Bill Hong

In addition to transportation and aerospace materials testing, Bill has expertise in failure analysis associated with litigation & engineering consultation. Bill was educated and trained in China and US in both mechanical and metallurgical / materials science disciplines at graduate levels. 

Industry Experience 

• Lead failure analyst at General Motors North America Materials Testing Lab performing failure analysis on powertrain and chassis components 
• Fifteen years experience in aerospace materials testing and failure analysis in commercial materials testing labs  
• Plant metallurgist in steel heat treatment plants in early career

Project Experience

• Team member of engine cradle crevice corrosion failure investigation of a major US automotive company
• Failure analysis of boiler tube fuel ash corrosion and pipe stress corrosion cracking for major US chemical companies
• Failure analysis of commercial aircraft engine components, landing gears and hydraulic systems components
• Metallurgical testing of nickel based super alloys and titanium alloys
• Failure analysis of fasteners and corrosion / environmental assisted failures for general industries
• Expertise in scanning electron microscopy (SEM) & energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy (EDS)

Conferences

TMS Conference October 7-11, 1990, Detroit, MI, presentation: “X-ray Diffraction Studies of Equi-atomic Ag-Zn Alloy”