Engineering Manager

CHARLES PARKMAN COFFIN, PhD

**** ******** ***** • Alamogordo, NM 88310

575-***-**** • *******@***.*** • www.linkedin.com/in/charlescoffin1

GLOBAL ENGINEERING / INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONAL

Engineering and Industrial Technology Professional with over 15 years of experience spanning China, Europe and the USA in a variety of industries and applications. Recognized for knowledge and experience in metals, wire, hard materials and other engineered materials to industrial and technical applications in an international environment. Competencies:

R & D

Cost Savings

Technical Assistance

Quality Improvement

Troubleshooting

Failure Analysis

Team Coaching

Project Management

Materials Characterization

Materials Testing

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

BEKAERT 08/2006 to 12/2015

$4B global manufacturer of drawn steel wire products and coating solutions with main market segments in Automotive, Energy & Utilities, and Construction.

Technical Project Manager, (Qingdao) Wire Products Co, Ltd. Qingdao, China (2014 to 2015)

Managed heat treatment and galvanizing in wire factory, for applications ranging from fencing to wire rope.

Developed lead free process technology to make “green wire:” to reduce environmental and safety concerns.

Executed technical, quality improvement and cost savings projects and implemented new technology in industrial production environment.

Reported to Operations Manager and managed Process Engineer.

Team Coach, Bekaert Asia Research and Development Center, Jiangyin, China (2010 to 2014)

Managed and coached team of 10 engineers and technicians in wire process and product technology.

Provided technical assistance to factories in Asia (China, Indonesia and Malaysia).

Recruited and managed a team of three wire rope service engineers.

Managed wire technology projects (heat treatment, coating, innovation, spring wire).

Built up pilot line and testing equipment for wire heat treatment, spring wire coilability and fatigue.

Research and Development Manager, Bekaert Technology Center, Belgium, (2006 to 2010)

Managed team of five in the area of metallic hot dip coatings for wire.

Managed projects in the fields of hot dip coatings, corrosion, aquaculture and innovation, resulting in published patents.

Responsible for hot dip pilot line.

HILTI AG, Technical Center, Schaan, Liechtenstein 10/2000 to 08/2006

Develops, manufactures, and markets products for the construction, building maintenance, and mining industries.

Research and Development Engineer

Focused on hard materials projects (cemented carbides, polycrystalline diamond for the drilling and demolition for application in the construction and mining industries).

Developed new concepts for anchoring systems (patent) and improved know-how regarding fastening tribology.

Managed local European BRITE project regarding implementation of new powder metallurgy technology for reduced cost gears in power tools.

Researched new corrosion protection systems for fastening systems.

UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM 10/1998 to 09/2000

Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Materials and Mechanical Engineering

Designed and fabricated interface-engineered oxide fiber / oxide matrix composite materials for improved toughness.

Examined thermal fatigue and thermal shock properties of ceramic matrix composite materials.

Studied the oxidation behavior of MoSi2 - based composite materials.

Characterized and calculated thermal stress and fracture behavior in cemented tungsten carbide

tool inserts for oil-drilling applications.

Performed failure analysis consulting and report writing.

UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN-NUREMBERG, Erlangen, Germany 10/1997 to 04/1998

Research Associate, Dept.Metal Science and Technology, Metal-Matrix Composites Group

EDUCATION

PhD, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO

Graduate Research Assistant, 07/1990 to 07/1997

THESIS: "Galvannealing of Interstitial-Free Steels Strengthened by Manganese, Silicon, or Phosphorus"

BS, Metallurgical Engineering, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 08/1986 to 05/1990

BS, Materials Engineering, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 08/1990 to 05/1990

SKILLS

Galvanizing, Heat Treatment, Wire Processing, Metallography, Ceramicography, Hard Materials, Ferrous Metallurgy, Optical Microscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Transmission Electron, Microscopy (TEM), Failure Analysis, Mechanical Testing (includes tensile, compressive, impact, fracture, fatigue and hardness testing), X-Ray Diffractometry, Photography, Technical Writing

LANGUAGES

Fluent in German, Dutch and Chinese.

Knowledge of Japanese, French, Italian, Spanish and Russian

PUBLICATIONS

“Evaluation of High Temperature Behavior of Zn and ZnAl Coatings on Core Wires and Strands for ACSR, ACSS and alike Overhead Power Conductors, C. Coffin, H. Depamelaere, D. King, and W. Van Raemdonck, Wire Journal International, August, vol. 4(8), 2010, p. 68.

