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EXPERTISE AND SERVICES
Automotive Materials Engineer, Metallurgist, Materials Engineering Manager, Heat Treatment Specialist, Analytical Testing Consultant, Ferrous Metallurgy Consultant, Failure Analysis Expert, Forensic Investigation and Analysis, Expert, Engineering Consulting ServicesExpertise in automotive industry materials engineering, analytical testing, heat treating, ferrous metallurgy and failure analysis of metal and organic materials.
This consultant has extensive experience in management and direction of worldwide resources, and has served as chief metallurgist in a manufacturing plant specializing in manufacture of linkages for commercial truck vehicles.
Capabilities include multi-national materials engineering activities related to rack & pinion steering gear and linkages for passenger cars and light trucks, heat treatment in automotive manufacturing, materials and process specifications of steering gear linkages and ball joints.
Additionally, this consultant has supervised materials laboratories, has developed new materials and processes, and has specified materials and processes for new products. Additional experience includes failure analysis and material investigations of steering systems for Class 8 and off-highway trucks
PRINCIPAL INDUSTRIES SERVED
Automotive, Manufacturing
EDUCATION
M.S., Business, Indiana Wesleyan University
B.S., Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, University of Michigan
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Consultant, Kevin Kennedy & Associates, Inc.
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Providing expertise in automotive materials engineering, metallurgy, materials engineering management, heat treatment, analytical testing, ferrous metallurgy, failure analysis, forensic investigation and analysis, and related expertise to a wide variety of clients.
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Chief Technology Engineer, Materials Engineering, major automotive supplier technical center
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Directed multi-national materials engineering activities. Was responsible for materials engineering activities related to rack & pinion steering gear and linkages for passenger cars and light trucks.
Chief Metallurgist, major automotive supplier
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Managed the heat treat department in an automotive manufacturing plant. Was responsible for materials and process specifications. Principal product was steering gear linkages and ball joints.
Principal Engineer, Materials Engineering, major automotive supplier, Commercial Steering Systems
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Supervised materials laboratories. Was responsible for developing new materials and processes. Specified materials and processes for new products. Main product was recirculating ball steering gears for Class 8 trucks.
Materials Engineer, major automotive supplier, Commercial Steering Systems
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Was responsible for failure analysis and material investigations of steering systems for Class 8 and off-highway trucks. Maintained analytical laboratory equipment (SEM, FTIR, TGA, X-ray Diffraction, Emission Spectrograph, and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer).
PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION
Certified Quality Engineer by the American Society of Quality
HONORS AND AWARDS
TRW Commercial Division Innovation Award - develop and implemented computerized heat-treat control system with poka-yokes (furnaces locked out if process parameters were outside control ranges)
Automotive Industry Action Group's (AIAG) Outstanding Achievement Award for efforts related to CQI-9 Heat Treat System Assessment Survey
PUBLICATIONS
Author of numerous publications and presentations on topics related to the forging industry, heat treating, commercial steering failure analysis, hydrogen embrittlement, quality systems, and more.
Please note that this is an abbreviated CV. A fully detailed unabridged CV is available under special circumstances.
Read articles by this associate:
Hydrogen Embrittlement of Ceiling Clip Hangers
Steering Gear Component - Quench Cracks
Steering Gear Component Failure
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