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Stephen F. Forsell

Asst. Engineer/Scientist
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
522 M&M Building

906.369.2057 Cell
906.523.4092 Home
906.487.2934 Fax
sforsell@mtu.edu

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Education

Mechanical Engineering, Lawrence Institute of Technology, 1979-1982

Research Interests

Metal casting, particularly; aluminum, brass, bronze, grey and ductile iron. Powder metallurgy; consolidation of materials by sintering and cold isostatic press (CIP)/hot isostatic press (HIP). Heat treatment of metals.

Teaching Interests

MY 2000, MY 3200; including mechanical properties, and thermal processing.

Department Responsibilities

Facilitator for the castings, consolidation, heat treating, inert glove box, mechanical testing and powder characterization labs. Supervise and instruct Undergraduate and Graduate students in the efficient and safe operation of above equipment. Responsible for above equipment operation and maintenance.

Facility Locations

M&M bldg., casting room #107, rolling & heat treating room #106, inert processing & melt spinning room's 317 & 315, mechanical alloying room #528, consolidation room #529, heat treating room #530, Graduate metallography room # 531, powder characterization room # 532, heat treating room # 534 & 534A, and arc melting & encapsulating room #519.

Skills

Glass blowing, quartz tube fabrication/encapsulation, vacuum heat treating, and melt spinning of materials, arc melt casting, sand casting, general metal casing skills, heat treating, tensile property measurements, hot isostatic press (HIP) canning fabrication and consolidation of materials, general powder metallurgy skills.

Consulting

Caterpillar, mechanical testing on tool steels, united technologies research center, and in conjunction with Dr. Darrell Smith; powder metallurgy fabrication for snap-on-tools.

Personal

My outside interests are serious road bike riding and furniture making. Three years ago I built my own house, I was personally involved in 90% of its construction, and it was quite a learning experience being your own contractor.