Forging Industry Educational
and Research Foundation
Magnet Schools
About FIERF Magnet Schools
In 1992 Forging Industry Educational and Research Foundation (FIERF) established the Magnet School Program to increase awareness and knowledge of the forging industry among university engineering and metallurgy students.
The Foundation has partnered with universities where faculty members have expressed interest in forging, course enrichment in forging processes and application as well as receptivity to research and development projects of potential value to the forging industry.
The goals of the program are to provide future engineers an appreciation of the value of utilizing forged products and to attract new generations of engineering students into the forging industry as a career.
Chet Van Tyne, the FIERF Professor at the Colorado School of Mines academically oversees the Magnet School Program encouraging the introduction of courses in forging, forming and deformation modeling at participating universities. Professor Van Tyne interfaces with the professors on a regular basis and directs the annual FIERF Forging Achievement Award Program.
Participating Professors and Universities
Blair London, Professor California Polytechnic State University Materials Engineering Department
www.calpoly.edu/
Blondon@calpoly.eduDavid Schwam, Research Associate Professor Case Western Reserve University Department of Materials Science and Engineering
www.case.edu/
dxs11@cwru.eduJohn L. Frater, Professor Cleveland State University Mechanical Engineering Department
www.csuohio.edu/
j.frater@csuohio.eduChester J. Van Tyne (Chet), FIERF Professor Colorado School of Mines George S. Ansel Dept. of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
www.mines.edu/index_js.shtml
cvantyne@mines.eduJianjun Shi, Professor
The Carolyn J. Stewart Chair ProfesssorH. Milton Stewart School of Industrial & Systems Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, Georgia
Jianjun.shi@isye.gatech.eduPhilip Nash, Professor Illinois Institute of Technology Thermal Processing Technology Center
www.iit.edu/
nash@iit.eduCharles V. White (Chuck), Professor Kettering University Dept. of Industrial & Manufacturing Systems Engineering
www.kettering.edu/
cvwhite@kettering.eduJoseph Domblesky, Professor Marquette University Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
www.marquette.edu/
joseph.domblesky@marquette.eduDr. Barbara Lograsso, Professor Michigan Technological University Mechanical Engrg. Technology Houghton, MI 49931 www.mtu.edu/ bklogras@mtu.edu Rajiv Shivpuri, Professor Ohio State University Industrial, Welding & Systems Engineering
www.osu.edu/
Shivpuri.1@osu.eduJay S. Gunasekera, Chairman & Moss Professor Ohio University Department of Mechanical Engineering www.ohio.edu/ gsekera@bobcat.ent.ohio.edu Robert C. Voigt, Professor Pennsylvania State University Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering www.psu.edu/ rvoigt@psu.edu
Roger N. Wright, Professor Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Materials Science & Engineering Department www.rpi.edu/ wright@rpi.edu Jionghua (Judy) Jin, Professor The University of Michigan Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering
www.umich.edu/ jhjin@umich.edu Rajiv Mishra, Assistant Professor Missouri University of Science & Technology Department of Metallurgical Engineering
www.umr.edu/
rsmishra@umr.eduWalter W. Olson, Professor University of Toledo Department of Mechanical, Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering
www.utoledo.edu/
wolson@eng.utoledo.eduMary Wells, Professor University of Waterloo Department of Mechanical Engineering
www.uwaterloo.ca/
mawells@mecheng1.uwaterloo.caKyle Metzloff, Professor University of Wisconsin – Platteville Department of Industrial Studies
www.uwplatt.edu/
metzlofk@ewplatt.eduDiran Apelian Howmet Professor of ME Director, Metal ProcessiNg Institute Worcester Polytechnic Institute www.wpi.edu/+mpi
dapelian@wpi.edu