Materials Engineering Overview - Overview PDF - PowerPoint - Podcast

	1981 - BS in Metallurgical Engineering, Purdue University
	Management/Production
	"Become a well-rounded engineer, not just a materials specialist. Remember communication and people skills will help you to succeed."

"Graduating from college and having an educational background in Materials Engineering I could then choose whatever field, whatever I wanted to apply my trade to. That's one of the unique things about Materials Engineering, is that that makes it enjoyable. Because of that, if you have a love of golf clubs - guess what - advanced materials and golf clubs go together. There's graphic shafts and there's a lot of fancy things going on and if that's what you want to do with a background in Materials Engineering, you can do that."

"When I left the Aerospace Industry and got into the consulting business, one of the things that became very clear to me is that as a credential, having a professional engineering license was mandatory, especially if you're going to get into any courtroom testimony the lawyers will almost always ask you, 'Are you licensed? Are you a registered professional Engineer?'"

Typical Day

7:00 AM - Swim, wake up family and leave for work.
8:00 AM - Organize day, discuss projects with staff.
9:00 AM - Receive new jobs, discuss with staff
10:00 AM - Work with staff, performing lab work, sem. testing
11:00 AM - Reading handbooks.
12:00 PM - Have lunch with wife (who works with me).
1:00 PM - Continue project work
2:00 PM - Calling customers & discussing results
3:00 PM - Writing reports, suggesting follow on work
4:00 PM - Meet with customers, presenting results
5:00 PM - Preparing invoices/bills
6:00 PM - Arrive home and cook dinner to starving kids.
7:00 PM - Finish reports on PC while kids do homework.

Career Experience:

• Materials Engineering, Inc, Principal Engineer.
• Sundstrand Aerospace, Principal Materials Engineer.
• Sundstrand Aerospace, Manager Materials Development.
• Sundstrand Aerospace, Sr. Mat. Dev. Eng.
• Sundstrand Aerospace, Applications Metallurgical Engineer
• Erie Steel Treating, Plant Metallurgist

Honors and Awards: Armco Achievement Awards, Outstanding Senior Research Project, ASM Scholar, Purdue "Outstanding Materials Engineer" Alumni Award, 2 Patents, 13 Technical Publications.

Best Preparation: "Creativity and enjoyment of solving puzzles & figuring things out. The sense of fascination of learning new things. Inquisitiveness . These characteristics, rather than education or training."

Getting First Job: "I worked summers in high school as a janitor in a heat treating plant. I worked there in my first engineering position. I learned about the janitor position through family contacts."

Advice: "Become a well-rounded engineer, not just a materials specialist. Remember communication and people skills will help you to succeed."

Memberships: ASM, NSPE

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