Metallurgy education in 2020 any thoughts
Metallurgy education in 2020 any thoughts
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An academic one, but I was wondering the direction Metallurgical education would take in universities in 2020. Any wish list or comments from the influencers here.
My wish list would be to get the basics right and lean towards experimental metallurgy ( I am biased perhaps).
My wish list would be to get the basics right and lean towards experimental metallurgy ( I am biased perhaps).
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RE: Metallurgy education in 2020 any thoughts
One area where I have seen quite a bit of useful progress made in the past few years is with using computational design techniques to create metal alloys with highly specialized properties. A good example are the steel alloys developed by QuesTek.
RE: Metallurgy education in 2020 any thoughts
RE: Metallurgy education in 2020 any thoughts
"If you don't have time to do the job right the first time, when are you going to find time to repair it?"
RE: Metallurgy education in 2020 any thoughts
RE: Metallurgy education in 2020 any thoughts
So companies that rely on metal (either make it or use it) will fund PhD work into areas of specific interest.
The third gen Advanced ultra high strength steels will continue to be a very active field.
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RE: Metallurgy education in 2020 any thoughts
How are traditional manufacturing industries going to source trained personnel. Will it be left to Africa to provide them?
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RE: Metallurgy education in 2020 any thoughts
In-house development or materials engineers from other countries.
RE: Metallurgy education in 2020 any thoughts
RE: Metallurgy education in 2020 any thoughts
Considering the amount of hand holding that I have had to provide on some recent aerospace projects I would feel comfortable in saying that most tier 1 companies have virtually no metallurgical capabilities. Composites are their focus. We were dealing with fairly traditional alloys and I had to walk them through it.
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RE: Metallurgy education in 2020 any thoughts
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RE: Metallurgy education in 2020 any thoughts
My recent personal experience was a bit different than yours. I recently spent a couple months working for a mid-sized aerospace manufacturer designing some fracture critical forgings for the cryo fuel system on a NASA manned launcher project. The reason I took the job was because it offered me a rare opportunity to work with some of the industry's most experienced engineers, analysts (including fracture mechanics), and manufacturing specialists (in areas like heat treatment, welding, metal forming, NDI, etc.) on a project that demanded the absolute highest level of product performance, quality and reliability.
Although the job paid a bit less than what I would normally earn, it was a fantastic learning experience. Whenever I had free time I would go out to the manufacturing area and politely ask the guys working there to explain to me in detail the particular process they performed, which they were always happy to do. I learned first-hand about almost every process involved in manufacturing these world-class cryo fuel system products, including critical ones like welding that required constant oversight by the metallurgist.
This experience by no means makes me a metallurgical expert. But in just a couple months working at this job I probably accumulated more practical knowledge of the manufacturing and engineering technology involved in producing critical metal cryo fuel system components than one would ever get from a university program.