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Autumn 2008 Special Seminar
Thursday, October 23 at 1:30 p.m.
Room 264 MacQuigg Labs
Robert E. Schafrik
General Manager
Materials and Process Engineering Department
GE Aviation
Accelerating Materials and Process Development to Meet Customer Requirements in the New Millennium
Dr. Robert E. Schafrik is currently the General Manager, Materials and Process Engineering Department at GE Aviation. He is responsible for developing advanced materials and processes used in GE's aeronautical turbine engines and their marine and industrial derivatives. He oversees Materials Application Engineering activities supporting GE Aviation's global design engineering, manufacturing, and field support activities. He also operates a state-of-the-art in-house laboratory for advanced materials development, characterization, and failure analysis. Prior to joining GE in November 1997, he served in 2 concurrent positions within the National Research Council (the operating arm of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering), which he joined in 1991: Director, National Materials Advisory Board and Director, Board on Manufacturing and Engineering Design. Under his direction, 33 final reports for studies were issued that addressed significant national issues in materials and manufacturing. Dr. Schafrik also served in the U.S. Air Force in a variety of capacities and retired as a Lieutenant Colonel. He has a Ph.D. in metallurgical engineering from Ohio State University, an M.S. in information systems from George Mason University, an M.S. in aerospace engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology, and a B.S. in metallurgy from Case-Western Reserve University.
Host: J.-C. Zhao
MSE graduate students: this seminar is not part of MSE 795 and is not part of the attendance requirement.
