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John Thomas Cammett

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Meridianville, AL 35759

United States

Home: 256-***-**** Work, cell: 910-***-****

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Performance Review Institute (7/01/2008-Present)- Contract Special Process Auditor

Duties Performed – Nadcap auditing in Surface Enhancement, Conventional Machining, Non-convenrional Machining, Laboratory Material Testing areas

Stanley Associates Inc. (07/01/2008 - Present) - Sr Failure Analysis Engineer

Huntsville, Alabama United States

Performed aircraft and helicopter component failure analysis in support of US Army AED Category I Quality Deficiency Reporting activity

Cam-Met Inc. (04/16/2006 - 12/31/2008) - President

Jacksonville, North Carolina United States

Duties: Performed professional consulting, research, marketing and auditing work

in materials engineering area as an independent contractor. Principle activities

and clients were as follows:

Consolidated Metal Products (Cincinnati, OH) - Consulting on shot peen processing

Performance Review Institute of Society of Automotive Engineers (Warrendale, PA)

Lead auditor for shot peening processing auditing under auspices of Nadcap program

at aerospace contractors and OEMs world-wide

Electronics Inc (Mishawaka, IN) - Shot peening instructor/trainer at workshops and

on site at contractor locations world-wide

Jentek Inc (Waltham, MA) - Marketing agent and research engineer in application areas

for MWM sensor technology

US Naval Aviation Depot (Now ISSC East) (11/07/1990 - 04/15/2006) - Chief Metals

and Ceramics Branch

Duties: Analyzed materials usage in aviation systems. In collaboration with systems

engineers, develop airworthiness qualification requirements and established materials

selection criteria for new materials and processes and alternate part manufacturers.

Conducted materials engineering analysis by applying process-microstructure-property

relationships for wide range of materials including aluminum, steel, titanium, and

magnesium based metallic alloys, composite materials, adhesives, protective finishes,

etc. Provided materials engineering analysis and recommendations for corrosion prevention

and control of aviation components. Analyzed and conducted experimental studies in

materials durability including corrosion, wear, environmental degradation, and fatigue.

Evaluated material and process changes, develop maintenance procedures, establish

test requirements, and proposed changes for critical safety items. Presented briefings

to senior civilian management and military personnel up to and including general

and flag level officers and wrote/presented technical papers for internal and external

conferences.

Extensively performed aircraft and helicopter failure analyses.

Participated in aircraft and helicopter mishap investigations at foreign, domestic

and at-sea sites.

Developed and implemented component repair/rework processes.

Provided materials engineering support to aircraft, helicopter and propeller engineering

groups.

Served as resident expert and consultant to all programs in manufacturing technology

areas with emphasis on machining, grinding, surface enhancement processes and surface

integrity impact on component durability and serviceability.

Directed laboratory marketing activities in areas outside local customer base (in

addition to all currently held technical responsibilities).

Major accomplishments were material selection and continued successful support of

H-46 helicopter re-designed rotor head and development/implementation of cold rolling

technology to Al alloy propeller blades and implementation of MWM inspection technology

thereon.

Metcut Research Associates Inc. (08/01/1971 - 11/01/1990) - VP Advanced Materials

Technology

Cincinnati, Ohio United States

Duties: Managed programs, developed capabilities and marketed activities in fracture

mechanics and low and high cycle fatigue.

Managed x-ray diffraction laboratory activities and marketed residual stress measurement

programs.

Conducted and supervised failure analyses with emphasis on litigation and products

liability areas.

Participated as investigator in major R&D programs in manufacturing technology, surface

integrity and machinability.

Served as principal investigator on NCMS contract involving survey of industrial

capability and applications of surface finishing processes used to induce compressive

stresses.

Administered, managed and participated technically in ten-year WPAFB contract involving

on-site matls R&D group working on microstructure/property relationships in advanced

structural alloys. Technical involvement entailed conducting materials engineering

research and analysis by applying process-microstructure-property relationships for

wide range of materials including aluminum, steel, titanium, and magnesium based

metallic alloys and metal matrix composite materials.

Developed and marketed capabilities in matls engrg area.

Major accomplishments also included business development in fracture mechanics area

and in thermal spray coating evaluation activities

General Electric Company (03/01/1966 - 06/01/1970) - Mechanical Metallurgist

Evendale, Ohio United States

Duties: Conducted experimental research and design data generation programs in areas

of fatigue, low cycle fatigue and fracture mechanics.

