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Keith Millis Ductile Iron Symposium Speaker Bios Tuesday, October 21 Session
Dr. Preston
Scarber, Jr.
Dr. Alan Druschitz is a new professor of the Metals Casting Group at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Alan worked also as a Research Engineer at GM Research Laboratories for 14 years and then 11 years with Intermet Corporation. Alan received his Ph.D. in Metallurgical Engineering in 1982 from the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL. Cees van Eldijk
Cees van Eldijk has worked on many different projects including ADI, Improving production processes, Improved production of TDI castings, Thin Ductile Iron for Automotive applications from 1968 – 2006. In 2006 Cees started a new company called TDIvalueWeb.com. This new company was formed to promote market, engineer and manufacture Thin Walled Ductile Iron (2-4 mm) for applications where fatigue strength and safety are critical. Hans Roedter
Hans Roedter is currently the Foundry Engineer and Technical Representative of Rio Tinto Iron & Titanium in Germany. Hans received his Bachelor of Science degree in Foundry Technology and Metallurgy from Mercator University Duisburg. Rudolf V. Sillen
Rudolf Sillen founded and today is the CEO of NovaCast Foundry Solutions AB, focusing on foundry technology software especially for pre-production preparation and for metallurgical process control. Rudolf Sillen is a Swedish Foundry Engineer and inventor of thermal analysis systems for gray and ductile iron and a patented process for production of compacted graphite iron “Graphyte Flow”. Christof Heisser
Christof Heisser is the President of Magma Foundry Technologies, Inc. in Chicago, IL. Christof moved to Chicago in 1995 from Magma GmbH in Aachen, Germany. Christof received his equivalent of a Masters Degree in Foundry Technology at the Technical University of Clausthal in Clausthal/Germany. Jorge A. Sikora
Jorge Sikora is currently a professor in the Engineering Department at the National University of Mar del Plata. Jorge is also the head of Metallurgy Division of INTEMA (Research Institute in Materials Science and Technology). He also is a researcher of CONICET (National Council for Scientific and Technical Research in Argentina) Dr. Frans Mampaey
Dr. Frans Mampaey is currently employed at Sirris in Belgium. Frans received his Metallurgical Engineering, Master’s in Computer Sciences and his Ph.D. in Applied Sciences. Frans has written several papers that were published in the AFS Transactions. He also received the Best Paper at the GIFA 2007 Foundry Congress in Dusseldorf, Germany. David Poerschke
David Poerschke is currently a graduate student at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. David is pursuing an M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering. He received his Bachelors of Science in the same field from Case in 2008. He has worked in the Case Metal Processing Laboratory since June 2005 on metal casting and materials research. Al Alagarsamy
Al Alagarsamy is retired but remains very active in foundry industry in the consulting capacity. Al worked for Grede Foundry, Intermet Foundry and Citation Corporation. Al was educated both in India and in the USA in Mechanical Engineering, Foundry Science and Metallurgy. He has been working in ductile iron and gray iron foundries since 1970 in this country. Norberto Rizzo
Norberto Rizzo is currently the Technical Manager at the
Foundry Division of Dana Venezuela in Valencia, Venezuela. Norberto has
worked at many different positions with several foundries in Argentina and
Venezuela. Norberto received his Metallurgical Technician certificate in
1965 at Escuela Industrial de la Nacion, San Nicolas, Argentina and his
metallurgical Engineering from the Universidad Tecnologica Nacional, San
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