Prediction: Corrosion Based Design

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CURRICULUM VITAE

ROGER WASHBURNE STAEHLE, Ph.D.


22 Red Fox Road
North Oaks, MN 55127 USA
Telephone (651) 482-9493
Cell Phone: (612) 889-4384
Telefax (651) 484-5735
Email: rwstaehle@rwstaehle.com




Specialties
  • Corrosion and cracking of engineering materials and components
  • Lifetime prediction of engineering materials and components
  • Failure analysis
  • Forensic investigations
Vital
          Born: February 4, 1934, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.

Education
  • B. Met. Engr., The Ohio State University, 1957
  • M.S. Met. Engr., The Ohio State University, 1957
  • Westinghouse Reactor Engineering School, (6 months), 1959
  • Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 1965
Employment
  • Naval officer and Nuclear Engineer with United States Navy and Atomic Energy Commission (with Vice Admiral H. G. Rickover). Naval Nuclear Reactor Development, 1957-1961
  • Graduate Student, Research Associate, and International Nickel Fellow, The Ohio State University, 1961-1963
  • Graduate Student, Research Associate, and Battelle Fellow, The Ohio State University, 1963-1964
  • Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University, 1965-1967
  • Associate Professor, The Ohio State University, 1967-1970
  • Professor, The Ohio State University, 1970-1979
  • Director, Fontana Corrosion Center, 1975-1979
  • Dean, Institute of Technology, University of Minnesota, 1979-1983
  • Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Institute of Technology, University of Minnesota, 1983 - 1988.
  • President & Chairman, Automated Transportation Systems, Inc. (now Taxi-2000) Minneapolis, 1984 - 1986. (On leave from University of Minnesota)
  • Industrial Consultant, North Oaks, Minnesota, 1986-Present
  • Adjunct Professor, University of Minnesota, 1988-Present
Honors
  • TMS Meeting, "Chemistry and Electrochemistry of Corrosion and Stress Corrosion," in honor of R.W. Staehle, New Orleans, February 2001
  • Electrochemical Society (ECS) Fellow Award, 2000
  • NACE Fellow Award, 1993
  • NACE T.J. Hull Award, for outstanding contributions to NACE in the field of publications, Corrosion'92, Nashville, TN
  • Distinguished Alumnus, The Ohio State University, College of Engineering, April, 1989
  • Willis Rodney Whitney Award from NACE for outstanding contributions to Corrosion Research, 1980
  • Research in Progress meeting of NACE; special award (1979) for organizing the first conference
  • National Academy of Engineering, 1978
  • International Nickel Professor of Corrosion Science and Engineering, 1971-1976
  • ASM Fellow, 1975
  • College of Engineering awards for achievement (three awards) 1966, 1969, and 1970
  • Ohio ASEE Award for Innovative Teaching, 1975
Publications
  • 23 Edited volumes
  • 39 Review Articles
  • 126 Research Articles
  • 91 Technical Reports for national and international government organizations including DOE and EPRI
Boards of Directors and Trustees
  • Data Card Corporation, 1979-1983
  • Donaldson Company, Inc., 1979-1983
  • Teltech, Inc., 1984-1987
  • Great Northern Iron Ore Properties, 1982-present