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Elizabeth B. Elmore

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Parrottsville, Tn. 37843

Cell 864-***-**** E- mail abnhtc@r.postjobfree.com

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Education: B. S. Metallurgical Engineering, University of Washington, 1982

Minor: Mechanical Engineering

Profile: Metallurgical Engineer experienced in the selection of materials and development of

production processes for manufacture of jet engine, aircraft, and automotive components.

Applications include jet engine turbine frames, compressor casings, turbine compressor blades,

and HP turbine blades, and automotive springs, stay bars, and catalytic converters. Processes

used include welding, hot and cold forging, stamping, casting, heat treating, diffusion bonding,

brazing, plasma spraying and coating of alloys such as tool steels, 410 stainless, Inco 718,

Waspaloy, Rene’ 41, Rene’ 80, Rene’ 142,Titanium, Columbium, Aluminum, Hastalloy, powdered

metals and composites. Experienced with root cause analysis, DFMEA, PFMEA, control plan and

product validation requirements. Extensive experience in fatigue testing and fracture mechanics,

design verification, process validation testing, and troubleshooting of production problems.

Brings a wide breadth of knowledge, information resources, and problem solving skills to any

problem. Familiar with Six Sigma. Computer literate. Jet engines overhauled include the P&W

F100, and GE F101, F108, F110, CFM56, TF33, and various APUs.

Instruments used include but are not limited to AMR, Cambridge, ISI and ETEC Electron

microscopes, Kevex EDS, plasma coaters, B&L, Ricoh, and Leitz Metallographs, both Automated

and manual DPH Microhardness testers, Baird 1 Meter Vacuum path spectrometer, Nelreco x-ray

Goniometer for determination of phase and residual stress, Leco Units to determine Carbon,

Sulphur, Oxygen/Nitrogen, and Hydrogen, Tinius Olsen Tensile Testers, Instron Fatigue Testers,

and a number of custom built fatigue testing rigs for testing bellows, springs and staybars.

Awards

Rocketdyne President’s Special Achievement for producing Ductile Inco 625 Sprayed from Wire

Precision Components Business Unit Managers Award for scrap reduction from 40% to 6% in

producing the 7th stage 229 compressor blade.

Patent Disclosure 195197

June 1988

Production of Titanium Alumide by Interdiffusion of Foils

Work Experience

Velocys Development Engineer

Dec 2007- Sept 2008

Responsibilities

Identified factors critical for successful brazing of PCMed layers to produce micro-channel

Fisher Tropes Reactors and SMR reactors for converting Natural Gas to liquide petroleum

distillates.

Applied supplemental procedures developed previously in my career to improve the mechanical

properties of diffusion bonded Inconel SMR devices used to produce hydrogen vie steam

methane reforming.

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Hiland Associates Inc COO

June 2005-Present

Responsibilities

Identify distressed property, buy, repair, rehabilitate and rent out.

Butler at Honeywell R&O Repair Development Engineer

Mar 2004- July 2004

Responsibilities

Develop and document weld repairs for Rene’ 80 and Rene 142’ High Pressure Jet Engine

Turbine blades and identify capitol equipment required to support added repair

capabilities.

NTS at USAF Oklahoma Air Logistics Center Prototype Repair

Development Engineer

Dec 2001-March 2004

Responsibilities

Develop and document repairs for jet engine components for incorporation into Engine

Repair Manuals.

Developed fixtures and thermal cycle to control distortion of high precision components

while vacuum heat treating and quenching to retain dimensions and achieving the

strength and hardness required for the component.

Developed thermal sizing fixtures, which allow recovery of 2,000,000 dollars worth of

turbine shroud supports per year. With teammates, developed procedures for silicide

coating repair for USAF P&W Aircraft Engines. Responsible for weld development for new

Repairs for GE engines.

Visteon Chassis Systems Materials Engineer 1999 to 2001

Responsible for recommending appropriate materials and processes to meet design

requirements for Chassis Components and advising in preparation of test plans to verify

acceptable life vs. known failure modes. . Also responsible for troubleshooting problems

found during new model launch, Performing Failure analysis and Root cause analysis.

Resolved welding, fit up and materials issues threatening the launch of the 2000 Taurus

and Crown Victoria and the 2002 Explorer. Systems analysis of Tarsus catalytic

converter breakage resolved production problems resulting in a 12,000,000-dollar savings

in FY 2000.

Precision Components International Forging Engineer 1997 to 1999

Responsible for forging titanium jet engine turbine compressor blades from billet to blade

stage using precision closed die forging on high volume throughput line producing up to 2100

blades a day. Improved die design, glass lubrication, measurement. Award for reducing scrap

from 40% to around 6 % the 7th stage 229 blade.

