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 […]
Jun 2011 Newsletter – Transmissions Vol 8, 2011
Vol. 8, 2011 Foreward With a blatant breach of protocol this is written by your newest member of the GRI. Having attended my first Board meeting this Spring I can tell you the GRI is a vibrant organization with valuable projects underway, more scheduled to begin, and a healthy list to explore for the future. […]
Jan 2011 Newsletter – Transmissions Vol 7, 2011
Vol. 7, 2011 Foreward HAPPY NEW YEAR and may your 2011 be better than the last year, maybe even the best year yet. A new year brings its own challenges, some new, most a repeat of the old challenges. One constant challenge is finding sponsorship for our research efforts. If repeat sponsorship is a measure […]
Jul 2010 Newsletter – Transmissions Vol 6, 2010
Vol. 6, 2010 Foreward Join the Gear Research Institute! Despite some of the worst economic times in our generation GRI has come thru pretty much intact. We have added a significant new member, and welcome GE’s Global Research as a member to the Aerospace Bloc, with James Bishar (Penn State alum) as its official representative. […]
Jan 2010 Newsletter – Transmissions Vol 5, 2010
Vol. 5, 2010 GRI Newsletter The Board of Trustees, at their September 2009 meeting, decided to undertake a campaign to enlist members to the Gear Research Institute (GRI). Annual corporate membership to the Institute would be $600 and the collected membership fees would be utilized solely for the purpose of supporting Engineering undergraduates (juniors and […]
Jul 2009 Newsletter – Transmissions Vol 4, 2009
Vol. 4, 2009 GRI Newsletter Philadelphia Gear, headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, became a corporate member of the Gear Research Institute. We welcome their support. I also hope to see many of you at the AGMA Expo in September. The Annual Meeting of the Institute will also be held at the same venue on […]
Mar 2009 Newsletter – Transmissions Vol 3, 2009
Vol. 3, 2009 GRI Newsletter As 2008 came to close and 2009 dawned, cataclysmic events have rocked the United States and the international financial sector. This has lead to a severe retrenchment in industrial production and other facets of our economy. The impact of these events on the Gear Research Institute, though muted, has been […]
Sep 2008 Newsletter – Transmissions Vol 2, 2008
Vol. 2, 2009 GRI Newsletter As surely as the leaves changing color, a sign of summer coming to an end on a University campus is the returning students. As I write this preamble, a deserted campus and an equally deserted college town is returning to life. However, we have been busy this summer. The Board […]
Apr 2008 Newsletter – Transmissions Vol 1, 2008
Vol. 1, 2008 GRI Newsletter We are pleased to publish our current newsletter in electronic form. The Gear Research Institute has celebrated its 25 year anniversary (1982-2007) and the 11th year of its relationship with the Pennsylvania State University’s Applied Research Laboratory. From a largely, group-sponsored activity (cooperative, pre-competitive research) the current activities at the […]