B.S. (Mechanical Engineering), University of Cincinnati, 1966.
M.S. (Mechanical Engineering), University of Cincinnati, 1968.
Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering), University of Cincinnati, 1971.
M.B.A. (International Business), Kent State University, 1997.

Adjunct Design Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Akron, 1999- Present.
Vice President and Technical Director, Standards Testing Laboratories, 1995-1999.
Director Research and Tire Testing, Continental General Tire, Inc. 1992-1995.
Director, Tire research, Continental General Tire, Inc. 1987-1992.
Manager, Product Engineering & Research Center Administration, GenCorp, 1984-1987.
Manager, Product Engineering, General Tire, 1979-1984.
Group Leader, General Tire, Inc., 1977-1979.
Senior Development Engineer, General Tire, Inc., 1973-1977.
Assistant Professor and Assistant to the Dean, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 1971-1973.

Member: ASME, Tire Society, SAE, Rubber Division ACS, ASQ, Sigma Xi

His expertise is in the areas of machining, vibrations, dynamics, fatigue, measurements and tire technology.

"X-Ray Techniques for Tire Structure Analysis and Tire Wheel Fit", Tire Technology International '97, 1997.
" Tangential X-Ray analysis as a Tool for Tire Structural Analysis and Tire Wheel Fit" International Tire Exhibition and Conference, Sept 10-12, 1996.
" Mechanism of Tire Failure from Mismatch Tire/Wheel Mounting using Tangential X-ray Analysis", Tire Society, March 20, 1996.
" Use of Tangential X-ray to Identify Bead Fitment in Tires", SAE, Feb. 29, 1996.