About Us 

Erik has 27 years of experience working in the steel manufacturing and electrical steel lamination processing industries. He started his working career at the United States Steel Corporation Research and Technology Center where his primary field of research was focused on the physical metallurgy of advanced semi-processed and non-oriented electrical steels. After 16+ years of working as an individual contributor and technical manager at U. S. Steel Research, Erik joined the Tempel Steel Company, one of the world’s largest purchasers and processors of electrical steels. While at Tempel Erik was responsible for providing steel selection and application guidance to external customers, steel evaluation and qualification to internal customers, and in setting the technical direction for the company's innovation efforts. As a result of Tempel’s global purchasing strategy and U. S. Steel’s international reach, Erik has had the good fortune to visit over 50 electrical steel producing mills and plants located throughout North and South America, Europe, Asia, and India. His background in electrical steel grade development and manufacturing research, electrical steel lamination stamping and annealing, and materials selection and application, combine to provide a unique and integrated perspective on the various production methodologies and material performance metrics for electrical steels. He holds a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Yale University, and Master’s and Doctor of Philosophy Degrees in Materials Science and Engineering from Duke University and Case Western Reserve University, respectively. He is co-inventor on two U. S. Patents and has authored or co-authored some 30+ technical papers.