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Publisher/Editor ALFRED T. SPADA
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ADVISORY BOARD
David M. Charbauski, Development Engineer, Global Purchasing, Caterpillar Inc., Aurora, IL
Michael A. Gwyn, President, Metalcast- ing Design LLC, Charleston, SC
Gene L. Muratore, Senior Foundry Metallurgist, Rio Tinto Iron & Titanium Inc., Rosemont, IL
Russ Rosmait, Professor of Manufacturing Engineering Technology, Pittsburg State Univ., Pittsburg, KS
Jitendra V. Shah, President, Product Development & Analysis LLC, Naperville, IL.
Edward J. Vinarcik, Quality and Technical Manager, Nanshan America Advanced Alu- minum Technologies LLC, Lafayette, IN
Ron P. Walling, Technical Advisor, Cummins Inc., Columbus, IN
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CONSULTING EDITORS Casting Technology TOM PRUCHA
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STEPHEN T. ROBISON
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SCOTT LAMMERS
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