Metallurgist Bill Hong Joins Stork Herron Team in Charlotte
CHARLOTTE, NC - December 27, 2007
Accomplished metallurgist Bill Hong will be leaving the Stork Materials Testing & Inspection laboratory in Huntington Beach, California to head up the Microscopic Evaluation Laboratory of Stork Herron in Charlotte, North Carolina, as Metallurgical Department Manager and Chief Metallurgist. Hong is a native of China, a graduate of Tianjin University, and holds an M.S. in Materials Engineering from Wayne State University and an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of North Carolina. The former Lead Failure Analyst for General Motors in Warren, Michigan, Hong is extensively trained and experienced in automotive metallurgy and failure analysis, as well as a broad range of metallurgical analysis techniques such as Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) and Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS), metallographic sample preparation and optical microscopy.
Stork Herron General Manager Sam Jackins said, "We are very much looking forward to having Bill on our team in Charlotte. In the last few years, our laboratory and our capabilities have expanded rapidly and Bill has the depth and breadth of experience we need to keep pace with the growing demand for metallurgical and failure analysis services in our region--and across the country. He's a good fit with our group and he will definitely enhance our capabilities portfolio, especially for our customers in the automotive industries."
Hong will begin work in the Charlotte laboratory on Monday, January 7. For more information about Stork Herron and metallurgical testing, contact Sam Jackins at sam.jackins@stork.com.
