Doctorate in Materials Science and Engineering. Extensive market development experience gained through managing technical programs for the copper industry. Twenty-two years professional experience in the metals and materials industries. Expertise in new product development for the copper, medical, aerospace, defense, automotive, and electronic industries. Highly successful record in new product development, technical marketing, and product commercialization.
EXPERIENCE
Vice President – Strip, Sheet and Plate Products December 98 - Present
Copper Development Association Inc., New York, NY
§ Impart leadership to the CDA Strip, Sheet and Plate Council for market development efforts. Have a thorough understanding of CDA’s fabricator member companies’ existing business interests. Directly responsible for over $650,000 project budget in the Strip, Sheet & Plate Council and the Technical Services & Standards Advisory Service Committee.
§ Provide market intelligence to the CDA membership on changes and advancements in copper consuming markets such as computer, automotive and air conditioning industries.
§ Created and presently manage the Strip, Sheet & Plate Council’s Technology Roadmap program designed to provide the CDA membership advanced warning of a potential threat, or reveal an opportunity or trend so they can focus their individual marketing and R&D efforts to address this new business concern.
§ Manage a development program aimed at commercializing copper rotors for electric motor applications. $450,000 was obtained from the US Department of Energy for project initiation. Successful project completion will result in a $500+ million dollar market for copper. Applied for a patent (November 2000) on this innovative die-casting process. The project is presently in the technology transfer phase. Several motor and die casting companies are presently adopting this new technology.
§ Created and manage a program to develop a cost effective method of Semi-Solid Casting Copper Alloys. This project has successfully demonstrated the SSM process for forming yellow brass, bronze and red brass into a complex shape. The project is presently prototyping parts for water faucet and lock hardware manufacturers. Applied for and anticipating $550,000 from the US Department of Energy for project commercialization in 2003. Successful project completion will result in a $250+ million dollar market for copper alloys. The faucet and lock manufacturers are very interested in this process for replacing die cast zinc parts to increase yield and lower cost.
§ Created and provide technical leadership to the Copper in Nickel Metal Hydride Battery project. This project was successful in removing the technical barriers preventing copper from being the electrode material in the nickel metal hydride battery designed for the hybrid electric vehicle and the 42 Volt automotive systems. Both of these markets represent huge potential sales for copper strip products.
§ Responsible for the CDA Technical Service and Standards Advisory Committee that has authority over the copper alloy section of the Unified Numbering System (UNS) of alloys as well as the CDA Standards Handbooks.
§ Voting member of the 21-CR Alternative Equipment Subcommittee for three years for the Air Conditioning Technical Institute (ARTI). Provide metallurgical expertise to the subcommittee reviewing project proposals for potential funding by ARTI.
§ Additional projects underway include: Builders Hardware/Finishing Standards, Builders Hardware Promotion, Copper & Brass Product Conversions, Electrical/Electronic Design Guide, Innovations of Strip Sheet & Plate Products, and Digital Standards Handbooks.
Manager – Technical Programs June 96 - December 98
Copper Development Association Inc., New York, NY
§ Provided management of technical programs that were components of market development efforts to increase and/or defend the market for copper alloys in several market segments.
§ Provided technical editing and writing functions for technical papers, reports, and handbooks.
§ Managed technical projects in support of market development efforts in various market sectors.
§ Assisted the Manager of Information Systems with technical input for the Copper Page Website.
Project Manager March 94 - May 96
J. Cowie & Associates, Los Alamos, NM
§ Developed a new material system composed of a diamond-like coating on a carbon-carbon composite for replacement joints and bone structures. Issued a US Patent entitled “Carbon Based Prosthetic Devices” in cooperation with Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM.
Adjunct Professor July 95 - January 96
The University of New Mexico, Graduate Department, Los Alamos, NM
§ Taught graduate level courses in materials science and engineering.
Senior Research Scientist August 90 – February 94
Olin Metals Research Laboratories, New Haven, CT
§ Provided leadership on a joint venture, commercializing the process of spray casting copper alloys with Wieland Werke, Ulm, Germany.
§ Acted as Olin Brass’ liaison to General Motors and Ford Motor Company on programs developing new products in the electronic connectors and contacts market.
§ Issued three US Patents on coatings and coating techniques for the electronic connector market.
Materials Research Scientist October 82 - July 90
US Army Research Laboratory, Watertown, MA
§ Researched ion beam modification of material surfaces for improved fatigue, corrosion, wear, and hydrogen embrittlement resistance.
