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Roger Washburne Staehle

Staehle Consulting Co.

Roger Staehle is an Adjunct Professor of the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at the University of Minnesota and an industrial consultant. He is a former Dean of the Institute of Technology at the University. Previously, he was a professor of Metallurgical Engineering at The Ohio State University and directed the Fontana Corrosion Center. His research interests include predicting the corrosion performance of engineering equipment, stress corrosion cracking, passivity, and corrosion in aqueous environments.

His consulting includes work for major international industries and governments in the areas of predicting corrosion performance, corrosion, and the prevention and analysis of failures. Industries for which he consults include nuclear, energy, chemical, petrochemical, food, medical, insurance, utility, construction, transportation and electronic.

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.

  • Industrial Consultant, North Oaks, MN, 1986-Present

  • Adjunct Professor, University of Minnesota, 1988-Present

Honors

  • NACE Fellow Award, 1993, for outstanding contributions and organizational skills in the field of corrosion research and dissemination of valuable scientific and engineering data

  • 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 o 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



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