simulation of process applications

    Abstract

    Notes: Willing to travel anywhere except North Korea and Iran.  Travel assistance will be required.
     
    Mr. Rod Boyer
    RBTi Consulting         
    [email protected]
    • Titanium Specialist who can provide numerous titles with regard to titanium alloys
    Notes: Willing to travel; assistance may be required.
     
    Mr. John Laurence Busch
    Independent Historian
    • Engineers Presentation: Building the First “Steamship” in History

    Abstract/Bio

    Notes: Willing to travel to North America, Europe & Asia.  Travel assistance will be required
     

    Dr. Stephen Carr    
    Northwestern University    
    Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and of Chemical and Biological Engineering 
    Co-director of the Master of Product Design and Development Program
    [email protected]

    Notes:  Willing to travel within the Greater Chicago area

     
    Mr. Daniel Denis
    Pratt & Whitney
    • Materials Selection in Millennial Industry, Holistic Materials Selection, Materials in Fictional Books, Movies and Media
    Notes: Willing to travel within 300 miles of Hartford, CT
     

    Daniel Dennies,  Ph.D, PE, FASM
    DMS Inc    Principal
    [email protected]

    • Failure Analysis

    Notes: Willing to travel, travel assistance may be required depending on location.

     

    Mr. Jon Dossett, P.E., FASM
    Consultant/Teacher
    [email protected]

    • Determining the Cost of Heat Treatment    A systematic approach to determining the cost on a ongoing basis for different types of heat treating operations is presented.  

    Notes: Willing to travel within a radius of 150 miles from Indianapolis, Self funded unless overnight is required.    

     

    Mr. Jim Dykeman
    Honda R&D Amercicas, Inc.
    • Achieving Tailored Properties on Hot Stamp Components through In-Die Controlled Cooling

    Abstract

     

    Dr. Lynn Ferguson
    DANTE Solutions, Inc.
    [email protected]

    • Simulation of Steel Heat Treatment Processes to predict hardness, distribution of phases, stress state, dimensional change

    Notes: Willing to travel within OH, PA, MI, Western NY, IN. Travel outside the specified areas may require assistance    

     

    Mrs. Michelle Fitzgerald
    Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies (SGT)
    • Maintenance Aboard the International Space Station

    Abstract
     

    Dr. Robert (Bob) Freed, FASM
    RLFreed Consulting LLC
    [email protected]

    • DuPont’s Historical Metallurgical Breakthroughs:  Solutions for Aggressive Chemical Environments

    Notes: Willing to travel; assistance may be required.    

    Dr. Raymond V. Fryan
    ASM Treasurer (2018-2019)
    Vice President of Technology & Quality
    TimkenSteel Corporation
    Akron, OH
     

    Dr. Francis (Sam) Froes

    Retired
    • Titanium Powder Metallurgy

    Abstract

    Notes: Travel assistance required
     
    Dr. David U. Furrer. FASM
    ASM President (2018-2019)
    Senior Fellow Discipline Lead
    Pratt & Whitney
    East Hartford, CT
    Dr. Randall Gauntt
    Sandia National Laboratories
    • Severe Accident Characterization of Fukushima Reactors and Experiences during Real-World Emergency Responses

    Abstract

    Notes:  Travel assistance is required.
     

    Mr. Tom Glasgow
    NASA-Retired  ASMI Instructor
    [email protected]

    • Materials in a Viking Burial: Sutton Hoo

    Notes: Willing to travel throughout North America; travel assistance may be required

     
    Mr. Larry D. Hanke, FASM
    ASM Trustee (2016-2019)
    CEO/Principal Engineer
    Materials Evaluation & Engineering
    Plymouth, MN
     
    Mr. Rajendra Hirve
    Intercon, Mumbai India
    • Metallurgy for Non-Metallurgists
    Notes:  Travel assistance is required.
     
    Mr. Roger Jones, FASM
    ASM Trustee (2016-2019)
    Corporate President
    Solar Atmospheres, Inc.
    Souderton, PA
     
    Dr. Susan Kazanjian
    F.B.I.
    • Forensics of Materials Science

    Abstract

    Notes: Travel assistance is required.
     
    Dr. George Kim
    Perpetual Technologies
    • Thermal Sprayed Nanostructured Coatings

    Abstract

    Notes:  Travel is limited
     

    Dr. Howard Kuhn, FASM
    University of Pittsburgh
    [email protected]

    • Additive Manufacturing – An Industrial Perspective

    Notes:  Willing to travel the Continental U.S.; Self-funded within 500 miles of Pittsburgh, PA anywhere else will require assistance

     

    Prof. Diana Lados, FASM
    ASM Trustee (2018-2021)
    Milton Price Higgins II Distinguished Professor
    Worcester Polytechnic Institute
    Worcester, MA

     

    Mr. Gregory Lance
    Hysitron Inc.
    • Nanomechanical Testing of Materials
    Notes: Midwest, Southeast or Northeast region of the US. 
     
    Dr. Zi-Kui Liu, FASM
    ASM President (2019-2020)
    Professor Materials Science & Engineering
    Pennsylvania State University
    College Station, PA
     
    Mr. Rob Mason
    Concurrent Technologies Corporation
    • Corrosion, Coatings (electroplating, thermal spray), Aerospace/Defense
    Notes:  Ability to travel may vary.
     
