 He was then employed, first by the National Bureau of Standards and then by the U.S. Bureau of Mines.As a member of the National Research Council he evaluated the means by which ferro-manganese production could be increased, since a substantial proportion of the ferro-manganese used in steel production had been imported.He headed the iron and steel division of the Bureau of Mines, first at the Experiment Station at Minneapolis, and later in Pittsburgh, before returning to Minneapolis.