Participated in development of advanced high strength titanium and nickel based alloys

for jet engine compressor and turbine applications.

Battelle Memorial Institute (06/01/1965 - 09/30/1965) - Temporary Research Fellow

Columbus, Ohio United States

Duties: Participated in research programs on mechanics of crack tip plastic zone

development in structural materials and fracture resistance in gas pipeline steels.

Major publications during academic and professional career:

1. Exothermic Padding of Steel Castings, MS Thesis, Ohio State University, 1963.

2. Developments in Exothermic Padding of Steel Castings, Steel Foundry Facts, 1963.

3. The Relationship of Microstructure to Strength and Toughness in High Strength

Steels, AFML-TR-65-60 (Co-author), Mar, 1965.

4. Residual Strains and Displacements within the Plastic Zone ahead of a Crack, Naval

Ship Structures Committee Research Report, (Co-author), 1966.

5. Application of ASME Low Cycle Fatigue Design Criteria to Ti-6Al-4V Alloy, ASTM

Symposium on Applications Related Phenomena in Ti Alloys, 1968

6. Elevated Temperature Low Cycle Fatigue Behavior of Rene41 Alloy, ASTM Symposium

on Elevated Temperature Fatigue, 1968.

7. Experimental Determination of Fatigue Crack Growth Thresholds, ASME Winter Meeting,

1969.

8. Plastic Zone Formation in 304SS/Maraging 350 Grade Steel Composite Laminates,

PhD Thesis, Univ. of Cincinnati, 1973.

9. Review of Measuring Methods for Surface Integrity, Annals of the CIRP, (Co-author),

1973

10. Machining of New Materials, AFML-TR-73-165 (Co-author), 1972.

11. Fatigue Crack Initiation in Surface Ground Ti-6Al-4V, ASM Metal Congress, 1973.

12. Fatigue Initiation in Surface Ground Ti-6Al-4V Alloy, Proc Intl Conf on Production

Engineering, 1974.

13. Surface Integrity of Machined Materials, AFML-TR-74-60, (Co-author), 1974.

14. Hold Time Effects on Room Temperature Fatigue of IMI-685 Ti Alloy, ASM Material

Science Symposium, (Co-author), 1975.

15. Influence of Shot Peening on Surface Integrity of Machined Aerospace Materials,

Proc First Intl Conf on Shot Peening, (Co-author), 1981.

16. Effects of Multiple Shot Peening/Cd Plating Cycles on High Strength Steel, ASTM

Symposium on Residual Stress Effects in Fatigue, (co-author), 1981.

17. Machining Residual Stresses and Their Influence on Surface-Related Properties

of High Strength Alloys, 28th Sagamore Army Materials Research Conference, 1981.

18. Edge Preparation of Titanium Matrix Composites for Mechanical Testing, Proc 14th

Technical Meeting of IMS, (Co-author), 1981.

19. Correlation of Fracture Characteristics and Mechanical Properties of Titanium

Matrix Composites, Proc AIME Symposium on Failure Modes in Composites, (Co-author),

1982.

20. Residual Stresses-Measurement and Causes in Machining, Annals of the CIRP, (Co-author),

1982.

21. Effects of Shot Peening on Fatigue of Ti-6Al-4V Powder Compacts, Proc Second

Intl Conf on Shot Peening, (Co-author), 1984.

22. Industrial Survey on Cold Working Processes to Induce Compressive Residual Stress

in Metals, NCMS Research Report, (Co-author), 1990.

23. Observation of Shot Peening Residual Stresses in Cold Worked AISI 301 Stainless

Steel and Their Re-distribution by Mechanical Loading, Proc Fifth Intl Conf on Shot

Peening, (Co-author), 1993.

24. Investigation of Thermal Relief of Residual Stresses in Two Steels, Proc ASME/JSME

Pressure Vessel & Piping Conf, (Co-author), 1995.

25. Anaylsis of H-46 Helicopter Rotor Head Component Fatigue Cracking, Proc 42nd

Intl SAMPE Symposium, 1997.