§ Lead a research and development project concerned with the physical metallurgy and high strain rate deformation of high strength alloys.
§ Acted as liaison to US Army Foreign Science and Technology Center analyzing the state of the art of Soviet metallurgy through reverse engineering of ‘acquired’ military hardware.
Research Fellowship June 81 - August 82
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
§ Researched the oxidation, creep and fatigue interactions of nickel base superalloys at elevated temperatures.
§ Developed an automated technique for the measurement of the rate of crack growth.
Metallurgical Engineer March 80 - May 81
Lockheed Missiles and Space Company, Sunnyvale, CA
§ Performed a variety of metallurgical failure investigations on electronic components, composites, and advanced aerospace materials on such programs as the Trident Missile and the Hubbell Space Telescope.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS)
ASM International, American Society for Testing and Materials (ASM)
American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM)
North American Die-Casting Association (NADCA)
Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
Electronic Industry Alliance (EIA)
International Institute of Connector and Interconnection Technology (IICIT)
EDUCATION
Executive Education, Essentials of Management June 99
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Doctor of Philosophy, Materials Science and Engineering December 88
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA.
Minor in Management Science.
Master of Science, Materials Engineering February 80
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA.
Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering February 78
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA.
Graduated with Distinction.
AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
Babcock and Wilcox Scholarship Award
American Society for Metals Award
Society for Manufacturing Engineers Award
Member of Pi Tau Sigma Honor Fraternity
MTS Fellowship at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
PERSONAL DATA
46 Years of Age
Married
One Child
PATENTS
§ J.G. Cowie, E. Brush, D. Peters, K. Young, S. Midson, and J. Daugherty, New Method for Die Casting Copper Motor Rotors Using Pre-Heated Dies, patent applied for, November 30, 2000.
§ D.J. Devlin, D.W. Carroll, J.G. Cowie, and Robert S. Barbero, Carbon Based Prosthetic Devices, US Patent No. 5,981,827, Issued November 9, 1999.
§ J.G. Cowie, J. Crane, and J. Fister, Palladium Alloys Having Utility in Electrical Applications, US Patent No. 5,236,789, Issued August 17, 1993.
§ J.G. Cowie, G.J. Muench, and J. Fister, Silver Coated Electrical Components, US Patent no. 5,139,890, Issued August 18, 1992.
§ J.G. Cowie, J. Crane, and J. Fister, Palladium Alloys Having Utility in Electrical Applications, US Patent No. 5,139,891, Issued August 18, 1992.
TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS
§ D.T. Peters, J.G. Cowie, E.F. Brush, Jr. and S.P. Midson, Die Casting Copper Motor Rotors: Die Materials and Process Considerations for Economical Copper Rotor Production, Proceedings of the Energy Efficiency Improvements in Electric Motors, to be published in September 2002.
§ E.F. Brush, Jr., J.G. Cowie, D.T. Peters and Darryl J. Van Son, Die Casting Copper Motor Rotors: Motor test Results, Copper Compared to Aluminum, Proceedings of the Energy Efficiency Improvements in Electric Motors, to be published in September 2002.
§ D. T. Peters, D. J. Van Son, J.G. Cowie, and E.F. Brush, Jr., Copper Die-Cast Motor Rotors - Improved Motor Performance and Advances in Die Casting Technology, Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM), to be published in August 2002.
§ D.T. Peters, J.G. Cowie, E.F. Brush, Jr. and S.P. Midson, Advances in Pressure Die Casting of Electrical Grade Copper, Proceedings of the AFS 106th Casting Congress, to be published May 2002.
§ J.G. Cowie, D.T. Peters, E.F. Brush, Jr. and S.P. Midson, Materials and Modifications to Die Cast the Copper Conductors of the Induction Motor Rotor, Die Casting Engineer, Vol. 45, No. 5, September 2001, pp. 38-47.
§ D.T. Peters and J.G. Cowie, The Copper Motor Rotor and Plastic Injection Molds – New Developments Relying on Copper’s Conductivity, Proceedings of the Copper 99 - Cobre 99 International Conference, Phoenix, AZ, 1999 Volume I, pp. 313-325.
§ D.T. Peters and J.G. Cowie, and E. F. Brush, Jr., Die Casting Copper Motor Rotors: Mold Materials and Processing for Cost-Effective Manufacturing, Proceedings of the Energy Efficiency Improvements in Electric Motors, P. Bertoldi, A. de Almeida and H. Falkner editors, Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, 2000, pp. 39-51.
