Decker: An Interview conducted by Eric Nyberg in 2021, virtual capture via the AIME Zoom account.Īll uses of this manuscript are covered by a legal agreement between the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers and Raymond F. Even today, this Foundation and its Teachers and Student Camps remain an active passion for Ray.Īccess additional oral histories from members and award recipients of the AIME Member Societies here: AIME Oral Histories About the Interview Throughout his career, TMS has been Ray’s Technical Learning Machine.įurther to Technical Societies, Ray also Joined American Society for Metals (now ASM International) in 1950, becoming Fellow in 1970, ASM International President in 1987 to 1988 and Chairman of ASM Materials Education Foundation in 2007. He was elected Fellow in 2021, received the Robert Mehl Medal in 1973, was noted with the TMS-IMD Best Magnesium Application Paper in 2018 and was honored by the TMS-IMD R.F.Decker Symposium in 2021. With TMS, he served on the Planning Committee and the TMS-IMD Magnesium Committee. This was followed by 4 years as Vice President of Research at Michigan Technological University - then entry into the entrepreneurial world in 1986.Īs to the Technical Societies, Ray joined TMS in 1950 and has stayed active since then. Following PhD graduation, he served at International Nickel (INCO), LTD from the level of Research Engineer up to Corporate Vice President of Technology. To apply the Magnesium technology, Ray co-founded and co-led the entrepreneurial start-ups of Thixomat, LLC and nanoMAG, LLC.Īs a US Army Ordnance Lt, Ray was called to active duty during the Korean War, serving at Watertown Arsenal and at US Army Headquarters in LaRochelle France. During his 71 year career, Ray has uncovered key discoveries and holds patents in these fields. His technical specialty is alloy and process design coupled with application – practiced in Nickel-Based Superalloys, Maraging Steels, Thixomolding® of Magnesium alloys and bioabsorbable Magnesium implant alloys to fix human bone trauma. and PhD degrees In Metallurgical Engineering at The University of Michigan. and was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1980. He also is a member of the Board of Managers of QuesTec Innovations, LLC. Raymond Decker is Chief Technology Officer of Thixomat/nanoMAG, LLC and Adjunct Professor of Materials Science and Engineering of The University of Michigan. 5.19 55:00 A 70-YEAR CAREER PROGRESSING THE ADVANCEMENT OF KNOWLEDGE AND TECHNOLOGYĭr.5.18 51:22 TECHNICAL SOCIETY EXPERIENCES – TMS, MY LEARNING MACHINE.5.17 49:08 ADMIRATION FOR DALE STEIN – ENHANCING ENGINEERING AT MICHIGAN TECH UNIVERSITY.5.15 43:51 UNIVERSITY MENTORS – LEARNING APPLICATION, INTERACTIONS, AND HAVING FUN WITH METALLURGY.5.14 40:08 MATERIALS SCIENCE, AN EVOLVING FIELD – A FUTURE IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING.5.13 38:08 A MESSAGE TO FUTURE MATERIALS SCIENTISTS – THE BEST THINGS ARE YET TO COME.5.12 30:58 NANOMAG – MANUFACTURING HUMAN BONES FROM MAGNESIUM ALLOYS.5.11 27:07 THIXOMOLDING – TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION ACROSS 13 COUNTRIES AND THE FIELD OF LIGHT METALS.5.10 25:21 MARAGING STEEL’S WORLDWIDE INFLUENCE AND APPLICATIONS. 5.9 22:09 EXPLORING THE TITANIC AND APOLLO 11 – MY STEEL BELOW 16,000 FEET TO 240,000 MILES OUT.5.8 20:04 THE CIA GAME – AN OPERATION FOR MARAGING STEEL TO RECOVER A RUSSIAN SUBMARINE.5.7 16:16 THE INVENTION OF MARAGING STEELS AND CLARENCE BIEBER, THE GREAT SUPERALLOY INVENTOR.5.6 13:28 A CAREER OF 24 YEARS AT INTERNATIONAL NICKEL – MY COLLEAGUES’ NOTABLE INVENTIONS.5.5 10:29 MY PHD THESIS DISCOVERY – THE CAUSE OF BROKEN TURBINE BLADES AND A NEW SUPERALLOY.5.4 06:18 FROM METAL WORKING WITH MY DAD TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AND GROWING MY FAMILY.5.3 04:13 FOLLOWING MY UNCLE’S CAREER AND MY COACH’S ADVICE.5.2 00:46 THE YEARN TO LEARN AND EARN – INFLUENCE OF MY PARENTS.
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