Butler at NASA/Lockheed Martin Sr. Manufacturing Eng. 1995

Responsible for Preparation of weld procedures for the weld repair of 2195 aluminum

lithium for the Space Shuttle external tank.

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Developed manual procedures to repair Variable Polarity Plasma automatic welds. Chose

critical parameters and best practice based on statistical analysis of mechanical testing

results using various statistical correlation techniques.

Turbine Metal, Inc. Shop Manager & Welding Engineer 1991

Designed fixtures for HVOF and PlazJet spraying.

Managed shop workflow, set schedules for HVOF spray of valves, valve stems and clutches.

Revitalized welding program. Supervised recovery of $2,000,000 of A286, Inconel 713,

and Inconel 738 turbine blades ground power turbine blades in 4 months,

Specified heating and cooling rates to avoid sigma phase and cracking problems.

Minisystems Inc. Consulting Welding Engineer 1990

Identified welds on Shuttle fuel lines, which required weld procedure qualifications.

Designed weld test specimens to simulate strain field, and access for welding.

Rocketdyne Division Rockwell International

Producibility Engineer Welding and Brazing

1988-1990

Member of Design for Manufacture Team for ALS Rocket engine. Developed new processes to

lower the cost of rocket engine. Wrote proposals, schedules, and built plasma spray

equipment. Special Achievement Award for demonstration of ductile plasma sprayed material,

sprayed outside a vacuum. Developed diffusion bonding of Titanium Alumides for the National

Aerospace Plane. Evaluated new technologies for metals forming and casting. Wrote

specifications. Provided technical direction to ensure successful completion of contract

requirements.

Astech Division of TRE/Alcoa M&P/ Welding Engineer 1985-1988

Developed weld tooling and procedures for manufacture components of using Astech’s spot-

welded honeycomb. Provided technical assistance for the manufacture of Nacelles, splitters,

thrust diverters, and other structures for Boeing, Martian-Marietta, Grumman, McDonnell

Douglas, GE, and US Navy. Etc. using alloys such as Ti 6AL 4V, Ti 15-3-3-3, Waspaloy,

Hastalloy, Inco 718, 17-4 PH. Evaluated alloys for use in honeycomb exposed to salt-air,

splash-spray service, and evaluated composite materials for environmental (Hot/wet) stability.

Preformed failure analysis. Reviewed planning for producibility.

Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard Production Metallurgist

Welding Engineer 1982-1985

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Specified methods and techniques to reduce porosity and mis-runs in castings.

Provided schedules for forging difficult alloys. Performed failure analysis of welded, forged,

castings, and P/M parts and dealt with heat-treating problems. Specified appropriate

substitutions for unavailable materials and, evaluated fitness for service. Provided instructions

for welding on primary reactor components, and reviewing procedures for compliance with

NAVSEA 250-1500, 248, 278 and other applicable Navy specifications. Developed tools and

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techniques to improve and expedite production. Investigated and developed strategies to cope

with special welding problems. Performed stress and distortion analysis.

Successfully prepared welding procedures and instructions for shipboard and shop repair of

main steam piping, turbine casings, forced draft blowers, sea water pumps, drains, and valves,

steam valves, boiler tube sheets, Submarine Pressure Hull and other components and

structure of HY 80, CuNi, Inconel 600, Monel, and 300 and 400 series Stainless Steels, 4140,

4130, and various aluminum alloys.

Jorgenson Steel Forge Division Chemist/ Test Technician 1980-1981

Performed mechanical testing of stainless and alloy tool steels, including tensile, Charpy

impact, and drop weight testing; failure analysis on returned parts such as dies, reactor

pressure vessels, and crane hooks. Designed tests to predict the susceptibility of NMS 100 and

other proprietary grades of stainless steel to down-hole corrosion. Operated Baird

spectrometers and Leco C/S Analysis Equipment to monitor melt chemistry during production

of stainless and alloy steels.

Robertshaw Controls, Inc. Associate Engineer 1978-1980

Responsible for bellows production. Reduced scrap in bellows by 40%. Designed tests to

identify heats of materials most suitable for forming operations. Analyzed test results and

evaluated performance of the tests as predictors of the production performance. Investigated

production problems to determine if the problem originated in the materials, production

methods, or both. Monitored cleaning, annealing, drawing ratios, die profiles, and drawing

lubricants. Evaluated new technologies including laser welding for applicability to our

processes. Performed failure analysis. Parts such as aircraft injection system control bellows,

missile fuel system control valves, and digital microprocessor chips using ETEC Autoscan

Electron Microscope to examine surface topography and micro cross-section, and a KEVEX

Energy Disperse X-Ray Analysis Unit for Spectrographic Analysis of Micro features. Designed

program and purchased equipment for acceptance testing of the thermal response of heat

treatable alloys such as Be-Cu, Inco 718, Inco x-750, AND 17-4 PH.

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