§ D.T. Peters and J.G. Cowie, Pressure Die Casting Trials on Mold Materials for the Copper Motor Rotor Structure, Proceedings of the International Workshop on Permanent-Mold Casting of Copper-Base Alloys, 1998, pp.75-87.
§ J.G. Cowie, L.J. Lowder, R.J. Culbertson, W.E. Kosik, and R. Brown, Reduced Hydrogen Embrittlement Susceptibility in Platinum Implanted High Strength Steel, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, B59/60, 1991, pp. 871-874.
§ J.G. Cowie and F.R. Tuler, The Influence of Second Phase Dispersions on Shear Instability and Fracture Toughness of Ultrahigh Strength 4340 Steel, Materials Science and Engineering, Vol. A141, 1991, pp. 23-27.
§ J.G. Cowie and F.R. Tuler, Comparison of Shear and Tensile Fracture in High Strength Aluminum Alloys, International Journal of Fracture, Vol. 47, no. 3, 1 Feb. 1991, pp. 229-239.
§ J.G. Cowie, M. Azrin, and G.B. Olson, Microvoid Formation During Shear Deformation of Ultrahigh Strength Steel, Metallurgical Transactions, Vol. 20A, January 1989, pp. 143-153.
§ L.A. Shepard, W.J. Croft, J.G. Cowie, and R. Beeukes, Characterization of a Failed Spinal Implant (Harrington Rod), Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Symposium for Testing and Failure Analysis, ASM International, Metals Park, OH, November 1988.
§ J.G. Cowie, Helicopter Crew Seat Failure Analysis, Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Symposium for Testing and Failure Analysis, ASM International, Metals Park, OH, November 1987.
§ J.G. Cowie, M. Azrin, and G.B. Olson, Microvoid Formation During Shear Deformation of Ultrahigh Strength Steels, in Innovations in Ultrahigh-Strength Steel Technology, G.B. Olson, M. Azrin, and E. Wright, Eds. 34th Sagamore Army Materials Research Conference, September 1987, pp. 357-381.
§ J.G. Cowie and F.R. Tuler, Flow Localization Models - A Review, Materials Science and Engineering, Vol. 95, October 1987, pp. 93-99.
§ M. Azrin, J.G. Cowie, A.A. Anctil, and E.B. Kula, Some Correlations Between Plate Shatter and Fracture Toughness, Proceedings of the 1987 Spring Conference on Experimental Mechanics, June 1987, pp. 92-99.
§ M. Azrin and J.G. Cowie, Shear Instability Mechanisms in High-Hardness Steels, Annals of Israel Physical Society, Vol. 8, Fragmentation, Form and Flow in Fractured Media 1986, pp. 409-417.
§ M. Azrin, J.G. Cowie, and E.B. Kula, Mechanically Induced Cracks for Quality Control Standards, Proceedings of the North American Manufacturing Research Institute Annual Meeting and Conference, May 1986.
§ Ph.D. Thesis entitled The Influence of Second-Phase Dispersions on Shear Instability and Fracture Toughness of Ultrahigh Strength 4340 Steel, December 1988
§ Master’s Thesis entitled A Study of the Dislocation Substructure in Press Forged Inconel 901, Nickel Base Superalloy, February 1980.
TECHNICAL SOCIETY PRESENTATIONS
§ Use of High Temperature Die Materials and Hot Dies for Casting Pure Copper and Copper Alloys, 2002 Die Casting Congress & Table-Top Exposition, Rosemont, IL, October 2002.
§ Die Casting Copper Motor Rotors: Die Materials and Process Considerations for Economical Copper Rotor Production, EEMODS, Treviso, Italy, September 2002.
§ Die Casting Copper Motor Rotors: Motor test Results, Copper Compared to Aluminum, EEMODS, Treviso, Italy, September 2002.
§ Copper Die-Cast Motor Rotors - Improved Motor Performance and Advances in Die Casting Technology, Fifteenth International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM), Bruges, Belgium, August 2002.
§ Advances in Pressure Die Casting of Electrical Grade Copper, Proceedings of the AFS 106th Casting Congress, Kansas City, MO, May, 2002.
§ Die Casting Copper Motor Rotors: Mold Materials and Processing for Cost-Effective Manufacturing, EEMODS, London, England, September 1999.
§ The Copper Motor Rotor and Plastic Injection Molds – New Developments Relying on Copper’s Conductivity, Copper 99-Cobre 99 International Conference, Phoenix, AZ, October 1999.
