TRI’s Engineering Staff is very talented, covers a range of skills. We have years of experience solving a wide variety of Rotating Machinery Problems. Our Consulting Engineering Services are attached. Please contact TRI in order to arrange for anyone of us to support your projects.
Melbourne F. Giberson, Ph.D.,P.E.
Specialties, Qualifications, and Experience:
- Designs and manufactures oil film Babbitted Bearings of all types to control rotor vibrations.
- Analyzes Bearing Damage and Failure Events, providing “root cause analyses” and solutions.
- Performs detailed computer based rotor-dynamic analyses of all types of rotating machinery.
- Designs and Manufactures Variable Speed Fluid Drives, including geared fluid drives, for high-powered pump, compressor and fan applications.
- Analyzes power plant structural vibration issues, and provides designs/redesigns and solutions.
Education
- Ph.D. – Applied Mechanics (Engineering Math), California Inst of Tech (Caltech), Pasadena, CA
- Thesis: Response of Nonlinear Multi-story Structures Subjected to Earthquake Excitation.
- Minor: Business Economics.
- M.S. – Applied Mechanics (Engineering Math), California Inst of Tech (Caltech), Pasadena, CA
- B.S. – Mechanical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
Mark Simonelli
Specialties, Qualifications, and Experience:
- Designs machinery components such as pump impellers and fluid drive impellers that involve 3-D features, including the mathematical modeling for investment casting.
- Creates complex computational programs for manufacturing components using dynamic 5-axis milling machines.
- Designs and manufactures components for TRI bearings and variable speed fluid drives.
- Provides Technical Direction for Installation of TRI Fluid Drives in power plants.
Education
- B.S. – Electrical Engineering, Union College; Schenectady, NY