Biographies of Authors and Editors
Wood, J. Randolph
Manager, Product Engineering
Allvac, 2020 Ashcraft Avenue, Monroe, NC 28110-5030, USA
E-mail: jr.wood@allvac.com
Web-site: www.allvac.com
Mr. Wood earned a BS degree from Lehigh University and MS degree from Carnegie-Mellon University, both in Metallurgical Engineering. Work experience includes Allegheny Ludlum, Special Metals and RMI Titanium in a variety of positions including Process Metallurgist, Research Metallurgist, and Metallurgical Manager and Research Manager. He has extensive experience in melting, processing and testing of specialty alloys including stainless steels, nickel-base superalloys and titanium alloys. His current position at Allvac is involved with titanium billet and bars projects. Mr. Wood has presented numerous papers at technical conferences and has over 20 publications and one patent. He is a member of ASM and TMS-AIME technical societies.
