DUSAN MILICEVIC, M.Sc.

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Darrien, Illinois 60561 630-***-****

Master of Science in metallurgy with 30 years of experience in production, research, quality and management in various capacities. Production expertise includes ingot and continuous cast billets, ESR and VIM re-melted ingots, open die and closed die forging, casting, heat treating of steel, stainless steel, titanium and aluminum alloys, welding of carbon and alloy steel and destructive and nondestructive testing. Proficient in tool and die design using Autodesk Inventor, AutoCAD and forging software DEFORM. Research expertise includes the application of advanced manufacturing processes and materials in manufacturing, formability of nickel based alloys, and corrosion resistance of nickel based alloys in salt water. Experienced in FMEA and statistical tools in problem solving. Proficient in metallography and failure analysis of steel, stainless steel, nickel based alloys, aluminum alloys. Management expertise ranges from the Head of Engineering Department to the Director of Operations. Customers serviced include commercial and governmental sectors ranging from Army, Navy, aerospace and nuclear industries.

KEY TERMS: forging expert, heat treatment expert, carburizing, failure analysis expert, sand casting, metallography, destructive and non-destructive testing of steel and alloys, properties of steel, stainless steel, nickel alloys and aluminum alloys, forging die design, forging simulation software, FMEA, 5D, welding, project management, crankshafts, aluminum wheels, large shafts for NAVY, ammunition shells, aluminum and steel rings, nickel metal hydride alloys, bar, billets, corrosion, API, AMS, NACE, ASTM specification, Pup joint, elbows, rings, aluminum wheels, steel cartridges, rotors, metallurgical laboratory, US patent holder, conference presenter

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Self employed 2016--Present

DIS Service Darien, Illinois

Innovative crankshafts manufacturing and development based on own USA patents 9,095,891 and 9,254,518

Metallurgist 2011-2016

Commercial Forge Products Inc. Bedford Park, Illinois

Axles, shafts, PUP joints forging plant, overseeing metallurgical laboratory

Chief Metallurgist 2010-2011

Steel Industries Inc., Redford, MI

Open Die Forging Plant

Senior Materials Engineer 2007-2010

Concurrent Technologies Corporation, Johnstown, PA

Research and Development/ Government Contracts

Forging Engineer 2004-2007

General Dynamics-OTS, Scranton, PA

Scranton Army Ammunition Plant; backward extrusion

Project Engineer 2001-2004

Accuride Corporation, Erie, PA

Aluminum Wheel Forging Plant

Forge Shop and Heat Treat Superintendent 1997-2001

Expertise in open die forging of Navy shafts up to 250000 lb. in weight.

Erie Forge and Steel, Erie, PA

Open Die Forging Plant

Research Engineer 1996-1997

Designed and characterized novel Ni-MH alloys for batteries

Westaim, Edmonton, Canada

Canadian Government Research and Development Facility

Director of Operations, Forge Shop (1989-1991)

Forge Shop Zenica, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Commercial and Government Open Die Forge Shop

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Owner

Mr. Milicevic works with investors and Small Business Administration to secure seed capital for crankshafts manufacturing.

Metallurgist

Mr. Milicevic provides metallurgical support to production, sales, engineering and material department. Work closely with steel mills on metallurgical issues related to continuous casting billets, conducts failure analysis on daily basing of billets, forgings and final products, established metallurgical laboratory in the CFP to do metallography, macro testing, Ultrasound testing and magnet particle testing. Utilized internal and external laboratories to resolve quality issue with related to products for gas industry and earth moving equipment. Created 120 Failure analysis reports using optical, SEM and Auger microscopes and presented those reports to external and internal customers. Mr. Milicevic reengineered forging process and tooling for one-part number and increased productivity for 50%.

Completed many continuous improvement project, conducted internal and external audits, presented many metallurgical PPAP to customers, Utilized SPC method to improve induction heating process, created several DOE to address a production issues.

Chief Metallurgist, Steel Industries (ISO 9001 and Nadcap accredited)

Mr. Milicevic, provided technical support and leadership to sales and production while managing a team of four engineers. He was responsible for the overall quality of forged /ring rolled products. He was the point of contact regarding technical questions for multiple departments including, sales, planning, inventory, forging, heat treating and machining. Additionally he was the primary contact for technical questions for external customers including but not limited to GE, Bechtel and Westinghouse. He resolved issues regarding abnormal grain growth in 304L stainless steel forgings by specifying the proper chemistry. He identified the root cause for elongation failure in 422 stainless steel rings and eliminated problems by identifying the proper size and disposition practice of ESR ingots.

Daily responsibilities required Mr. Milicevic to use ASTM, AMS, API and military specifications to create Manufacturing and Inspection Plans (MIP) as well as heat treatment procedures for customers from the aerospace and nuclear industries in compliance with International Traffic in Arms Regulation (ITAR). He dealt with approximately 200 steel/alloy grades such as carbon, low alloy steel, martensitic, ferritic, austenitic stainless steel, high temperature alloys such as alloy 625 and aluminum alloys such as 2219, 6061 and 7075.

