Credits

Charles M. Kay, Vice President, ASB Industries, Barberton, Ohio

Charles Kay is currently vice president of ASB Industries, Barberton, Ohio, and has been with ASB for over 29 years. ASB focuses on expanding the reach of thermal spray technology in new areas. Charles specializes in identifying new application areas in various industries such as steel, paper, power, etc. He has co-authored many technical articles on cold spray technology that have been published in various peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings. He has served as president of the ASM Thermal Spray Society and is an active member of various ASM Thermal Spray Society committees.

Dr. J. Karthikeyan (Karthi)

J. Karthikeyan, director of research and development at ASB Industries, earned his Ph.D. from Bombay University, India, and specializes in thermal spray and advanced material processing technology. He is one of the pioneers of cold spray technology and has carried out R&D on almost all aspects of the technology, from design and development of nozzles, guns and systems to engineered coatings for specific industries. He has authored over 100 publications, mostly in peer-reviewed journals. During the last 15 years, he has been leading industrial cold spray R&D and has authored over 50 peer-reviewed papers, contributed to ASM Handbook, Volume 5A, Thermal Spray Technology, and holds six patents in various aspects of cold spray technology.

He served as the conference chairman of ASM-sponsored Cold Spray 2004, Cold Spray 2007 and Cold Spray 2010 meetings in Akron, Ohio. He also organizes special symposiums on cold spray technology at international thermal spray conferences every year. He is a Fellow of ASM International and has served as a member of the ASM Thermal Spray Society Board (2008-11). He is a member of the International Board of Review of many prestigious journals such as Journal of Thermal Spray Technology.

• Hamid Assadi

  Helmut Schmidt University, Germany

• Eklavya Calla

  GE Power and Water, India

• Victor Champagne

  Army Research Laboratory, USA

• Alberto Colella

  MBN Nanomaterialia S.p.A, Italy

• Timothy J. Eden

  Pennsylvania State University, USA

• Frank Gärtner

  Helmut Schmidt University, Germany

• Pavel Hryzák

  SAFINA, a.s., Czech Republic

• Eric Irissou

  National Research Council, Canada

• Jegan Karthikeyan

  ASB Industries, USA

• Albert Kay

  ASB Industries, USA

• Charles M. Kay

  ASB Industries, USA

• Peter G. Keech

  Nuclear Waste Management Organization, Canada

• Jaeick Kim

  Hanyang University, South Korea

• Thomas Klassen

  Helmut Schmidt University, Germany

• Ján Kondás

  Impact Innovations GmbH, Germany

• Jean-Gabriel Legoux

  National Research Council, Canada

• Changhee Lee

  Hanyang University, South Korea

• Paolo Matteazzi

  MBN Nanomaterialia S.p.A., Italy

• Dominique Poirier

  National Research Council, Canada

• Peter Richter, Sr.

  Impact Innovations GmbH, Italy

• Peter Richter, Jr.

  Impact Innovations, GmbH, Italy

• Steven G. Ruoff

  Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., USA

• Mark F. Smith

  Sandia National Laboratories, USA

• Dheepa Srinivasan

  GE, Power, GE India Technology Center, India

• Phuong Vo

  National Research Council, Canada

• Christian Widener

  South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, USA

• Douglas E. Wolfe

  Pennsylvania State University, USA