Daniel K. Carabell, M.S.

Mr. Daniel K. Carabell is a Senior Staff Consultant for ESi. Mr. Carabell has over seven years of materials engineering and operations management experience using lean six sigma manufacturing principles. He specializes in sand casting processing and heat treatment of lightweight metals, such as aluminum and magnesium. He is experienced in failure analysis, metallurgy, materials processing, and material characterization techniques including optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and X-ray diffraction (XRD).

Prior to working at ESi, Mr. Carabell worked in the aerospace industry as a six sigma black belt. In his various roles, he specialized in improving lightweight metal casting processing including tungsten inert gas (TIG) plug welding, heat treatment fixturing and processing, hot isostatic pressing (HIP), laser and white light dimensional scanning as well as 3D sand printing technology. He completed his bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan and his master’s degree from the University of Illinois, both in materials science and engineering.