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Contributors

Tom Plantenberg and Michael Hedtke wrote “Advances in Fully Automated Swiss Machining Cells.” Plantenberg is in charge of market development and sales at Marshall Manufacturing Co. (Minneapolis). He has been with Marshall for more than 16 years and has been instrumental in taking the company from general to medical machining and manufacturing. He can be reached at tomp@marshallmfg.com.

Michael Hedtke started as an intern at Marshall Manufacturing Co. more than 15 years ago while pursuing a bachelor’s degree from the University of Minnesota in mechanical engineering. He currently serves as a project coordinator for the company. Hedtke was previously cochairman of M-Powered, a consortium of community members, industry leaders, and training partners that collaborate to build a competitive workforce in the Minnesota manufacturing industry. He can be reached at mikeh@marshallmfg.com.

Joe DeAngelo is author of “Using Green Technology to Machine Materials.” He is director of technical development for Oberg Industries (Freeport, PA). He is responsible for R&D for applied manufacturing processes using the Molecular Decomposition Process and electrochemical grinding. He studied mechanical engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. Reach him at joe.deangelo@oberg.com.

David Chen is the author of the article “Orthopedics Design: Replacing the Replacements.” He is chief technology officer of SensAble Technologies Inc. (Woburn, MA). He has led the development of software for transforming medical data into formats for visualization, surgical simulation, and biometric qualification. Contact him via e-mail at info@sensable.com.