Piotr Kalinowski
About
•Continuous Improvement, Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing principles •Experience in industrial environment (steel and aluminium operations) •Strong leadership skills and cultural awareness •Computer Aided Design (CAD) skills: AutoCAD, Solidworks •Numerical modelling of metal forming processes in QForm •Thermodynamic modelling in Thermo-Calc •Microsoft Office package, Matlab •Metallography sample preparation (cutting, grinding, polishing, etching) •Materials characterization techniques, including optical microscopy, SEM, EDX, WDX, EBSD •Materials testing techniques, including hardness test, tension test, compression test, plane strain, creep test, heat treatment •Operational skills on the Gleeble 3500TM Thermomechanical Simulator, Zwick Tensile Machine Continuous Annealing Simulator •Full driving license •Reliable, team player, organized, calm, ambitious, self-motivated, success-driven •Language skills: Polish – native, English – fluent
Work Experience
Research Associate
Softening Behaviour and Microstructural Development of Hot-Worked Power Plant Steel. Worked within specified research grant and contributed to data acquisition.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Advanced Industrial Manufacture of Next-Generation MARBN Steel for Cleaner Fossil Plant. Characterized and modelled extrusion process for 9-12%Cr steel. Data analysis and interpretation.
Senior Metallurgist – Project Lead
Leading project life-cycle, analysis, design, implementation & support. Development of new steel grades for automotive market. Optimization of Advanced High Strength Steels.
Operational Excellence Process Metallurgist
Qualification and industrialisation of aluminium extrusion processes. Extrusion plant support. Knowledge transfer from R&D to extrusion plants. Designing and overlooking industrial trials.