    Mr. Brett Miller, P.E., FASM
    IMR Test Labs
    • Metallurgy, Failure Analysis, Corrosion FA
    Notes:  Located in Louisville, KY.  Can travel as needed.
     

    Prof. Amit Misra
    University of Michigan
    [email protected]

    • Nano Mechanical Behavior of Metals, In SITU Nanomechanics, Dislocation Theory

    Notes:  Willing to travel but preferably within Michigan and neighboring areas; self funds travel within driving distance, all other will require assistance

    Dr. Thomas Moore, FASM
    ASM Trustee (2017-2020)

    President
    Wavix Inc. 
    Dallas, TX
     
     

    Roger Narayan, Phd., FASM
    UNC/NCSU Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering
    [email protected]

    • Additive Manufacturing of Active Medical Devices

    Notes:  Willing to travel assistance maybe required

     

    Mr. Matt Nowell
    EDAX
    • Advances in Microstructural Characterization using Electron Backscatter Diffraction and Combined EBSD and EDS Analysis

    Abstract

    Notes: Willing to travel throughout the US
     

    Mr. Ronald J. Parrington P.E., FASM
    Engineering Systems Inc.
    [email protected]

    • Visual Examination of Failures

    Notes:  Willing to travel with the United States

     
    Dr. Edward Rolinski
    Advanced Heat Treat Corp.
    • Thermochemical Surface Engineering of Steels
    • Principles of Gas and Plasma Nitriding and Applications to Ferrous Alloys
    • Principles of Gas and Plasma Nitriding and Applications to Titanium Alloys
    • Priniciples and Applications of Plasma Nitriding and Nitrocarburizing
    • And more

    Abstract

     

    Prof. Federico Rosei, FASM
    INRS-Graduate only academic institution
    [email protected]

    • Renewable energy technologies  
    • Materials for emerging optoelectronic technologies

    Notes:  Willing to travel worldwide. Depending on the location, some funding may be necessary.

     

    Dr. Fred Schmidt
    ESI
    • Failure Analysis
    • Sample Preservation
    • More
     
    Dr. Richard Schwarz
    RES Polyflow
    • Polymer and Rubber Waste Recycling – Renewable Energy Solutions

    Abstract

     

    Prof. Sudipta Seal, FASM
    University of Central Florida, Orlando
    [email protected]

    • Novel Materials: From Metallurgy to Medicine

    Notes:  Travel assistance may be required

    Dr. Jason Sebastian, FASM
    ASM Trustee (2018-2021)
    President
    Questek Innovations, LLC
    Evanston, IL
     

    Mrs. Beth Snipes, FASM
    TEC
    [email protected] 

    • Residual Stress and Retained Austenite Measurement by X-ray Diffraction

    Notes: Willing to travel within 6 hours of Tennessee. Travel outside of this area would require travel expense reimbursement.

     

    Mr. Larry Somrack
    ASM Trustee (2018-2021)
    President
    NSL Analytical Services, Inc.
    Cleveland, OH
     
    Dr. Jacob Stiglich
    Self
    • Wear/Corrosion Resistant Coating Technologies
    • Light Weight Armor, History and Current Availability
    Notes:  Travel assistance is necessary.
     
    Chantal Sudbrack, PhD.
    QuesTek Innovations, LLC

    • Impact of Powder Variability on the Microstructure and Mechanical Behavior of Selective Laser Melted Alloy 718
      Abstract 

     
    Mr. Aaron Tanzer
    Lehigh Testing Laboratories, Inc.
    • Failure Investigations for Engineers

    Abstract

    Notes: Willing to travel within a 300 mile radius to New Castle, DE
     

    Mr. Anthony Tenaglier
    Hitchiner Manufacturing
    [email protected]

    • The Art of Heat Treating
       

    Notes: Travel assistance is required.

     
    Dr. Judith A. Todd, FASM
    ASM Trustee (2017-2020)
    P.B. Breneman Chair & Prof. of Engineering
    Pennsylvania State University
    University Park, PA
     
     

    Mr. George F. Vander Voort, FASM
    Vander Voort Consulting L.L.C.
    [email protected]

    • I have over 100 Power Point presentations on all sorts of metallography topics, failure analysis and heat treatment topics.
       

    Notes: Travel assistance is required.

     
    Mr. Todd Wenzel
    Throughput | Bluestreak
    • Leveraging Mobile Technology to Run Your Manufacturing Service Business

    Abstract

    Notes: Willing to travel to most locations in North America. 
     
    Dr. John D. Wolodko
    ASM Trustee (2016-2019)
    AITF Strategic Chair, Bio and Industrial Materials and Associate Professor
    University of Alberta
    Edmonton, AB
     

    Prof. Yuntian T. Zhu, FASM
    NC State University
    [email protected]

    • Heterostructured Materials: A New Paradigm for Designing Metals for Superior Mechanical Properties
       

    Notes:  Willing to treavel within the Midwest to East coast states, travel assistance is requited.