Roger Washburne Staehle

Staehle Consulting Co.

Roger Staehle is an Adjunct Professor of the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at the University of Minnesota and an industrial consultant. He is a former Dean of the Institute of Technology at the University. Previously, he was a professor of Metallurgical Engineering at The Ohio State University and directed the Fontana Corrosion Center. His research interests include predicting the corrosion performance of engineering equipment, stress corrosion cracking, passivity, and corrosion in aqueous environments. His consulting includes work for major international industries and governments in the areas of predicting corrosion performance, corrosion, and the prevention and analysis of failures. Industries for which he consults include nuclear, energy, chemical, petrochemical, food, medical, insurance, utility, construction, transportation and electronic.

Education

B. Met. Engr., The Ohio State University, 1957
M.S. Met. Engr., The Ohio State University, 1957
Westinghouse Reactor Engineering School, (6 months), 1959
Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 1965

Employment

Naval officer and Nuclear Engineer with United States Navy and Atomic Energy Commission (with Vice Admiral H. G. Rickover). Naval Nuclear Reactor Development, 1957-1961
Graduate Student, Research Associate, and International Nickel Fellow, The Ohio State University, 1961-1963
Graduate Student, Research Associate, and Battelle Fellow, The Ohio State University, 1963-1964
Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University, 1965-1967
Associate Professor, The Ohio State University, 1967-1970
Professor, The Ohio State University, 1970-1979
Director, Fontana Corrosion Center, 1975-1979
Dean, Institute of Technology, University of Minnesota, 1979-1983
Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Institute of Technology, University of Minnesota, 1983-1988.
President & Chairman, Automated Transportation Systems, Inc. (now Taxi-2000) Minneapolis, 1984- 1986.
Industrial Consultant, North Oaks, MN, 1986-Present
Adjunct Professor, University of Minnesota, 1988-Present

Honors

NACE Fellow Award, 1993, for outstanding contributions and organizational skills in the field of corrosion research and dissemination of valuable scientific and engineering data
NACE T.J. Hull Award, for outstanding contributions to NACE in the field of publications, Corrosion'92, Nashville, TN
Distinguished Alumnus, The Ohio State University, College of Engineering, April, 1989
Willis Rodney Whitney Award from NACE for Outstanding Contributions to Corrosion Research, 1980
Research in Progress meeting of NACE; special award (1979) for organizing the first conference o National Academy of Engineering, 1978
International Nickel Professor of Corrosion Science and Engineering, 1971-1976
ASM Fellow, 1975
College of Engineering awards for achievement (three awards) 1966, 1969, and 1970
Ohio ASEE Award for Innovative Teaching, 1975