Heat Treat Consultant: Madhu Chatterjee
Name: Madhu Chatterjee
Company Name: AAT Metallurgical Services LLC
Location: Troy, Michigan
Years in Industry: 40+
Consulting Specialties:
- Manufacturing and Engineering
- Process and Product Improvement
- Automotive Research and Development
- Boronizing (Hard Coating/Plating Process)
Briefly:
Madhu Chatterjee is a consultant with specialties in the automotive industry and experience in advanced engineering, research and development, and process and product improvement. He graduated from Indian Institute of Technology with a Bachelor’s Degree in Metallurgical Engineering and a Master’s in Ferrous Metallurgy. Madhu holds 10 patents and has won 5 awards in his areas of expertise. In 1977, he began working at General Motors as a Senior Staff Engineer. In 2001, he became the Director of Special Projects at Inductoheat during which time he gained a Master’s in Materials Engineering from Purdue University, and in 2010, he moved on to be the Director of Technology at Bodycote Thermal Processing. He returned to GM in 2014 as an Advanced Lead Engineer, working a total of 29 years at GM. He founded AAT Metallurgical Services LLC in Michigan where he is currently president of the company.
Significant Accomplishments:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Metallurgical Engineering and Master’s in Ferrous Metallurgy and Material’s Engineering
- Holds 10 U.S. patents in the area of Induction Hardening System and Method, Manufacturing Technique for Multi-layered Structure with Magnet Using an Extrusion Process, and Ring Assembly Manufacturing Apparatus and Method
- Recognized and awarded in 5 areas of expertise
- Possesses over 40 years of experience in heat treating, including 29 years in the automotive industry
- Co-author of papers presented at ASM International Conferences
- Regular presenter at ASM International, ASM Heat Treating Society, and other industry-related conferences
- Scheduled Co-Presenter at ITPS/IFCS 2018 on “Cutting Edge Trends: A Consultants Panel Looks at the Future,” International ThermProcess Summit/International Finishing & Coatings Summit 2018, Atlanta, Georgia
- Founded and served as president AAT Metallurgical Services, LLC
- Received Excellence in Technology Transfer Award from the Federal Laboratory Consortium in 2001
- Keynote speaker at the International Conference at World Class Materials and Manufacturing Technologies (ASM and M&MT) in Mumbai in 2011
Links to Other Resources from This Consultant
- “Specifying Nitriding Process Requirements,” co-authored with Roxanna Ruxanda. ASM International, 2015.
- “A Diagnostic Tool for Gear or Gear-Like Object Hardening,” co-authored with John Cook and Brian Marshall, Heat Treating 2005: Proceedings of the 23rd Heat Treating Society Conference, ASM International, October 01, 2006
- “Introduction to Surface Hardening of Steels,” co-authored with Michael J. Schneider, ASM Handbook, Vol. 4A: Steel Heat Treating Fundamentals and Processes, ASM International, 2013
- “Method of induction case hardening a rack bar,” patent application co-authored with William I. Stuehr. U.S. Patents, November 17, 1994
References available upon request from the Consultant