26. Shot Peening of Springs-a Case Study, The Shot Peener, 2008

27. Shot Peening Coverage - the Real Deal, The Shot Peener, 2007

28. Method and Apparatus for Providing a Layer of Compressive Residual Stress in

the Surface of a Part (Co-author) US Patent 7,159,425 B2, 2007

29. Shot Peening . . . Getting It Right, The Shot Peener, 2007

30. The Effect of Shot Peening Coverage on Residual Stress, Cold Work, and Fatigue

in a Nickel-base Superalloy (Co-author) Proceedings of International Conference on

Shot Peening, 2005

31. Overview of Low Plasticity Burnishing for Mitigation of Fatigue Damage Mechanisms

(Co-author), Proceedings of International Conference on Shot Peening, 2005

32. The Influence of Surface Enhancement by Low Plasticity Burnishing on the Corrosion

Fatigue Performance of AA7075-T6 (Co-author), International Journal of Fatigue, Elsevier

Science Ltd., Ed. Prof. K.L. Reifsnider, Vol 26/9, pp 975-982, Sept. 2004

33. Mitigation of Active Corrosion Fatigue and Corrosion Pit Initiated Fatigue in

AA7075-T6 with Low Plasticity Burnishing (Co-author), Proceedings of ASIP Conference

2003

34. Application of Low Plasticity Burnishing to Improve Damage Tolerance of a Ti-6Al-4V

First Stage Fan Blade (Co-author), Proceedings of the 44th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS Structures,

Structural Dynamics, & Materials Conf., 2003

35. "The Effect of Shot Peening Coverage on Residual Stress, Cold Work and Fatigue

in a Ni-Cr-Mo Low Alloy Steel". (Co-author) Proceedings of the International Conference

on Shot Peening, 2002

36 Restoring Fatigue Performance of Corrosion Damaged AA7075-T6 and Fretting in 4340

Steel with Low Plasticity Burnishing (Co-author) Proceedings of the 6th Joint FAA/DoD/NASA

Aging Aircraft Conference, 2002

37. Damage Tolerance Improvement of Ti-6-4 Fan Blades with Low Plasticity Burnishing

(Co-author)

Proceedings of the 6th Joint FAA/DoD/NASA Aging Aircraft Conference, 2002

38. The Influence of Surface Enhancement by Low Plasticity Burnishing on the Corrosion

Fatigue Performance of AA7075-T6 (Co-author) Proceedings of the 5th International

Aircraft Corrosion Workshop, 2002

39. Quality Assurance of Shot Peening by Automated Surface and Subsurface Residual

Stress Measurement The Shot Peener, 2001.

EDUCATION:

College/University

University of Cincinnati (09/01/1966 - 08/01/1973)

Cincinnati, Ohio

United States

Degree: Ph.D. - Major: Metallurgical Engineering

GPA: 3.8/4.0

Description: Ph.D. thesis topic in fracture mechanics area involved development of

fracture resistance in ultra-high strength steel laminates. Dates of attendance above

included both part-time periods while working full-time professionally and some full-time

periods while completing thesis research.

College/University

The Ohio State University (09/15/1958 - 12/15/1963)

Columbus, Ohio

United States

Degree: B. Met. Engrg. & M.S. - Major: Metallurgical Engrg

GPA: 3.6/4.0 Quarter Hours: 320

Description: Pursued 5-yr combined B. Met. Enrg. & M.S. (Met. Engrg) program leading

to bachelor's degree award in June, 1963 and master's degree award in December, 1963.

Bachelor's program includedMaster's thesis topic was exothermic padding and solidification

in steel castings.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Certification - ASM International Life Member (06/01/2001)

Life Member ASM International (Since 1960), Member of Natl Education Committee and

Metals Engrg Institute Instructor, Member of Executive Committee and Chairman, Cincinnati

Chapter.

Award - US Navy Navair Associate Fellow (06/01/2006)

Award conferred for excellence in service providing materials engineering input in

support of aviation activities, serving as mentor and subject matter expert in fatigue

and surface-related technologies.

Award - Intl Scientific Committee for Shot Peening (09/15/1996)

Selected to prestigious committee (25 members worl-wide) in 1996 and have served

continuously since then

Award - US Navy Civilian Meritorious Award (03/01/2000)

U.S. Navy Civilian Meritorious Award, 2000

Award - ASTM Award of Merit (11/01/1989)

ASTM Award of Merit

Award - Various Academic Honors and Awards (06/01/1963)

Academic and Professional Honoraries: Tau Beta Pi, Alpha Sigma Mu, Phi Eta Sigma,

Phi Lambda Upsilon, Sigma Xi

License - Professional Engr (OH) (06/01/1971)

Registered Prof Engr, OH No. 36034 (Since 1971).

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