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What is Metals Engineering?

Metals engineering is the application of metallurgy (the science of metals) to design and manufacturing decisions and problems involving metals. In this episode I explain the fundamental principles of metallurgy and how they are applied to engineer metals for component design and solving component failures and production quality problems.

About Michael Pfeifer, Ph.D., P.E.

I’m a metallurgical engineer with over 25 years of experience working on product design, manufacturing, and root cause analysis.

Most engineers think of metallurgists only for failure analysis of component failures. While I do that, I also help design teams with component design. I help select alloys and coatings that have the corrosion, fatigue, wear, and creep properties needed to meet reliability requirements. Oftentimes, trade-offs are required between component form and materials to optimize a design for performance, reliability, and cost. I help do that, too.

What is Metals Engineering?

About Michael Pfeifer, Ph.D., P.E.

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