“Determination of Elastic Constants in WC/Co Metal Matrix Composites by Resonant Ultrasound Spectroscopy (RUS) and Impulse Excitation”; Adv. Eng. Mater., Vol 4 (1-2), 2002, pp.37-42

“Processing and Characterization of Barium Zirconate Coated Alumina Fibers/Alumina Matrix Composites,” M. Koopman, S. Duncan, K.K. Chawla and C. Coffin, Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, Vol. 32(8), 2001, pp. 1039-1044.

“Thermal-Shock Behavior of a Nicalon-Fiber-Reinforced Hybrid Glass-Ceramic Composite,: N. Chawla, K.K. Chawla, M. Koopman, B. Patel, C. Coffin and Ji. I Eldridge, Composites Science and Technology, vol. 61, 2001, pp. 1923-1930

“Interface Engineering in Oxide Fiber/Oxide Matrix Composites,“ K.K. Chawla, C. Coffin and X.R. Xu, International Materials Reviews, vol. 45 (5), 2000 pp. 165-189.

"The Effect of a 0.07 Weight Percent Phosphorous Addition on the Galvannealing of a Niobium-Titanium-Stabilized Interstitial-Free Steel," C. Coffin and S.W. Thompson, GALVATECH 95 Proceedings, Chicago, IL, 1995.

"Galvannealing of Interstitial-Free Steels Strengthened by Manganese, Silicon, or Phosphorous: An Initial Study," C. Coffin and S.W. Thompson, Physical Metallurgy of Zinc Coatings, Ed. by A.R. Marder, TMS, Warrendale, PA, 1993, pp. 181-195.

"Dynamic Modeling of Self Propagating High Temperature Synthesis of Titanium Carbide Ceramics," A.H. Advani, N.N. Thadhani, H.A. Grebe, C. Coffin, and T. Kottke, Scripta Met., vol. 25, pp. 1447-1452, 1991.

"Dynamic Modeling of Material and Process Parameter Effects on Self-Propagating High-Temperature Synthesis of Titanium Carbide Ceramics," A.H. Advani, N.N. Thadhani, H.A. Grebe, R. Heaps, C. Coffin, and T. Kottke, J. Materials Science, vol. 27, pp. 3309-3317, 1992.

PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS

“Evaluation of High Temperature Behaviour of Zn and ZnAl Coatings on Core Wires and Strands for ACSR, ACSS and alike Overhead Power Conductors,” C. Coffin, D. King, H. Depamelaere, W. Van Raemdonck, Istanbul Cable & Wire 09 – New Technology for Global Markets,” 2009

“Determination of Elastic Moduli in Composties by Resonant Ultrasound Spectroscopy and

Impulse Excitation,” C. Coffin, K.K. Chawla, M.C. Koopman, B.R/ Paterson and X. Deng,

TMS Fall 2000 Annual Meeting.

“Double Cemented Carbide – an Old Metal Matrix Composite Idea Revisted, K.K. Chawla, Z.

Fang, K. Koopman, and C. Coffin, TMS Fall 1999 Annual Meeting.

"The Effect of a 0.07 Weight Percent Phosphorous Addition on the Galvannealing of a

Niobium/Titanium-Stabilized Interstitial-Free Steel," C. Coffin and S.W. Thompson,

GALVATECH 95, Chicago, IL, September 18, 1995.

"Galvannealing of Interstitial-Free Steels Strengthened by Manganese, Silicon, or Phosphorous:

An Initial Study," C. Coffin and S.W. Thompson, Symposium on the Physical Metallurgy of

Zinc Coatings, Annual TMS Meeting, San Francisco, CA, February, 1994.

"The Effect of Grain Size on the Mechanical Properties of Polycrystalline Zinc", C. Coffin,

D.K. Matlock, and S.W. Thompson, Annual TMS Meeting, Denver, CO, March, 1993.

HONORS AND AFFILIATIONS

Alan B. Dove Memorial Reward Dove Award for 2009 Best Presentation, Ferrous Division, Wire Association, International

Recipient of 1990 Cramer Award for graduating with highest GPA in undergraduate engineering class.

Member of the Tau Beta Pi and Alpha Sigma Mu (past chapter president) National Engineering Honor Societies.

Member of ASM International and TMS.

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