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Russ Cochran

Maryland Heights,MO

Summary

With over four decades at Boeing, including a distinguished tenure as an Associate Technical Fellow in Metals M&P, I've spearheaded advancements in aerospace materials, significantly enhancing military aircraft and weapons programs. My expertise in metal alloy selection, design, manufacturing, and mentoring young engineers has been pivotal in driving innovation and excellence in production, R&D, and failure analysis.

Overview

43
43
years of professional experience

Work History

Associate Technical Fellow, Metals M&P

Boeing
11.1982 - 03.2024
  • Provided production Materials and Processes support primarily for aerospace materials for many production and development programs for military aircraft and weapons programs. These primary assignments included, C-17, F-15, F/A-18, Harpoon, SLAM ER, Small Diameter Bomb, JDAM, MOP, HAAWC, as well as secondary support for many other programs. Development programs included SCIFIRE, SPEAR, T3, JAGM, Ramjet 155, and other. These support roles were in design, producibility, manufacturing, testing and qualification, This amounted to 27 years of my 41 year career at Boeing.
  • Worked in production metal fabrication plant. Primary roles included leading the aluminum heat treat team, M&P support of titanium superplastic forming/diffusion bonding team, aluminum forming and machining, aluminum welding, steel and stainless steel fabrication. 5 years.
  • Performed Metals R&D in additive manufacturing and casting development for 5 years. Was later the Boeing Defense Systems metal additive manufacturing integration lead in St. Louis and other sites.
  • Managed F-15E landing gear Test and Evaluation for landing gear and landing gear door qualification. 1 year.
  • Performed laboratory failure analysis for all Boeing St. Louis programs. 3 years.
  • Provided technical support to Boeing subcontractors and reviewed casting and forging qualification packages.
  • Selected as a Boeing Technical Fellow in metals M&P in 2007.
  • Was a Boeing Designated Expert in the following processes and materials. High strength steel and stainless steel, steel warhead cases, heat treating, metal additive manufacturing, castings, aluminum and processing.


Plant Metallurgist

Grede Foundries
07.1982 - 10.1982
  • Provided metallurgical support in for casting processes in a gray and ductile iron sand foundry.
  • Managed and ran the sand lab.
  • Qualified and ran optical emission spectrometer for alloy chemistry quality control

Metallographer

Ladish (now ATI)
05.1981 - 09.1981
  • Laboratory metallographer for a large aerospace and forging producer. Materials were steel and stainless steel, titanium, nickel base alloys, and other high temperature alloys

Education

Bachelor of Science - Metallurgical Engineering

Michigan Technological University
Houghton, MI
05-1982

Skills

  • Metal alloy selection and design
  • Metal fabrication and and assembly
  • Casting and forging qualification
  • Failure analysis
  • Root cause and corrective action
  • Mentoring young engineers
  • Consulting for aerospace metals and processes
  • Process and material specification
  • Laboratory analysis, microstructures, fractography, NDT

Timeline

Associate Technical Fellow, Metals M&P

Boeing
11.1982 - 03.2024

Plant Metallurgist

Grede Foundries
07.1982 - 10.1982

Metallographer

Ladish (now ATI)
05.1981 - 09.1981

Bachelor of Science - Metallurgical Engineering

Michigan Technological University

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