John Tartaglia

Experience

An expert in wrought steels, aluminum, magnesium, fatigue, failure analysis, scanning and transmission electron microscopy, and energy dispersive spectroscopy and is an experienced expert witness in failure analysis litigation. Dr. Tartaglia holds B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Materials Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Dr. Tartaglia is a Fellow of ASM International and a member of TMS, MRS, and the ASTM metallography, mechanical testing, fatigue, and forensics committees. In 2013, he was awarded the American Foundry Society 2013 Howard F. Taylor Award for his paper examining a strain-life fatigue database for cast irons, which he developed using funding from the AFS and the United States Department of Energy (DoE).

Professional Activities

Metallurgical & Materials Transactions Key Reader; ASM Int’l; Journal of Materials Engineering & Performance, Editorial Committee; The Minerals, Metals, & Materials Society (TMS); Accreditation Board for Engineering & Technology (ABET), University Program Evaluator for Materials Engineering; ASTM Int’l, committee member of: Metallography (E4), Fatigue & Fracture (E8), Mechanical Testing (28), Forensic Sciences (E30), Forensic Engineering (E58); Materials Research Society (MRS); & American Federation of Musicians (AFM)

Industrial Educator

Metallurgical Testing, H13 Die Steel, Electron Microscopy & Microanalysis, Fatigue & Fracture Toughness, Selected Wrought Alloys, Medical Materials, Failure Analysis, Standards, Failure Analysis Support & Expert Witnessing for the Legal Profession

Patents

"Production of Aluminum-SiC Composite Using Sodium Tetraborate as an Addition Agent," U.S. Patent No. 4713111, Issued December 15, 1987 & "Wrought Aluminum Eutectic Composites," U.S. Patent No. 4992110, Issued February 12, 1991

Articles

M. J. Mullen, A. H. Griebel, & J. M. Tartaglia, “Effects of Inhibited Acid Cleaning of Steel Fracture Surfaces for Failure Analyses,” Journal of Failure Analysis and Prevention,” ASM International, Vol. 8, No. 1, February 2008, pp. 12-19

John M. Tartaglia, “The Effects of Martensite Content on the Mechanical Properties of Quenched and Tempered 0.2%C-Ni-Cr-Mo Steels”, Journal of Materials Engineering & Performance, July 15, 2009, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11665-009-9503-x

John M. Tartaglia & K. L. Hayrynen, “A Comparison of Fatigue Properties of Austempered versus Quenched & Tempered 4340 Steel”, Journal of Materials Engineering & Performance, May 28, 2011, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11665-011-9951-y

Conferences

Arthur H. Griebel, III and John M. Tartaglia, “Satisfactory Case Hardened Part Performance Requires Proper Specifications,” 25th ASM Heat Treating Society Conference, Indianapolis, IN, September 14-17, 2009

B. T. Hodge, J. M. Tartaglia, and R. B. Gundlach, “Monotonic and Cyclic Property Design Data for a 25% Cr Abrasion – Resistant Cast Iron,” Paper 10-128, AFS Cast Expo 2010, Atlanta, GA, March 22, 2010

Rick Gundlach and John Tartaglia, “Analysis of Pearlitic Ductile Iron with Enhanced Mechanical Properties,” Keith Millis Symposium on Ductile Cast Iron, Nashville, TN, October 16, 2013