Mar 2013 News – New Board Member
Joining the Gear Research Institute’s Board of Trustees is Mr. Thomas Doubts of General Electric-Aviation. He is the tenth member of the Board. The Institute’s by-laws were amended, by a vote of the membership, to re-constitute the board with four members from the Institute’s membership. This move was to give greater representation to the current […]
Jan 2013 Newsletter – Transmissions Vol 11, 2013
Vol. 11, 2013 Foreward It is my turn to write the Foreword section of this newsletter. The feedback from some of the readers indicates that the practice of alternating authorship between yours truly and one of the members of the Board of Trustees has been well received. In spite of an uncertain economy in 2012, […]
Dec 2012 News – Newly Appointed Board Member
Newly appointed Gear Research Institute Board of Trustee’s member: Colleen M. Tomasello Colleen is the Manger of Bearing, High Temp and Industrial Product Metallurgy at Latrobe Specialty Steel Company in Latrobe, PA. She graduated in 1985 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Metallurgical and Materials Science Engineering from Carnegie-Mellon University. She also obtained a […]
Dec 2012 News – Board of Trustees Expands to 10
Board of Trustees’ has expanded its members to 10 With government/company budget cuts, members are having more difficulty getting approval to travel for meetings. With the expansion of the Board to ten (10) members, we feel this will enable the Board to have a quorum at future meetings. The board will now consist of four […]
Nov 2012 News – Boards welcomes Dr. Teik Lim
Gear Research Institute welcomes the newest Board of Trustees member, Dr. Teik Lim of the University of Cincinnati. Dr. Lim is a Herman Schneider Professor and Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Research. His specialty areas include design and dynamics of precision machine elements (gears, bearings, drivelines, powertrain systems), Gear noise/vibrations, Structural vibrations and acoustics, […]
Nov 2012 News – Al Swiglo to retire from Board
Al Swiglo has decided to retire from the Board. After many years of being a devoted member of the Gear Research Institute’s Board of Trustees, representing the ASME, Al has called it quits. He not only was the Treasurer for many years, he also was always very attentive in his responsibility to make sure the […]
Aug 2012 Newsletter – Transmissions Vol 10, 2012
Vol. 10, 2012 Foreward “Lately it occurs to me: What a long, strange trip it’s been” are the most famous lyrics from the Grateful Dead’s most famous song “Truckin”, which was originally released in October, 1977. Now that the song is going through your head over and over and we are all showing our age, let’s […]
Jul 2012 News – Upcoming Events
Two events happening in the near future. The Aerospace Bloc Steering Committee is scheduled to meet on August 8. This meeting is hosted by Boeing Philadelphia and is open to members of the Aerospace Bloc of the Gear Research Institute. About 20 individuals from the Bloc’s membership are anticipated to attend. The next meeting of […]
Mar 2012 Newsletter – Transmissions Vol 9, 2012
Vol. 9, 2012 Foreward One critical sub system in any vertical lift aircraft is the main transmission. Apart from incremental advances most transmission performance characteristics, such as power density, reliability, noise and speed, in rotary wing aircraft have remained relatively unchanged in the last several decades. The most revolutionary vertical lift aircraft flying today is […]
Sep 2011 News – Annual Meeting
The Annual Meeting of the Gear Research Institute will be held on October 11, 2011 at 2:30 PM in conf. room 3A, Applied Science Building, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA 16804. All members of the Institute are welcome to attend. If you plan to attend please contact Dr. Suren Rao, Managing Director at […]