Connor also has held positions of: quality control supervisor at Camsco, metallurgist at International Light Metals, and
brazing sheet metallurgist and R&D manager at Alcan Rolled Products.
Among specific topics are improved accelerated testing for localized corrosion susceptibility in high-strength aluminum alloys, the behavior of flow-drilling screw connections, determining a simple geometry for characterizing the energy absorption behavior of cast aluminum, the effect of reloading on dynamic recrystallization in shock deformed aluminum alloy, the behavior of scandium in aluminum alloys of different alloying systems, and developing a
brazing sheet core alloy with excellent post-braze properties.