Playing Since: 2007
Experience Level: Novice
Interests:
[Jamming] [Socializing]
Occupation: Metallurgist
Age: 58
My Instruments:
1929 Vega Tu-ba-phone. Cedar Mountain "A". And a few fiddles and guitars....
Favorite Bands/Musicians:
Neil Carrol, Fred Cockerham, Tom Riccio, Dock Boggs, Clarence Ashley, Roscoe Holcomb, Burnett & Rutherford, Paul Brown, Dan Levenson.
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Created 3/16/2007
Last Visit 5/15/2009
Grew up in Texas.
Did 6.5 years in the US Navy, Reactor Operator ET1(SS).
Went to Colorado School of Mines (1992-1996). Graduated with high honors, BSc. in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Minor in Public Affairs.
Three years as cast house metallurgist at Kaiser Aluminum - Trentwood Works.
Stolen by Wagstaff Inc. as a Research Metallurgist, developing casting tooling.
Currently Project Manager and Sr. Staff Metallurgist for Wagstaff. Basic Metallurgy in Aluminum and its Alloys, Electron Microscopy (SEM/TEM), Casting tooling design, Technology Project Management, International troubleshooting of Aluminum Processing, Author and Lecturer of topics relating to direct-chill casting of aluminum.
Hi Y'all! - Ivar
