Find an Expert
Sheet Metal Formability and Metallurgy
Expert is founder and President of a consulting firm providing product applications assistance to materials and manufacturing companies. Expert helps companies make more cost-effective use of the sheet metal specified for each application. He performs technical analyses to determine if…
Metallurgical & Welding Engineering
Background in metallurgical, welding, and quality engineering in steel manufacturing, fabrication, construction, heat treat, aerospace flight hardware, upstream / downstream oil and gas production & transmission (sour and sweet), and refining. Familiar with all welding and brazing processes, “hands-on” experience…
Bulk Metal Forming, Forging, Modelling & Simulation, Process Improvement
Successful project facilitator with knowledge in the optimisation of key manufacturing process parameters used in the bulk metal forming and forging industries. An innovative and creative individual with strengths in problem solving, critical thinking and project management. Self-motivating with a…
Materials Engineering, Metallurgy, Failure Analysis, Materials Selection, and Materials Design
Expert has a Ph.D in Industrial Metallurgy and Metallurgical and Materials Engineering -- specifically, in mechanical behavior and performance of metals and alloys -- from the University of Birmingham, England. His research interests include mechanical behavior of materials-microstructure-deformation processing relations,…
Physical Metallurgy, Materials Joining, Alloy Design, Computational Metallurgy, Thermodynamics
Arc welding is one of the most widely used metal joining technique. On a commercial scale, this is of vital importance and many of the metals are better arc welded to yield a strong joint. But, this also means there…
Steel Foundry, Steel Manufacturing, Alloy Steel, Abrasion Resistant & Ductile Iron Castings
Chromium-molybdenum steel and iron castings are used in various engineering industries where high tensile strength, toughness and abrasion resistance is of prime importance. For example, in mining industry, different parts of a P&H Shovel are made of chromium- molybdenum steel…
Steel and Iron Casting Processes, Foundry Consulting, Metallurgy, and NDT Non Destructive Testing
Expert has extensive foundry experience with a strong emphasis in melting steel using both acid and basic processes. He developed metallurgical and operational melting procedures that optimized the acid and basic slags. He is very familiar with the use and…
Weld Structure, Tanks, Vessels
Expert (pronounced ma-kit-ka, ) has over 35 years experience in practical applications requiring consideration of materials, toughness, impact energy and resistance, tensile strength, yield strength, and ductility of metals. This includes experience with properties of welds and weldments, and ASME…
Metallurgical Engineering, Materials Processing, Materials Failure Analysis
Expert has gained extensive experience in the uses of ferrous metals and alloys (carbon and alloy steel, high strength steel, structural steel, heat resistant steel), non-ferrous metals and alloys, superalloys, stainless steels (austenitic, ferritic, martensitic, and precipitation hardening grades), tool…
Cryogenic Materials
AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEEL. Expert has expertise in the development of new nitrogen-strengthened steels. He was the U.S. representative to the High Nitrogen in Steels International Conference. He has also published three review papers and about 50 technical papers on low-temperature…