Senior Materials Engineer, Concurrent Technologies Corporation

Mr. Milicevic served as the technical lead for multiple projects. He was the project engineer for Waterjet Inlet funded by the Office of Naval Research. He helped reengineer plate fabrication made from ASTM A131 DH36 into a casting made from ASTM A757C1Q. He directed the mold design, casting, heat treating, tensile, impact, dye penetrant and x-ray testing for this project. The prototype was inserted into the ship, met all the requirements and reduced approximately 10,000 labor hours for the customer.

As the lead engineer for the Advanced Steels Task of the Advanced Combatant Materials Project, he evaluated 13 types of stainless steel, duplex stainless steel and high corrosion resistant alloys for Naval application. Prior to this he was technical lead for the Alloy 625 Formability Project where he designed tooling using Autodesk Inventor 3D Software, wrote bend test procedures, conducted actual testing on a 850-ton press, analyzed data and made recommendations for cold forming of Alloy 625 plate. The customer continues to follow his recommendation with success.

Forging Engineer, General Dynamics – OTS

Mr. Milicevic worked on the extrusion process improvement and scrap reduction of shells for heavy guns. He redesigned extrusion tooling and extrusion procedures which resulted in a 15% scrap reduction. He was also involved in the evaluation of cobalt-based super alloys for draw rings application.

Project Engineer, Accuride Corporation

Mr. Milicevic utilized finite element software package “Deform” to eliminate forging defects in aluminum wheels and improve the lubrication process. This resulted in an annual saving of $500,000 in lubrication costs and near elimination of scrap. Utilized FMEA and simulation forging software to identify the root cause of the problem.

Forge Shop and Heat Treat Superintendent, Erie Forge and Steel

Mr. Milicevic eliminated surface cracking defects during the forging of 4340 steel, improved forging procedure of heavy shafts for Navy and reduced forge scrap by 35%. He was responsible for open die forging and heat treating of Navy shafts, rotor shafts for power plants, rings, cylinders, billet and bars for various customers. He oversaw daily production on two hydraulic presses with eight heating furnaces, 16 heat treating furnaces for annealing, normalizing, quenching and tempering. He was involved in quality and production issues including but not limited to the melt shop (ladle metallurgy and vacuum stream degassing), forge shop, heat treating and machine shop. Mr. Milicevic oversaw a team of 36 people.

Research Engineer, Westaim

Mr. Milicevic developed novel Ni-MH alloys for batteries with improved hydrogen absorption capabilities. He designed laboratory equipment; evaluated alloys using optical and electron microscopes, X-ray diffractometer, dilatometers, and battery charger-discharger.

Director of Operations, Forge Shop Zenica

Mr. Milicevic was responsible for the profit and loss of $ 50 million plant shop. He directed a team of 400 forge shop employees to meet annual output goals.

EDUCATION

1998, M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, Specialization in materials, The University of Calgary, Canada

1978, B.S. in Metallurgy, The University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

TRAINING

1. ASM International “Metallurgy of Welding and Joining”, 2007

2. ASM International “Metallurgy of Titanium Alloys”, 2005

3. Autodesk Inventor 10 Essential and intermediate Training, 2004

4. Unigraphics Training, 2002

CERTIFICATION

1. CTC Project Management Curriculum, 2008

PUBLICATIONS

1. Juan Valencia, Dusan Milicevic, Robert Akans, Ed Hibner: "Alloy 625 Formability for Future Carriers" NMC Report Tr. No.08-026, Concurrent Technologies Corporation, 27 November, 2008

2. Dusan Milicevic, William Troy Tack: "Advanced Combatant Materials" NMC Report Tr. No. 08-058,Concurrent Technologies Corporation, 30 November, 2008

3. Eric Oller, Brian Fowler, Donald Howard, Dusan Milicevic, Michael Myers, Laurentiu Nastac, Yang Peng, James Pettica, Scott Rodes, Paul Schultz, Vladimir Shkolnikov: "Thick Plate Weld Study" NMC Report TR. No.09-004, Concurrent Technologies Corporation, 27 January 2009

4.Dusan Milicevic, Laurentiu Nastac, Juan Valencia, John Romanelli: "LCS 5 Design for Manufacturability and Assembly Assessment" NMC Final Report, Tr. No 09-039, Concurrent Technologies Corporation, 29 April, 2009

5. Juan J. Valencia, Robert E, Akans, Dusan Milicevic: "Alloy 625 Casting Assessment R 2287, Comparison of Alloy 625 Casting and Forging Properties” NMC Report TR No.09-105, Concurrent Technologies Corporation, 08 December, 2009

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