I am a Canadian Citizen and have a small business based on my 37 years of experience in advanced materials. I am open to permanent employment and any form of a corporation based on a contract.
My broad experience could be a definite asset to these positions. I have much research knowledge and practical skills in coatings, composites, process metallurgy, plasma, and electron-beam technologies.
My enclosed resume shows my expertise in titanium, copper, aluminum, chromium, cobalt, nickel-based alloys, high-temperature materials, metal-based cermets, and ceramic compositions. I have unique experience in fiber composites (SiC, B, Steel, C in Ti and Al matrixes)
I assume that combining my expertise in laser and e-beam depositions with Thermo-spray and Cold Spray depositions of metals and ceramics would be a valuable addition to this position.
My extensive research experience in materials science and participation in various aerospace and automotive industries projects to research and produce new alloys and materials would make me a good fit for your needs.
In my previous work, I participated in five projects related to surface modification using e-beam and plasma torch.
I know powder and physical metallurgy to achieve positive added composition bonds to the base substrates. Several of my projects were done for welding and melting pool parameters study during cladding and surface modification processes and a survey of their dependence on applied power and protective atmospheric conditions.
I did much work detecting and eliminating cracks in multi-composite systems such as WC-based satellites, carbides + borides, and oxide combinations that were investigated in bulk materials and coatings. I have a research paper about MAX phase structure influencing the main properties of the materials mentioned above.
I have much experience and practical skills with Zr2O3 stabilized by the Y2O3 TB coating system. We used the deposition of these components in E-Beam and Plasma Thermo-Spray systems. Then, in the USA, I spent a lot of time with Cold-Spray metalization (INOVATI machine ) to apply the cermet compositions based on refractory metals to the glass industry. In the small private company Sputtek, I recently dealt with HVOF new Ukrainian system. My total experience with powder spray depositions is roughly five years. E-Beam TBC/EBC coating development has been covered for 12 years, not including PVD arc-cathode and magnetron sputtering, which is around seven years.
In Kennametal-Stellite, I did a lot of slurries and past behavior research, including rheological measurements. Slurries and pastes were made based on WC + MoC and other metal carbide powders with organic binders and their combinations. Measured parameters were found in the slurry and paste formation processes and further production.
Corrosion is a chemical oxidation process in an aggressive environment, where contact metal's temperature and electrolytic potential with a stronger electric potential play a negative role. The erosive environment, in most cases, also increases corrosion. From the materials point of view, any defect as porosity foreign inclusions is a potential corrosion concentrator. The most dangerous is intercrystalline corrosion. The efficient way to fight corrosion is to increase the parts' quality or apply a protective coating. The composition of the layer depends on the environment's aggressive activity. I have ideas for developing new materials with erosion, corrosion, and oxidation resistance.
Back in my native country, Ukraine, I developed a stamping blade alloy called Cr-Ti-C. The development included casting in graphite and high-temperature sand molds. We also tried water-cooled molds. Plasma-arc melting in a water-cooled crystallizer with casting in the protective gas environment was a primary technological process. We developed the method for ship and aircraft building engine customers. The maximum size of casting was 100 kg.
Later, I developed an industrial induction-plasma-arc duplex process for one-ton ingots of aircraft alloy Ti, W, V, C, Cr, Nb, and Al. Co-based.
I also have three years of working with Beryllium and have patents.
At the dawn of my career, I actively participated in the R&D of the extensive titanium casting process. The critical point of that process was high-power metallurgical plasma generators used for titanium melting and casting. My department produced mono-crystals of Mo, W, Ta, and Cr metals and their alloys.
We cast all Inconel, Incoloy, and other gas turbine blade alloys. I am familiar with Ti production from TiO2.
I developed new refractory materials for the extension furnace refractory live circle in Owens Illinois Company's molten glass. I did considerable work with Molybdenum and Platinum, especially investigating molten glass activity on the metal structure and mechanical properties. I initiated the cold spray and magnetron sputtering process for the hot corrosion protective coating development and worked with vendors.
The USA patent office issued the patent for the invention of a new design. There is a direct connection between advanced materials to high-temperature oxidation-resistant ceramic.
I have an in-depth knowledge of electron-beam processes, melting and evaporation, high-temperature plasma generators for coating and melting, and PVD/ CVD processes.
I know vacuum equipment, magnetron spattering machines, coil furnaces, and lab equipment ( ESM, EDX, EBSD, TGA).
Materials simulation programs THERMOCALC and DICTRA can be a valuable addition for future work performance and cost savings. Working with those programs was my everyday work routine.
During 20 years of my work in Canada and the USA, I got many valuable contacts throughout North American Academia and the material sciences industry. I have also been acquainted with leading European companies and Institutions dealing with surface modification and cladding processes.
Please see my website, www.synergyantech.com, to be more familiar with my experience, skills, and background. You can also find some of my proposals here.
I developed my skills and knowledge through more than thirty years of working as a research engineer in material sciences at two universities.
I am a hardworking, innovative, and analytical person with knowledge of 3 languages.
I have excellent references and would be delighted to discuss the Sr. Materials Engineer position with you at your earliest convenience.
If you have questions regarding the projects of my experience, don't hesitate to ask me. I performed around 35 research-production tasks and have over 37 years of professional experience.
Thank you for your time and consideration
Kind Regards,
Alexander Manulyk
P. Eng, C.Eng. IMMM, Mcs
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