Name: Lynn Ferguson, PhD
Company Name: DANTE Solutions, Inc.
Location: Cleveland, OH
Years in Industry: 40+
Consulting Specialties:
- Heat Treat Process Modeling
- Metallurgy and Materials Technology
- Thermal and Deformation Process Modeling
- Finite Element Analysis
- Product and Process Design
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Briefly:
Founder and President of DANTE Solutions, Inc., started in 1982 as Deformation Control Technology, Inc., Lynn has contributed nearly half a lifetime to the broad field of mechanical metallurgy. Lynn began his journey in professional metallurgy as a principal engineer for TRW, Inc. and Republic Steel Corporation after completing his B.S., M.S., Ph.D. in Materials Engineering at Drexel University.
During the past three decades, Lynn has been extensively involved in the simulation of mechanical and thermal processes using computer-based tools, such as the finite element analysis. He shares his passion and expertise by participating in local and national education seminars and courses and co-authoring and authoring more than 70 technical papers and one book.
Lynn currently serves as an active member of the Cleveland Chapter of ASMI and on national ASMI committees. He is a Fellow of ASMI, the materials engineering honorary society Alpha Sigma Mu, and the International Federation for Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering (IFHTSE).
Publications and Significant Accomplishments
- Founded DANTE Solutions, Inc. as Deformation Control Technology in 1982.
- Fellow of ASMI and the IFHTSE.
- Co-authored Powder Forging with Howard A. Kuhn, published in print 1990.
- Collaborated on two research projects and over 30 conference papers for multiple annual heat treatment and metallurgic engineering conferences, including the Heat Treating Conference and Exposition American Society for Metals, Conference Proceedings of the Thermal Processing in Motion, IFHTSE World Congress Conference, ASM Heat Treat Show, International Conference on Distortion Engineering:
- Advanced Heat Treatment Modeling Using Phase Transformation Kinetics with Tianyu Yu, Justin Sims, and Zhichao (Charlie) Li:
- Modeling of the Heating Sequences of Lightweight Steel/Aluminum Bimaterial Billets for Hot Forging and Hot Hydroforging with Robert C. Goldstein and Bulent Chavdar
- Hot Hydroforging for Lightweighting with Xi Yang, Robert C. Goldstein, and Bulent Chavdar
- Effect of Steel Hardenability on Stress Formation in an Induction Hardened Axle Shaft with Justin Sims, Zhichao (Charlie) Li, John Jackowski, Robert C. Goldstein, and Valentin Nemkov
- Predicting Effects of Induction Hardening on Performance of Semi-Float Truck Axle with Zhichao (Charlie) Li, John Jackowski, Gregory A. Fett, Robert C. Goldstein, and Valentin Nemkov
- Analysis of Residual Stress Conditions in Gears Made of Carburized Grade and Low-Hardenability Steel with Nikolai I. Kobasko, Michael A. Aronov, Joseph A. Powell, Andrew M. Freborg, and Zhichao (Charlie) Li.
- Authored and co-authored over 40 articles in various industry magazines and journals, including Heat Treat Today, Industrial Heating, Thermal Processing for Gear Solutions, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, Journal of Metals, Journal of ASTM International, and the International Heat Treatment & Surface Engineering. Select articles include:
- Coupling CFD and Oil Quench Hardening Analysis of Gear Component, Heat Treat Today as Best of the Web feature; originally published in Thermal Processing for Gear Solutions. Co-authored with Zhichao (Charlie) Li, David Greif, Rok Kopun, Simon Urbas, and Zlatko Kovacic.
- Heat Treatment Simulation Continues to Gain Users and Make Advances, Industrial Heating Magazine.
- Effect of Quenching Rate on Distortion and Residual Stresses During Induction Hardening of a Full-Float Truck Axle Shaft, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance. Co-authored with Zhichao (Charlie) Li, Valentin Nemkov, Robert C. Goldstein, John Jackowski, and Greg Fett.
- Local Film Boiling and Its Impact on Distortion of Spur Gears During Batch Quenching, Materials Performance and Characterization, Vol. 1, No. 1, with Nikolai I. Kobasko, Michael A. Aranov, and Zhichao (Charlie) Li.
- Effect of Alloy Content on the Distortion of Oil Quenched Automotive Pinion Gears, International Heat Treatment & Surface Engineering with D. Scott Mackenzie.
- Improving Control of a Quenching Process by Coupling Analysis Methods, Journal of ASTM International with S.W. Dean, Jeff Franklin, Andrew Banka, Michael A. Aranov, Andrew M. Freborg, and Zhichao (Charlie) Li.
- Prediction of Distortion of Automotive Pinion Gears During Quenching Using CFD and FEA, Journal of ASTM International with S.W. Dean, Ashwini Kumar, D. Scott Mackenzie, Swapnil Paingankar, Zhichao (Charlie) Li, and Hossam Metwally.
- Co-authored book chapter “Verification of Presence of Direct Convection Mode of Heat Transfer During Intensive Quenching in High Velocity IQ System“, in Recent Advances in Intelligent Control, Modelling and Simulation, Edition: Mathematics and Computers in Science and Engineering Series No 21, Chapter: 165 with Nikolai I. Kobasko, Michael A. Aronov, and Joseph A Powell.
- Compiled data file titled Stress and Distortion Evolution During Induction Case Hardening of Tube for the Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance with Valentin Nemkov, John Jackowski, John Goldstein, and Zhichao (Charlie) Li.
Links to Heat Treat Today or Other Online Resources
- Coupling CFD and Oil Quench Hardening Analysis of Gear Component
- Heat Treatment Simulation Continues to Gain Users and Make Advances
- Low-Pressure Carburizing Cycle Determination for High Alloy Steels
- Sources of Distortion Study during Quench Hardening using Computer Modeling
- Vacuum Carburizing Steel Alloys Containing Strong Carbide Formers
- Solving Critical Heat Treatment Challenges with Practical Process Modeling
- Modeling of the Heating Sequences of Lightweight Steel/Aluminum Bimaterial Billets for Hot Forging and Hot Hydroforging
- Hot Hydroforging for Lightweighting
- Effect of Steel Hardenability on Stress Formation in an Induction Hardened Axle Shaft
- Predicting Effects of Induction Hardening on Performance of Semi-Float Truck Axle
- Analysis of Residual Stress Conditions in Gears Made of Carburized Grade and Low-Hardenability Steel
- Effect of Quenching Rate on Distortion and Residual Stresses During Induction Hardening of a Full-Float Truck Axle Shaft
- Local Film Boiling and Its Impact on Distortion of Spur Gears During Batch Quenching
- Effect of Alloy Content on the Distortion of Oil Quenched Automotive Pinion Gears
- Improving Control of a Quenching Process by Coupling Analysis Methods
- Prediction of Distortion of Automotive Pinion Gears During Quenching Using CFD and FEA
- Stress and Distortion Evolution During Induction Case Hardening of Tube
- Verification of Presence of Direct Convection Mode of Heat Transfer During Intensive Quenching in High Velocity IQ System
- Effect of Quenching Variables on the Residual Stress and Distortion of a Heat Treated Disk
- Intensive Quenching Theory and Application for Imparting High Residual Surface Compressive Stresses in Pressure Vessels Technology
- Intensive Quenching of Steel Rings
- Forging of Powder Metallurgy Gears
- Bond Coat Considerations for Thermal Barrier Coatings
References available upon request from the Consultant
