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Metalcasting Industry Roadmap


Steve Midson Part Time Research Professor, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO steve@themidsongroup.com 303-778-0271


Dr. Steve Midson is a part time Research Professor at the Colorado School of Mines, where he is Managing Director of the Center for Advanced Non-Ferrous Structural Alloys (CANFSA). He is also President of The Midson Group, a Denver-based consulting company specializing in castings and materials. Midson has a Ph.D. in metallurgy from the University of Sheffield (UK) and 30 years casting and metallurgical experience. He has served as Chief Operating Officer of two commercial casting companies, Director of a development and prototyping company, as well as working in the R&D labs for two Fortune 500 companies. Midson is currently chair of the NADCA Die Materials Committee, a member of the NADCA R&D Committee, and serves on the Semi-Solid International Scientific Committee. He has authored more than 50 technical papers, and has received awards from the North American Die Casting Association, the Society of Automotive Engineers, the American Foundry Society and Sheffield University.


Paul Mikkola, General Motors (Retired), Manchester, NH pmikkafs@comcast.net (603) 493-5958


3DXO 0LNNROD )$60 ZDV DZDUGHG D %DFKHORU¶V 'HJUHH LQ 0HWDOOXUJLFDO (QJLQHHULQJ IUom Michigan Technological University in 1966, and a Master of Science, Metallurgical Engineering Degree in 1968 by the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He received an Honorary Doctorate of Engineering from Michigan Tech in May 1989. He work at varied positions at General Motors primarily in the Foundry area for 32 years. After his GM career he worked for investment caster, Hitchiner Manufacturing Company, in 2001 he was named the President of Metal Casting Technology Inc. a Hitchiner Manufacturing-General Motors joint venture company from which he retired the end of 2008. He is a Past President of both FEF and AFS and continues to be active in the casting industry.


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