§ Pressure Die Casting Trials on Mold Materials for the Copper Motor Rotor Structure, ASM Materials Solutions Conference and Exposition, Cincinnati, OH, November 1, 1999.
§ Mold Materials for Copper Die-Casting, ASM International Southern Connecticut Chapter Meeting, Ansonia, CT, January 1999.
§ Pressure Die Casting Trials on Mold Materials for the Copper Motor Rotor Structure, International Workshop on Permanent-Mold Casting of Copper-Base Alloys, Ottawa, Canada, October 1998.
§ System Approach to Improved Orthopedic Prosthetic Devices, 1995 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, San Francisco, CA, November 1995.
§ Reduced Hydrogen Embrittlement Susceptibility in Platinum Implanted High Strength Steel, Ion Beam Modification of Materials 1990, Knoxville, TN, September 1990.
§ Comparison of Mode I (Tension) and Mode II (Shear) Fracture of Both Ultrahigh Strength Steel and High Strength Aluminum Alloys, TMS Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA, February 1990.
§ The Effect of Ion Implantation on High Strength Steels Subject to Cathodic Corrosion, The American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, February 1990.
§ Crack Arrest in Ultrahigh Strength Steels, TMS Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA, February 1990.
§ The Relationship Between Microstructure and Ballistic Plugging of Ultrahigh Strength Steel, Fifth TACOM Armor Coordinating Conference, Monterey, CA, March 1989.
§ The Role of Second Phase Dispersions on Shear Instability and Fracture in Ultrahigh Strength 4340 Steel, TMS Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, February 1989.
§ Characterization of a Failed Spinal Implant (Harrington Rod), Fourteenth International Symposium for Testing and Failure Analysis, Los Angeles, CA, November 1988.
§ Comparison of Shear and Tensile Modes of Fracture in High Strength Aluminum, TMS Fall Meeting, Chicago, IL, September 1988.
§ Structural Degradation of High Performance Armor, Fourth TACOM Armor Coordinating Conference, Monterey, CA, March 1988.
§ Microvoid Nucleation Softening in Ultra-High Strength Steels, Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics Seminar Program, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, February 1988.
§ High Strain Rate Deformation Testing of High Strength Steels, TMS Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ January 1988.
§ Helicopter Crew Seat Failure Analysis, Thirteenth International Symposium for Testing and Failure Analysis of Advanced Materials, Los Angeles, CA, November 1987.
§ Shear Testing and Microvoid Formation in UHS Steels, Thirty-fourth Sagamore Army Materials Research Conference, Lake George, NY, September 1987.
§ Shattering of High Strength Steel Plate, 1987 Society of Experimental Mechanics Meeting, Houston, TX, June 1987.
§ Void Nucleation Induced Shear Localization in High Strength 4340 Steel, TMS Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, February 1987.
§ Mechanically Induced Cracks for Quality Control Standards, North American Manufacturing Research Institute Annual Meeting and Conference, Minneapolis, MN, May 1986.
§ Shear Strain Localization in High Strength Steel, TMS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 1986.
§ Some Correlations Between Plate Shatter and Fracture Toughness, TMS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 1986.
§ Shatter Transition Behavior of High Strength Steel Plate, WESTEC 84 Tool Exposition and Conference, Los Angeles, CA, March 1984.
TECHNOLOGY UPDATE ARTICLES ON THE INTERNET
§ J.G. Cowie, Home Automation Comes of Age, The Future has Finally Arrived! - April 1998, http://innovations.copper.org/innovations.html
§ J.G. Cowie, Environmentally Friendly Permanent Mold Casting - March 1998, Why permanent mold casting of copper alloys is rapidly gaining acceptance in North America. http://innovations.copper.org/innovations.html
§ J.G. Cowie, Copper Motor Rotors - February 1998, Application of High Temperature Mold Materials to Die Cast the Copper Motor Rotor. http://innovations.copper.org/innovations.html
§ J.G. Cowie and R.D. Weed, What’s Ahead for 2007 - December (Part 1) and January (Part 2), A discussion of future trends and their influence on the copper industry. http://innovations.copper.org/innovations.html
§ J.G. Cowie, Big Blue Goes Copper - November, 1997, A review of IBM's and Motorola's recent announcements on the replacement of aluminum with copper in their chip manufacturing process. http://innovations.copper.org/innovations.html
§ J.G. Cowie, Connecting With the Future - November 1997, A look at technological advances in the field of electronics and their impact on the connector industry as discussed at this year's Fleck Connection Congress. http://innovations.copper.org/innovations.html |
