INDUSTRY FACES
Rosmait Takes Pride in Helping Students Find Casting Careers
Russ Rosmait was a col-
lege student at the University of Wisconsin-Stout in 1979 and needed a summer job. Te plan was go to back home to Milwaukee to find some work, but an advisor named Paul Speidel knew of a couple metalcasting facilities in Milwaukee that needed somebody. After the advisor wrote to
the metalcasters to recom- mend the young student, Rosmait accepted an intern- ship with Aluminum Casting & Engineering (ACE/CO) and the owner Eckhart Grohm- ann and that’s led to a rewarding career for Rosmait. “I went to a number of AFS meetings, got involved
Russ Rosmait
there,” Rosmait said. “You don’t plan to go to school to do those type of things but then it happens.” Today, Rosmait is the Foundry Educational Foundation
(FEF) Key Professor at Pittsburg State University (Pitts- burg, Kansas). He has been teaching at PSU for 30 years and is the faculty advisor to the AFS student chapter while advising students in metal casting studies at the university. He is one of 20 Foundry Educational Foundation (FEF) Key Professors in North America. At PSU, Rosmait has helped countless students find
rewarding careers in the metalcasting industry, paying forward what was done for him decades ago. He knows some students won’t be interested in the industry. Tat’s fine, but Rosmait recognizes it when a student is enamored with pouring metal, and knows that’s somebody who’d be recep- tive to a future in metalcasting. “You have to find that right individual because some people don’t see that as an option, and I’ve had many people who I thought would be good say ‘No, I’m really not interested in that,’ and then you have to move on to the next person and don’t be discouraged by that,” Rosmait said. “Tere’s a lot of them who see the great potential and see the enjoyment in it and the passion for it and they become very successful.” To attract the next generation, Rosmait is all for get- ting students scholarships and fellowships but doesn’t want early metalcasting experience ignored. He wants kids to get into facilities and labs to work in the industry and see what makes it go and see what’s so cool about it. Tat then could lead to a great career, which means a lot
for Rosmait to see. “It is very rewarding, especially when they go on and
become leaders within our industry,” Rosmait said. “Across the board when people enter the industry and do well and are successful it becomes very rewarding and makes the good outweigh any bad things in the job.”
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