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S. T. SCHEIRER
Power Tech Associates, Inc.

SUMMARY

Over 42 years experience in materials engineering and process development. Particular expertise in turbine engines and a wide range of aerospace materials. Management positions with responsibilities for direction of professionals, marketing, and group financial performance. Frequent technical and business contacts with customers, vendors, and licensees (domestic and foreign).

BUSINESS EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHTS

1992 - Present
PRESIDENT & CONSULTANT, Materials Engineering, Power Tech Associates, Inc., Media, PA
Working as a consultant in conjunction with Power Tech Associates, to supply metallurgical and other engineering support to the gas turbine industry. Clients include OEM's, user/operators, research institutes, and law firms. Representative recent assignments include:

Expert witness in disputes involving gas turbines; managed group contributions.
Prepared coating and component repair specifications for hot parts.
Conducted workshop on gas turbine materials, repairs, and coatings.
Provided independent analyses of compressor and turbine damage in a utility gas turbines.
Program manager for utility sponsored NOx abatement survey.

1987 - 1992
MANAGER, Material Evaluation Services, Corrpro Companies, West Chester, PA
Responsible for performance of PSG materials testing laboratory, including marketing, program development, and overall direction of group specializing in fatigue and toughness testing. Also provided consulting and engineering services for clients and in support of programs conducted by other company groups.

1977 - 1987
MANAGER, Metallurgical Engineering, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Concordville, PA
Managed all materials activities for the Division, including: supervision of 10 professionals and technicians, management of $1.8M materials development and research program at Corporate R&D Center and within the Division, vendor qualification and process development, customer negotiations and presentations, failure analysis, and technical and business interfaces with international licensees.

Awarded Quality Achievement and Engineering Excellence Awards for role in organizing and directing programs to qualify Japanese vendors for the production of gas turbines to U.S. specifications.
Provided technical support and guidance for the company's component repair business.
Directed failure analyses on behalf of the company and its customers.
Provided technical support to litigation activities.
Actively participated in a 12-month National Research Council study on materials for advanced gas turbines. Co-authored report.

1973 - 1977
SENIOR ENGINEER - Metallurgical Engineering, Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Responsible for materials engineering support for the gas turbine division. Projects included nickel alloy blade manufacture, corrosion studies, diffusion and overlay coating development, and composite blade manufacture.

Introduced corrosion resistant blade coatings. Directed supporting R&D programs. Developed vendor processes. Prepared specifications.
Developed fuel treating and material protection schemes which helped enable the company to receive contracts in the Middle East worth over $600M.

1963 - 1973
SENIOR ENGINEER, TRW Inc., Cleveland, OH, Materials Technology Group
Principle investigator responsible for a variety of company and government-sponsored programs involving advanced materials and processing development for the aerospace industry.

Planned and proposed programs valued to $200,000 for government agencies. Performed work required to complete programs, including direction of other professionals and technicians.
Fabricated and characterized metal-matrix composite materials.
Developed isothermal forging process for titanium blades.
Developed and patented nickel-base alloy with improved corrosion resistance.
Developed blade forging practices for advanced nickel-base alloys.
Developed diffusion bonding procedures for columbium alloys.

EDUCATION

        Case-Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH; PhD Metallurgy   1969
        Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA; M.S. Metallurgical Engineering 1964
        Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA; B.S. Metallurgical Engineering 1962
        Various technical and business-oriented continuing education courses

PROFESSIONAL

Member: ASM International, The Metallurgical Society of AIME, Int’l Gas Turbine Institute committees on Electric Power & Manufacturing, Materials, and Metallurgy, ASTM (Committees E8 and G1), The Gas Turbine Panel, and Alpha Sigma Mu (The Metallurgy Honorary)

Authored and co-authored over 25 technical papers and numerous reports and presentations on a variety of subjects related to gas turbine materials technology.

PUBLICATIONS LIST

R. Viswanathan and S. T. Scheirer, AMaterials Technology for Advanced Land Based Gas Turbines@, presented at The 7^th International Conference on Creep and Fatigue at Elevated Temperatures, Tsukuba, Japan, June 4, 2001.

S. T. Scheirer and R. Viswanathan, AEvolution of Hot Section Materials Technology@, presented at 2000 ASM Materials Solutions Conference & Exposition, St. Louis, MO, 10 Oct 2000.

R. Viswanathan, S. Scheirer, and J. Stringer, AMaterials Advancements in Land-Based Gas Turbines@, Proceedings of 1998 Power-Gen Conference, Orlando, FL, December, 1998.

R. Viswanathan and S. T. Scheirer, AMaterials for Advanced Land Based Gas Turbines@, presented at AIM Quadrennial International Conference on Power Stations, Liege, Belgium, 14 October1997.

J. P. Nolan, F. Landis, S. T. Scheirer, and D. L. Moen, "Advances in Performance & Emissions Control on a 1970 Vintage Gas Turbine", Proceedings of the 1996 American Power Conference, Chicago, IL, April, 1996.

