Richard Allen Wenglarz

Scientist, engineer

Born Jan. 28, 1940, Peoria (IL), U.S.; son of John and Marie (Sacaly); married Barbara (Graves); children: Maura, Ryan.

Education: Bachelor of Science (B.S.), 1963, Master of Science (M.S.), 1964, University of IIllinois, Champaign; Ph.D., Stanford University, Palo Alto (CA), 1968.

Career: researcher, University of Newcastle, Newcastle - Upon - Tyne (United Kingdom), 1968-69; research engioneer, Bellcomm, Inc., Washington (DC), 1969-72, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray Hill (NJ), 1972-73, Holmdel (NJ), 1973-77, Westinghouse Research & Development Center, Pittsburgh (PA), 1977-84; senior staff research scientist, engineer, Allison Gas Turbine Division, General Motors Company (GM), Indianapolis (IN), 1984 -.

Author: 1 patent, 1985; over 50 scientific publications on advanced energy systems, space station attitude control, gyroscope dynamics, small vessel blood flow.

Member of: American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).

Honors: Phi Eta Sigma; Sigma Tau; Tau Beta Pi; Phi Kappa Phi; invited presentations, Cambridge University (United Kingdom), 1985, Yale University, New Haven (CT), 1987, Von Karman Institute, Brussels (Belgium), 1988.

Affiliation: Christian.

Language: English.

Home: Avon, IN.

From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.