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Grinding and Abrasive Processes

ID: 726209 Texas, USA

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He is an expert in grinding. This includes but it not limited to grinding burn, thermal damage, methods to detect thermal damage, residual stresses and their effect on part performance, cycle optimization, part tolerances, coolant application, dressing-diamond application, high-speed-steel grinding, tungsten-carbide grinding, nickel-alloy grinding, continuous-dress grinding, safe practices, safe wheel speeds, and asbestos-containing wheels.

Education

Year Degree Subject Institution
Year: 1999 Degree: Ph.D. Subject: Mechanical Engineering Institution: Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
Year: 1995 Degree: M.S. Subject: Mechanical Engineering Institution: Pennsylvania State University
Year: 1992 Degree: B.S. Subject: Mechanical Engineering Institution: University of Texas at Austin

Work History

Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2004 to Present Employer: Undisclosed Title: Consultant / Expert in Grinding Department: Undisclosed
Responsibilities:
Expert is an independent consultant and expert in grinding, in which capacity he works with companies around the world in the grinding industry. As an expert, his services include: grinding research programs, troubleshooting grinding problems, teaching industrial courses in grinding, conducting research in grinding, prevention of “grinding burn," advisement on grinding safety issues and grinding part-quality issues, and addressing asbestos content in bakelite-bonded grinding wheels.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2000 to 2004 Employer: Undisclosed Title: Research Engineer Department: Undisclosed
Responsibilities:
Expert worked for two years at this research laboratory in Söderfors, Sweden, where he developed an R&D program into the grindability of their different steel grades and also helped the company's customers in grinding. He then worked for two years as Technical Manager for their operations in New Jersey.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2000 to 2009 Employer: Undisclosed Title: Writer Department: Undisclosed
Responsibilities:
Expert continues to write a regular question/answer column in Cutting Tool Engineering -- the leading American magazine in the field of cutting tools and manufacturing.

Additional Experience

Expert Witness Experience
He has provided expert witness services for the following:
Investigation into asbestos release from grinding wheel core.
Grinding-wheel breakage.

Career Accomplishments

Associations / Societies
ASME (Society of Mechanical Engineers)
SME (Society of Manufacturing Engineers)
International Abrasives Committee
Publications and Patents Summary
Numerous academic publications: CIRP (International Academy for Production Engineering); International Journal of Machine Tool & Manufacture; ASME Journal of Tribology.

Numerous trade-magazine publications: Steel Times International (UK); Modern Metals (U.S.); American Metal Market (U.S.); Utensili E Attrezzature (Italy); Werkzeug Technik (Germany); Precision Toolmaker (UK); Modern Machine Tools (India); Industrial Products Finder (India); Cutting Tool Engineering (U.S.); and Grinding & Abrasives Magazine (U.S.).

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