J. Gilbert (Gil) Kaufman has a background of more than sixty years in the aluminum industry as well as in scientific and technical information database and data distribution technologies, and remains an active consultant in both areas. In 1997, he retired as Vice President, Technology for the Aluminum Association, Inc., and is currently President of his consulting company, Kaufman Associates. Earlier in his career, he spent 26 years with the Aluminum Company of America and five years with Atlantic Richfield where he was Vice President, Research, Development and Engineering. He also served as President and CEO of the National Materials Property Data Network, establishing a worldwide online network of more than 25 materials databases.
Gil is a Fellow and Life Member of ASM International. During his 66 years as an ASM member, he has served on and chaired several technical committees related to materials data and publication policy. He has published more than 125 articles and seven books on aluminum alloys and materials data systems, all of the books published with ASM International. Gil has also contributed to chapters and articles in several volumes in the ASM Handbook series and most recently served as co-Volume Editor of ASM Handbook, Volume 2A: Aluminum Science and Technology and ASM Handbook, Volume 2B: Properties and Selection of Aluminum Alloys. Gil is also a Fellow and Honorary Member of ASTM.
Gil has been married for 66 years to Ruth Hobbs Kaufman, with whom he has three children, six grandchildren, and (so far) four great grandchildren.
Learn more about the books Gil has authored with ASM:
Aluminum Alloy Castings: Properties, Processes, and Applications (with Elwin L. Rooy)
Introduction to Aluminum Alloys and Tempers
Parametric Analyses of High-Temperature Data for Aluminum Alloys
Properties of Aluminum Alloys: Fatigue Data and Effects of Temperature, Product Form, and Processing
Properties of Aluminum Alloys: Tensile, Creep and Fatigue Data at High and Low Temperatures
Relational Analysis: Guidelines for Estimating High and Low Temperature Properties of Metal
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