OBJECTIVE

Seeking a challenging full time position as a process metallurgist. I will utilize my knowledge and experience in metallurgical and materials engineering to meet your company’s goal.

PROFILE

4 years experience as research metallurgist in the graduate level : Physical metallurgy, Phase transformations, mechanical metallurgy, Electro chemistry, anodizing, recrystallization, LOM,SEM, EDS, failure analysis, materials testing, microstructure analysis, heat treating of steels, foundry, aluminum alloy processing, metallurgical lab equipment maintainece, research publications, ASME, ASTM, SEA standards

3 years experience in ceramic processing lab for materials, chemical analysis, product development of ceramic dentures, tribology tests, wear tests, lab maintainece, and hardness measurement.

1 year experience in automobile industry. Supervise the metallurgical lab, Laser weld defect analysis, MIG weld measurements, gauge measurements, metallographic analysis of microstructure of laser weld, quality assurance.

EDUCATION

M.S in Energy and Materials April 2015

Saginaw Valley State University, University Center, MI

GPA: 3.67/4

Thesis: Characterization of grain refining inclusions in steel

(To improve the strength and ductility of low carbon steels)

M.S in Materials Engineering January 2008

University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Thesis: Thermal stability of a submicron grain structure in Al-Sc alloy

B.S in Metallurgy and Materials Technology May 2005

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University-Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

GPA 3.4/4

WORK EXPERIENCE

Metallurgist (Quality lab supervisor) June 2015- present

Integrated Manufacturing and Assembly, LLC. 6501 E Nevada street, Detroit, MI-48234,U.S.A

Supervise the lab and hourly 24 UAW representative employees.

Cut, polish, Etch, metallographic, peel test responsibilities of welding of HSLA steels

Responsible for the annual testing for the welded products according to specification.

Supervise gauge measurements and weld length measurements for Laser and MIG welds.

Relays test set up problems and follow 5S standards according to company rules.

Welding defect identification and root cause analysis

Familiar with GMAW, MIG, Laser and Resistance welding

Kaizen tasks, continuous improvement project member.

Maintains a thorough working knowledge of mechanical equipment

Maintains housekeeping and safety practices

Conducting internal process audits and weekly dock audits in the plant.

Familiar with 8D, FMEA, APQP, PPAP, Quality alerts and ISO /TS 16949.

Tracked lab inventory items and places orders as necessary

Performed routine equipment maintenance

Graduate Research Assistant April 2014 – May 2015

Saginaw Valley State University. 7400 Bay rd, University Center, MI-48710, U.S.A.

Conducted casting experiments, Heat-treatments, Hardness testing, tensile testing & microscopic analysis.

Developed experimental procedures for electrolytic extraction of inclusions in steels.

Did mounting/grinding/polishing/hardness testing of samples according to ASTM standards.

Operated Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and did chemical analysis by energy dispersive spectrum (EDS) for inclusions and defects in steels and aluminum samples.

Developed standard operating procedures (SOPs) for castings, tensile testing

Austenization heat treatment, precipitation heat treatment, annealing, normalizing, thermomechanical heat treatment.

Did a project for General Motors on failure analysis in aluminum samples.

Characterized defects on the fracture surface of high and low cycle fatigue, and on tensile samples.

Quality Analyzer for Dental Materials January 2009 – January 2012

Shine Dental Group, Victoria, Australia

Did quality tests on clinical dental ceramic implants to meet Quality Service Control (QSC).

Conducted quality tests and rejected defective materials.

Checked surface and interface quality in dental materials.

Maintained OH&S (Occupation Health and Safety Administration) records.

Evaluated mechanical, physical and chemical properties of dental materials.

RELAVENT EXPERIENCE

Phase Equilibrium Independent Study August 2013– June 2014

Saginaw Valley State University, 7400 Bay rd, University Center, MI-48710, U.S.A

Conducted refractory experiments that showed the interactions of rare earth (RE) oxides with 1018 steel and 304 stainless steel.

Prepared eighteen samples in metallography lab to characterize steel-RE oxides-refractory interface.

Observed inclusion interactions in optical and scanning electron microscopes and conducted EDS analysis.

Published a paper on my research finding in American Foundry Society (AFS)

Grain Growth and Ageing Heat Treatment January 2006 – January 2008

University of New South Wales, Sydney, Kensington-Australia

Investigated thermal stability in aluminium alloys mainly in association with scandium additions to achieve improved high temperature properties

Conducted TEM study in order to understand the precipitate morphology

Used focused ion beam to examine the grain structure at different depths in the samples

Employed 3-D electron back scattered diffraction (EBSD) to provide additional sample characterization.

Prepared samples for TEM and SEM to determine effect of heat treatment on microstructure.

Efficiently maintained and managed all the testing and calibration records

Published a paper on my research findings in international journal of alloy and compounds.

COMPUTER/ TECHNICAL SKILLS

TOOLS: MS Office, MS Exel, MS Access, Matlab, Minitab, ImageJ

Electron Microscopy: SEM, TEM, EDS, FIB, EBSD

Certifications: NDT ASNT LEVEL II certified in MPT, PT, RT and UT (2013)

Certification: occupation, constructional health & safety, Fire safety, Risk analysis (2013)

Knowledgeable in Six Sigma and Total Quality Management (TQM)

Knowledgeable in material standards - GM, SAE, ASTM, etc

HONORS/ AWARDS/ ACTIVITIES

AFS: Member of American Foundry Society from SVSU chapter (2013-Current).

Received Presidential International scholarship-SVSU (2013-2015).

Received ARC Centre of Excellence scholarship-UNSW, Sydney-(2006-2007)

ARC Centre of Excellence for Design in Light Metals workshop in UNSW, Sydney-(2007).

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

A.Bommareddy., M.Z. Quadir., M.Ferry.,"Time and temperature regime of continuous grain coarsening in an ECAP-processed Al(0.1wt.%Sc) alloy"- (International) Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 527, 145-151, 2012.

A.Bommareddy., R.B.Tuttle., "Interaction of rare earth oxides with alumina refractories" –Proceedings of the 119th Metalcasting Congress, Columbus, OH -2015.

A.Bommareddy., R.B.Tuttle., "Study of Electrolytic Dissolution in Steels and Rare Earth Oxide Stability" Approved for publication in International Journal of Metalcasting -2015.

A.Bommareddy., R.B.Tuttle., "Role of Niobium Oxides on the Strength of plain Carbon Steels" Approved for publication in International Journal of Metalcasting-2015.

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