Heng Huang
Principal Engineer
Heng Huang is a Certified Welding Inspector with over 30 year experience in R&D, testing, and manufacturing.
Profile
He has over 10 technical papers published in professional journals and conference proceedings in the USA, China, and the UK, including a Best Paper Award from the Engineering Division of the American Foundry Society in 1990. He served as Chairman of the Indianapolis Chapter of ASM International in 2004-2005. He received his Ph.D. & M.S. in Metallurgical Engineering from The University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa, USA in 1992 & 1988, and B.E. in Materials Science and Engineering from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China in 1982.
Experience
- Materials testing and welding procedure/welder certification.
- Prototype testing of net-shape or near net-shape cast parts (including aero-engine parts) – tooling design, gating/feeding design, molding, melting/casting, heat treatment, and mechanical properties.
- Manufacturing and testing of cast magnets and sintered magnets.
- Troubleshooting of manufacturing processes.
- Using statistical methods to achieve more cost-effective foundry practice.
- Optimizing magnetic properties by adjusting alloying elements.
- Software development (R&D and commercial software) for modeling mold filling and casting solidification with finite element method.
Articles
- Heat Treatment, Morphology, and Properties of Z15CN17-03, Proceedings of 1st National Materials Annual Conference, CMES, 1986, Authors: H. Huang, D. X. Ji (China)
- A Free Thermal Contraction Method for Modeling the Heat Transfer Coefficient at the Casting-Mound Interface, Cast Metals, Vol. 5 (4), 1993, Authors: H. Huang, J. L. Hill, J. T. Berry (UK)
- Evaluation of Criteria Functions to Minimize Microporosity Formation in Long Freezing Range Alloys, AFS Transactions, Vol. 101, 1993, Authors: H. Huang, J. T. Berry (USA)
Conferences
- Speaker at 93rd AFS Casting Congress (1989), A Protective Coating for Use During the Heat Treatment of Alloy Steel Investment Castings
- Speaker at 94th AFS Casting Congress (1990), Modeling the Effectiveness of Chills During Solidification
- Speaker at 95th AFS Casting Congress (1991), Heat Source/Sink Algorithm for Modeling Phase Changes During Solidification in Castings and Water Evaporation in Green Sand Molds
