Authors

Dr. Eugene Kocherovsky is a product research engineer for Valenite Inc., Madison Heights, Michigan.

Dr. LaRoux K. Gillespie has a 40-year history with precision part production as an engineer and manager. He is the author of 12 books on deburring and more than 220 technical reports and articles on precision machining. E-mail: [email protected].

Dr. Scott Smith is a professor and chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the William States Lee College of Engineering, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, specializing in machine tool structural dynamics. Contact him via e-mail at [email protected] on the author to view all of their articles!

Dr. Stuart Salmon is president of Advanced Manufacturing Science and Technology, Rossford, Ohio.

Dr. Viktor Astakhov is an independent deep-hole machining consultant who resides in Rochester Hills, Michigan. He can be reached at 248-852-0246 or via e-mail at [email protected].

Dr. William J. Westerman is president of Cogsdill Tool Products Inc., Camden, South Carolina.

E. Gorzkowski is an undergraduate research assistant at Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

E. Rivin is a professor at Wayne State University, Detroit.

Ed Galen is the manager of superabrasive grinding systems for CITCO operations, Landis Gardner, a UNOVA company, Chardon, Ohio.

Ed Huntress is a Metuchen, N.J.-based freelance writer.

Ed Kwasnick is vice president of sales at sp3 Inc., Mountain View, California.

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