Appreciation of past Fellows

Mr Nicholas Younger FREng - died on April 7, 2010 aged 75

Obituary for Nick Younger FREng from Frank Fitzgerald CBE FREng
Nick Younger devoted his career to the realisation of new metallurgical processes and at the time of his retirement was Technical Director of Davy International based in Stockton. His first job after graduation at Cambridge University was with TWI where he made significant contributions to understanding failure due to cracking of welded joints in stainless steels. He moved to the Davy Corporation in 1962 and worked on the new metallurgical processes then being developed or which were in the early stages of industrial application, such as continuous casting and direct smelting of ores.

In 1968 Nick left Davy for RTZ, and for the next seven years was engaged in the development of superplastic sheet based on the zinc/aluminium eutectic, which led to the production of super-plastically formed components for industry.

He returned to Davy in 1975 and remained there throughout the rest of his career, becoming widely known for successfully driving through to commercial application developments such as coal based ore reduction (e.g. the DRC and HISMELT processes), direct casting of wide steel strip in conjunction with the Korean company POSCO, and Transverse Flux Induction Heating of strip developed with British Steel.

Nick served the IoMMM and its forerunners in a number of capacities. He was for some years a member of the Institute of Metals Iron and Steelmaking Committee and its chairman from 1986 to 1989; and he was one of the four members of Council of the Institute of Materials representing the metals industries. He was also an active member of Council of The Welding Institute and in 1983-84 President of the Cleveland Institution of Engineers. He was elected to the Fellowship in 1995.

A devoted family man who loved choral music and country pursuits, Nick believed passionately that the place for engineers was in industry where they could make a difference to the world, and he did his best to ensure recognition of their contribution to our lives. His quiet and courteous manner hid a shrewd mind and sound technical ability. He was a delightful companion who will be very widely missed, judging from the many who attended his funeral service in the choir of Ripon Cathedral.

Frank Fitzgerald CBE FREng

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