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Additional Membership Certificates were issued to new members Donsco, Inc. in Wrightsville, PA and Sri Akila Castings in Guindy, Chennai, India ___________________________________________
JED FALGREN
Jed Falgren of The Dotson Company gave a slide presentation on the Honor Program at Dotson. The Honor program presents Honor bookends to current and past military personnel to say "Thanks" for their service to our country. Over 500 have been given out so far. Click picture above to view PowerPoint Presentation. If any foundry would like to get patterns to do this they should contact Denny Dotson at denny@dotson.com __________________________________________
No BIO available No topic summary available
No picture available No topic summary available BIO PREM OBTAINED HIS
METALLURGICAL ENGINEERING DEGREE FROM THE INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (ITT)
IN BOMBAY, INDIA. HE THEN OBTAINED
HIS PHD (DOCTORATE) FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND. HE HAS OVER 40 YEARS OF INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE IN THE TECHNOLOGY OF GRAY
& DUCTILE IRON CASTING PRODUCTION AND THE DEVELOPMENT AND MARKETING OF
SPECIALIZED FOUNDRY ALLOYS. THE
COMPANIES HE HAS WORKED FOR INCLUDE TATA (IN INDIA), FORD, INTERMET, GLOBE
METALLURGICAL AND NOW HICKMAN, WILLIAMS & COMPANY. HE HAS SERVED ACTIVELY AS A MEMBER OF THE AFS, INSTITUTE OF BRITISH
FOUNDRYMEN, INSTITUTE OF INDIAN FOUNDRYMEN, DIS AND FEF BOARDS. HE HAS VISITED SEVERAL FOUNDRIES AROUND THE GLOBE.
Rick Gundlach(L) receiving speaker gift from Meeting Chair Gene Muratore RICHARD
GUNDLACH No topic summary available BIO RICK IS THE SENIOR
METALLURGICAL ENGINEER AT STORK CLIMAX RESEARCH SERVICES, A METALLURGICAL
ENGINEERING AND TESTING LABORATORY LOCATED IN WIXOM, MI. CLIMAX RESEARCH SERVICES WAS CO-FOUNDED BY RICK IN 1987 AND WAS RECENTLY
PURCHASED BY STORK SMT IN 2006. PRIOR
TO THE FORMATION OF CRS, RICK WAS A METALLURGICAL ENGINEER AND RESEARCH
SUPERVISOR FOR 18 YEARS AT CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM COMPANY (AMAX) IN ANN ARBOR, MI.
RICK HOLDS HIS BS AND MS DEGREES IN METALLURGICAL ENGINEERING FROM THE
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN IN ANN ARBOR, MI. RICK
IS WIDELY RECOGNIZED EXPERT IN THE FIELD OF CASTING METALLURGY. HE HAS AUTHORED & CO-AUTHORED MORE THAN 50 PAPERS PUBLISHED IN AFS
TRANSACTIONS, METALLURGICAL TRANSACTIONS, METALS PROGRESS, INTERNATIONAL CAST
METALS JOURNAL, CASTING ENGINEERING, AND VARIOUS CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS. RICK IS A RECIPIENT OF THE AWARD OF SCIENTIFIC MERIT AND THE HOWARD F.
TAYLOR AWARD BY AFS, AND 2 OF RICKS PAPERS WON THE BEST PAPER AWARD IN THE
GRAY IRON DIVISION OF AFS. HE HAS
CO-AUTHORED A HANDBOOK ON ABRASION-RESISTANT WHITE IRONS, CHAPTERS IN 2 ASM
HANDBOOKS ON CAST IRONS AND A CHAPTER IN THE AFS DUCTILE IRON HANDBOOK. RICK IS A MEMBER OF THE ASM AND
AFS. HE ALSO IS A ____________________________________________
Ross Vass(L) receiving speaker gift from Meeting Chair Gene Muratore "Cutting and Grinding Ductile Iron with Diamond Tools" No topic summary available BIO ROSS BEGAN HIS CAREER
IN THE FOUNDRY INDUSTRY AS AN APPRENTICE PATTERNMAKER IN 1980 WHILE ATTENDING
NIGHT SCHOOL STUDYING WELDING AND METAL CASTING. AFTER ATTAINING AN ASSOCIATES DEGREE HE TRANSFERRED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF
WISCONSIN STOUT WHERE HE ATTAINED A BS IN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION IN 1984 AND AN MS
1990. HE JOINED THE AFS CAST METALS
INSTITUTE IN 1985 AS THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION. OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS HE HELD THE POSITIONS OF ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
OF EDUCATION AND LABORATORY MANAGER. HE
JOINED TWIN CAST AS CASTING MANAGER IN 1991. A YEAR AND A HALF LATER HE JOINED RICE INDUSTRIES INC. AS A TECHNICAL
SALES REPRESENTATIVE. HE IS
CURRENTLY PRESIDENT AND AN OWNER OF RICE INDUSTRIES INC. ROSS IS VERY ACTIVE IN THE TWIN CITIES CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN FOUNDRY
SOCIETY, WHERE HE CURRENTLY SERVES ON THE BOARD AND IS THE EDUCATION CHAIRMAN.
ROSS AND HIS WIFE JILL HAVE TWO WONDERFUL CHILDREN AND RESIDE JUST NORTH
OF THE TWIN CITIES. ROSS ENJOYS
HUNTING, FISHING AND DEVELOPING BETTER SOLUTIONS FOR METAL CASTERS. _____________________________________________
Dennis Dotson(L) receiving speaker gift from Meeting Chair Gene Muratore DENNIS DOTSON "Critical Performance Systems" No topic summary available BIO DENNIS DOTSON IS A
THIRD GENERATION FOUNDRYMAN SERVING AS PRESIDENT OF DOTSON IRON CASTINGS. HE IS A U.S. NAVY VETERAN AND A GRADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME
(1967 BBA) AND THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO (1968 MBA). DENNIS HAS BEEN VERY
ACTIVE IN THE INDUSTRY SINCE 1976 WHEN HE WAS A FOUNDING BOARD MEMBER OF THE
METAL CASTERS OF MINNESOTA. HE HAS
SERVED ON THE BOARDS OF THE NATIONAL FOUNDRY ASSOCIATION, THE IRON CASTING
SOCIETY, THE CAST METALS INSTITUTE, AND IS A PAST PRESIDENT OF THE DUCTILE IRON
SOCIETY. HE IS CURRENTLY ON THE
BOARD OF THE AMERICAN FOUNDRY SOCIETY. DENNIS HAS A STRONG
COMMITMENT TO EDUCATION AND IS A TRUSTEE EMERITUS OF THE MINNESOTA STATE
COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, THE GOVERNING BOARD FOR THE 35
POST-SECONDARY STATE INSTITUTIONS. DENNIS
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