Michael J. Peretic
Retired, SMS group Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa., USA
Michael Peretic holds a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from The Pennsylvania State University and an M.S. degree in mechanical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. He began his career in the metals industry at Alcoa’s R&D Center, working in areas relating to process understanding and improvement. He moved to SMS group in 1996 to work in process analysis and process rolling studies for the Flat Rolling Mill group. Peretic has served on both the AIST Hot Sheet Rolling Technology Committee and the AIST Cold Sheet Rolling Technology Committee. Further, he has been a regular presenter in both AIST’s Hot Sheet Rolling and Cold Sheet Rolling Seminars, and he has also been a frequent author/coauthor and chair in the technical paper sessions at AISTech conferences. He retired from SMS group at the end of 2019.