Received 2 more patents for a total of 8. The 2 new ones are both International & considered disruptive. Life-long learning & extensive experience in manufacturing problem solving, physical/process/chemical/mechanical-metallurgy, materials, alloys, testing & mechanical-thermal design, FEA canning/packaging, automotive and high power electrical connectors, with new product validation. Completed other projects in friction, wear & thermal testing, nuclear engineering, novel manufacturing, surface engineering, casting, & welding. Proficient in new product QFD, engineering calculations, prototyping, & many types of testing, now Senior ASQ member & on Collaborative groups.Enjoy student mentoring, teaching, tutoring at all levels including University.Current awareness in new technologies and trends. Recently assisted a Canadian university in winning a "Discovery" grant in Minimum Quantity Lubrication for machining of difficult materials. Extensive previous experience in lubrication testing at high speed using existing and self-designed novel test equipment.Completed recent courses on Additive Manufacturing with demos of all AM processes. Shorter ASQ Root Cause Analysis & Internal Quality Auditing courses completed. Others in Quality were Shainin Statistical Engineering Problem Solving, Advanced Stats, Design of Experiments etc. & Minitab, R-code, Matlab, Python & QFD, Microprocessor programming. Learned advanced equivalence hypothesis testing but too many codes are needed for Multilevel statistical analyses.Analyzed/improved many materials including aluminum alloys/fabrication, carbon and stainless steels, Si-Mo ductile cast irons, electrical connector and superalloy materials.Leadership proven through Project Management and supervision of engineering, quality improvement, R&D, lab, and manufacturing assistance projects with appropriate teams including sales/marketing and executive members.Established 3 new start-up engineering labs, with some novel test systems.Eight patents, many publications, corporate reports, awards & a wide variety of presentations.
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Principal EngineerBwxt Canada Ltd. 2006 - 2016Cambridge, Ontario, CanadaCompleted various engineering, and customer related projects with major reports and many presentations. Completed metallurgical laboratory tests and mechanical testing on components, various types of materials and alloys. Created phase and microstructural maps in 3D using CAD.Solved medical isotope reactor degradation in one week for a major electrical power company.Wear testing, analysis and statistical modeling, design support, modeling support on wear and providing guidance on dynamic effects in Abaqus simulations.Led applied R&D on existing and new welding and buttering of superalloys, including to steel components, and optimized welding process parameter ranges. Member of a superalloy consortium featuring suppliers, 2 U.S National labs, and various Universities.
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Director, R&DWescast Industries Inc. May 1999 - May 2006Brantford, Ontario, CanadaLed creation of new higher temperature Si-Mo-Al automotive alloy (patented and published).Major role in creating a new automotive test, computer modelling and casting laboratory,Identifying new technical opportunities and diversification opportunities with execs.Conducted root cause analysis to reduce casting defects in stainless steel cast products.
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Senior Engineer And Manager TechnologyAmp Inc. (Now Tyco Electronics) Apr 1996 - Jan 1999Markham, OntarioBest job ever that fell to a hostile takeover.Designed new high power electrical connectors identified by customer needs/QFD with global sales/marketing.Solved a manufacturing problem for deep drawing an aluminum electronics box. "Quality Award".Personally made new prototype connectors for testing, Used ABAQUS static and Dynamic codes to model connector components and assembly. Provided final prototype CAD drawings after testing.Three patents for commercially available connectors, 7 other invention records. Assisted with manufacturing issues. Responsible for corporate aluminum alloy materials database.
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Project And Group Leader-Canning And Packaging (Global)Alcan International 1988 - 1996Kingston, OntarioParticipated in plant trials of advanced aluminum alloy rolled sheet at customers’ facilities. Supervised development trials using in-house, full size can making equipment.Designed and guided statistical experiments with plant management on sheet metal rolling at Alcan plants to improve processing & aluminum material.Reported, presented results to Alcan Rolled Products in U.S., U.K., Alcan Deutschland, & can makers.Designed, arranged build, and used friction and ironing test equipment to assist with Aluminum sheet surface development to improve cold rolling performance and “Runnability” of Alcan sheet in customers’ can making equipment.
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Leader-Heat Transfer TechnologyDofasco 1979 - 1984Hamilton, OntarioConduct product and process improvements in the cold mill and foundry. An improved batch annealing heat transfer system was developed and tested with success. Various foundry root causes were found and removed.R&D in steels, process modelling, physical metallurgy of HSLA steels including very high resolution TEM images of nanometer particles and grain structures. Publications on Batch Annealing (award), Nitrogen in Steel followed at University of Toronto.
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Albert (René) Perrin Education Details
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Toronto And Mcgill Universities Engineering, Basc, Masc. Phd. (1984)Top Level For Ph.D Out Of 4 Levels. -
University Of Toronto, Mcgill UniversityProcess Engineering, Metallurgy, Mathematical Modelling, Thermal Physics
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Albert (René) Perrin's current role is R&D Collaborator-Met & Mat, Inventor-8 patents, 4 elect connectors, Metal Processing, Testing, Stats, Teach UofT course.
What schools did Albert (René) Perrin attend?
Albert (René) Perrin attended Toronto And Mcgill Universities Engineering, Basc, Masc. Phd. (1984), University Of Toronto, Mcgill University.
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