Jerry K. Keska
Mechanical engineer, educator
Born Feb. 14, 1945, Wilkowisko, Poland; son of Jan and Stefania (Kawecka); married Jadwiga (Sadowy); children: Agnieszka, Marek.
Education: Master of Science of Mechanical Enginering (M.S.M.E.), 1970, Ph.D., 1974, Cracow Technical University (Poland).
Career: associate prof., Cracow Technical University, 1974-80; visiting prof., University of Hannover (Germany), 1980-81; staff senior scientist, University of Karlsruhe (Germany), 1981-84; senior project engineer, Copeland Corporation, Sidney (OH), 1984-87; senior system engineer, Technicon Instruments Corporation, Tarrytown (NY), 1987-88; associate prof., University of Nebraska, Lincoln, 1988-92; senior research scientist, Battelle, Richland (WA), 1992 -.
Author: inventions, Concentration Meter, 1973, and Flow Pattern Monitor, 1977; over 50 books, monographs and papers in professional journals; organizer, Laboratory of Multiphase Flow and Instrumentation; principal investigator, and consultant over 30 projects; various reviews in Journal of Fluids Engineering, and for National Science Foundation (NSF), McGraw Hill Book Company.
Member of: American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME); American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AlChE); American Society of Engineering Education; American Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum Engineers (AIME); Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America (P.I.A.S.A.).
Honors: fellowship, Deutsches Akademische Austauschdienst (Germany), 1975; professorship, Mina - James - Heinemann Stiftung (Germany), 1980; Gold Medal, 6th International Invention Exhibition (Czechoslovakia), 1980.
Languages: Polish, English, Russian, German.
Hobbies: mycology, fly fishing, skiing.
Home: 15261 Blackwell Drive, Omaha, NE 68137.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996