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John is a metallurgical engineer with 10 years of experience in materials testing and failure analysis, coming from his experience at a third-party testing and engineering consulting laboratory. John has worked on projects from the transportation, industrial, commercial, and aerospace sectors. John’s specialties include metallurgical testing and analysis, metallographic preparation, and metallography.

John’s areas of expertise include:

• Materials: Carbon and Low Alloy Steels, Stainless Steels, Cast Iron, Aluminum Alloys, Copper and Brasses, Titanium Alloys, Superalloys
• Material testing: Visual Inspection, Hardness/Microhardness Testing, Metallography, Scanning Electron Microscopy/Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (SEM/EDS) Analysis, In situ Metallography, Replication, and Hardness testing
• Processes: Metal Casting, Forging, Welding, Heat Treating, Plating, Powder Metallurgy, Metal Additive Manufacturing
• Industries: Foundry, Forging, Automotive, Industrial, Electric Power, Transportation, Electronics, Aerospace