Derek Kipka

Derek Kipka currently serves as a Foundry Process Engineer at MetalTek International, a position held since June 2014, where responsibilities include specification review of customer orders, nonconforming product dispositioning, charge creation for heats to enhance revert usage, and conducting mechanical testing. Prior experience includes roles as a Rotational Engineer at HellermannTyton, an Engineering Lab Technician intern at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, an Undergraduate Researcher at Modine Manufacturing Company focusing on failure analysis and materials characterization, and a Metallurgy Intern at Scot Forge. Derek Kipka also worked as a Lab Technician at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Center for Composite Materials. Education was completed at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee from 2008 to 2014.