Andrew M. Freborg Expertise:    Ferrous Metallurgy and Materials Technology                       Continuous Casting and Solidification Process                       Use of Finite Element Analysis Techniques Applied to                       Thermal Barrier Coating Perfomance Characterization                        Application of Finite Element Analysis in Product and Process Design Andrew Freborg is a graduate of the Illinois Institute of Technology, where he earned a  B.S. in Metallurgical Engineering. Prior to joining DCT in 1996, he was employed with LTV/Republic Engineered Steels (1989 - 1995) as Senior Process Engineer within the primary steelmaking division of Republic's principal production faciltiy in Canton, Ohio. At Republic his career was focused on the development of sophisticated processing techniques to control steel cleanliness, as-cast bloom quality, and properties developed in response to mechanical working and heat treatment. Since joining DCT, Mr. Freborg has worked extensively adapting use of finite element analysis to address various quality/processing areas within the ferrous metals industry, including continuous cast mold design, and thermal-stress characterization during solidification and post-cast processing. Mr. Freborg has also been very active in the area of adapting finite element analysis to the evaluation and characterization of thermal barrier coatings under high performance conditions. As part of a "Small Business Innovation Research" program with NASA Glenn Research Center, this work sucessfully developed the first quantitive characterization of the failure mechanisms involved in the spalling of high temperature ceramic coatings. The analysis techniques derived from this work have been successfully utilized in testing and development work by a manufacturer of land-based turbine systems. Andrew is a member of ASMI, TSS and the AIME, and has presented several papers on his work in steelmaking and thermal barrier coatings with both the Iron and Steel Society and ASM International. Andrew is married to his wife Kim, an occupational therapist specializing in rehabilitation of orthopedic hand injuries, and they have one son, Timothy. He enjoys classical music, and he plays violin, viola and the hammered dolcimer. He is active with the Delta Society Pet Partners Program, training dogs for therapy work in hospitals and nursing homes. He is also active with the Swedish-American society "Vasa".