Education:
1967: BS in Metallurgical Engineering, Drexel University.
1974: MS in Metallurgy and Materials Science, Lehigh University.
Work Experience:
2010 – Present: Consultant (to Struers Inc, Struers A/S, Latrobe Steel, Scot Forge, Interstate-McBee and Commercial Forged Products); president, Vander Voort Consulting L.L.C.
1996 – 2009: Director, Research and Technology, Buehler Ltd.
Responsible for laboratory services, educational programs, consumables development, new business opportunities
1994 – 1996: Specialist, Metallographic Analysis, Carpenter Technology Corp.
1992 – 1994: Supervisor, Materials Characterization, Microstructural Analysis and Mechanical Testing, Carpenter Technology Corp.
1983 – 1992: Carpenter Technology Corporation, Reading, PA; Supervisor, Metal Physics Research;
Responsible for light microscopy, x-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, electron microprobe, and image analysis.
1967 – 1983: Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Bethlehem, PA
Research Engineer, Bar, Rod & Wire Products, 1982-1983 (Homer Research Labora¬tories)
Research Engineer, Metallurgical Services and Investigations, 1973-1982 (HRL),
Assistant Metallographer, Bethlehem Plant, Metallurgical Department, 1972-1973,
Experimental Engineer, Bethlehem Plant, Metallurgical Department, 1969-1972,
Investigator, Bethlehem Plant, Metallurgical Department, 1968-1969
Technical Assistant, Observation & Pyrometry, Bethlehem Plant, Metallurgical Department, 1967-1968