Heat Treat Consultant: Lynn Ferguson

Lynn-Ferguson

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

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., PhD in Materials Engineering at Drexel University.

During the past three decades, Lynn has been extensively involved in 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

  1. Founded DANTE Solutions, Inc. as Deformation Control Technology in 1982.
  2. Fellow of ASMI and the IFHTSE.
  3. Co-authored Powder Forging with Howard A. Kuhn, published in print 1990.
  4. 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:
  5. 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:
  6. 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.
  7. 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

References available upon request from the Consultant