Daniel J. Schaeffler, Ph.D. - President and CEO
Danny
received his Bachelor of Science degree in Materials Science and
Engineering from the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD,
and a Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in
Materials Engineering from Drexel University in Philadelphia,
PA. While at Drexel, Danny held engineering and research
positions with the David Taylor Research Center (Annapolis, MD)
and Hoeganaes Corporation (Riverton, NJ).
After receiving his Doctorate, Danny started at the LTV Steel
Technology Center (Independence, OH), where he was a member of
the Customer Technical Center, focused on customer-based problem
solving in the areas of corrosion, formability, and surface
contaminants. He then transferred into the Automotive
Development Group, focused on formability analysis and training;
materials selection and optimization; tooling development and
production launches for new vehicle programs; customer materials
& manufacturing cost reduction efforts;
forming/denting/structural computer simulation; and technical
awareness and communications with the automotive manufacturers
and their Tier One / Tier Two companies. Danny's first position
in the ADG was as the engineer responsible for all transplant
accounts, and then moved to having responsibility for the Ford
Motor account, before being promoted to the Group Manager.
During his time with LTV Steel, Danny was active in AISI and
Auto/Steel Partnership activities, serving as Chairman of the
Standardized Dent Resistance Test Project as well as
participating in other committees. Danny is the founding member
of Engineering Quality Solutions, Inc.
Danny has over a dozen publications and is a member of ASM
International, SAE International, and is the President of the
North American Deep Drawing Research Group (www.NADDRG.org).
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