S. T. Scheirer and J. P. Nolan, "NOx Reduction Program for CPP Brush Cogen Facility - W251AA Gas Turbines", Proceedings of the 1994 American Power Conference, Chicago, IL, April, 1994.

S. T. Scheirer and R. Viswanathan, eds., Proceedings: Workshop on Directions for Combustion Turbine Materials, EPRI Report TR-102954, Palo Alto, CA, December, 1993.

J. Wagner, Jr., W. T. Young, S. T. Scheirer and P. Haber, "Cathodic Protection Developments for Prestressed Concrete Components", Interim Report on FHWA Contract DTFH61-88-C-00054, February, 1992.

J. Wagner, Jr., W. T. Young, and S. T. Scheirer, "Cathodic Protection of Prestressed Members -An Update", Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, January, 1991.

S. T. Scheirer and G. A. Gehring, Jr., "Computer Enhanced Test Methodology for Fatigue Crack Growth Rate Determination in a Marine Environment", Proceedings of the 1989 Tri-Service Conference on Corrosion, Atlantic City, NJ, October, 1989.

S. T. Scheirer, J. J. Meany, Jr.,and G. A. Gehring, Jr., "Computer Enhanced Fatigue Crack Growth Rate Testing Methodology", Naval Sea Systems Command, Final Report on N00024-87-G-5106, March, 1988.

C. J. Spengler, S. C. Singhal, and S. T. Scheirer, "Influence of Lead on the Hot Corrosion of Precious Metal - Containing Diffusion Coatings", Proceedings of TMS- AIME High Temperature Coating Symposium, Orlando, FL, Oct. 1986.

S. T. Scheirer, and D. M. Moon, "Materials for Heavy Duty Industrial Gas Turbines", Chapter in Sawyer's Gas Turbine Engineering Handbook, 3rd ed., Vol. III (1985) pp 1-19.

C. J. Spengler, S. Y. Lee, and S. T. Scheirer, "An Approach to the Corrosion and Deposition Evaluation of Various Turbine Fuels: A Laboratory Rig for Gas Turbine Simulation", Proceedings of the 15th International Congress on Combustion Engines (CIMAC), Paris, June 1983.

C. J. Spengler, S. T. Scheirer, and D. C. Barksdale, "Microstructural Characterization of Service" Exposed CoCrAlY Overlay Coating", Proceedings of TMS-AIME Symposium on High Temperature Protective Coatings, Atlanta, GA (1983) p. 189.

D. C. Barksdale, S. T. Scheirer, C. J. Spengler, H. J. Aeschbacher, and G. N. Ziady, "Evaluation of Coated Combustion Turbine Components from Saudi Arabia", paper 82-GT-97, 27th International Gas Turbine Conference, London, 1982.

C. J. Spengler, S.T. Scheirer, J. H. Marlow, and J. J. Vitello, "Corrodant Sources, Corrosion, and Deposition in Distillate and Heavy Oil Fired Turbines", Proceedings of the Conference on Advanced Materials for Alternative Fuel Capable Directly Fired Heat Engines, Monterey, CA Aug. 1981.

S. T. Scheirer and H. J. Jaeger, "The Combustion Turbine - Future Design and Fuel Flexibility", Proceedings of the American Power Conference, Vol. 43, Chicago, IL, 1981, pp. 325-334.

J. J. Vitello and S. T. Scheirer, "Hot Component Corrosion Evaluation to Obtain Baseline Data for Utilization of Low Grade Fuels in Combustion Turbine Applications", EPRI Research Report 1079-2, Sept. 1980.

C. J. Spengler, S. Y. Lee, and S. T. Scheirer, "Corrosion Evaluation of Superalloys and Metal Coatings for Combustion Turbines Utilizing Alternate Fuels", Proceedings of the Conference on Advanced Materials for Alternative Fuel Capable Directly Fired Heat Engines, Castine, ME, July 1979.

C. J. Spengler, S. Y. Lee and S. T. Scheirer, "Hot Corrosion Evaluation of High Temperature Metal Protective Coatings for Combustion Turbines", Thin Solid Films, 64 (1979) pp 263-269.

S. Y. Lee, R. M. Chamberlin, C.J. Spengler, and S. T. Scheirer, "Control of Corrosion in Combustion Turbines with Mg-Cr Combined Fuel Additives", Winter Annual Meeting of ASME, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 1978.

S. T. Scheirer and I. J. Toth, "Mechanical Behavior of Metal Matrix Composites", Air Force Materials Laboratory TR-73-178, May 1973.

S. T. Scheirer, I. J. Toth and G. D. Menke, "The Time-Dependent Behavior of Metal Matrix Composites", Air Force Materials Laboratory TR-72-149, Sept. 1972.

S. T. Scheirer, "Development of Columbium Alloy Combinations for Gas Turbine Blade Applications", Air Force Materials Laboratory TR-70-187, Oct. 1970.

S. T. Scheirer and R. J. Quigg, "Extrusion of Cast Nickel-Base Superalloys", ASM Transaction Quarterly, Vol. 59, No. 1, Mar. 1966, pp 49-59.