Angella Sell is a Missouri University of Science and Technology graduate with both a bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in Metallurgical Engineering. Angella worked as a metallurgical engineer at Columbiana Foundry Company and ELLWOOD Engineered Castings and began working as an R&D engineer at Aalberts surface technologies HIP | braze | heat treatment (then Applied Process) in 2015.

Angella is a proven leader, having chaired the ASM Detroit Chapter from June 2020 to June 2021. Her tenure was in the middle of the COVID pandemic. She led the transition to Zoom meetings, which were very well attended despite the struggles with Zoom fatigue. In 2022, Angella was presented with the ASM Detroit Chapter President’s Award for her leadership role during the challenging pandemic years.

Angella is the vice-chair of the AFS Cast Iron Research Committee and will assume the role of chair in May 2024. Within this group, she serves as a subject matter expert for heat treatment research. Angella specializes in programs related to austempered ductile iron.

With the Aalberts surface technologies HIP | braze | heat treatment group, Angella manages an R&D laboratory with a focus on working with clients on heat treatment development programs. Many of these programs are materials conversion related and require both research and development efforts.