Curriculum Vitae
Erwin V. Zaretsky

Principal Scientist
POWER ENGINEERING
Irvine, California
1997 to Present

Erwin V. Zaretsky is a noted speaker, writer and consultant to both government and industry. He is currently Chief Engineer for Structures and Acoustics on the staff of NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio. He was formerly head of the NASA Bearing, Gearing and Transmission Section, responsible for most of the NASA mechanical component research for air breathing engines and helicopter transmissions.

WORK EXPERIENCE

He has over 40 years of experience in Mechanical Engineering related to rotating machinery and tribology and has performed pioneering research in rolling-element fatigue, lubrication and probabilistic life prediction. His work resulted in the first successful 3 million DN bearing and has received four IR-100 awards.
He is also the recipient of the NASA Medal for Exceptional Engineering Achievement. He has written over 160 technical papers and books and has lectured widely throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. He teaches Rolling Bearing Technology at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Center for Continuing Education. He has also taught machine design as a member of the adjunct faculty at Cleveland State University.

He currently serves as an adjunct graduate faculty member on the staff of the CSU Department of Mechanical Engineering and is a member of the Executive Advisory Board of the Northern Illinois University College of Engineering.

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A Fellow of both the ASME and STLE, he has held national and local offices in both of these professional societies. In 1971, under his chairmanship, the Rolling-Elements Committee of the ASME published the first Life Adjustment Factors for Ball and Roller Bearings - An Engineering Design Guide of which he was co-author. In 1985, at the request of STLE, he organized and chaired the STLE Life Factors Committee. The results of the committee's work resulted in updated life factors for rolling bearing life and reliability.

In 1992, STLE published an authoritative bearing text; STLE Life Factors for Rolling Bearings of which he was the editor and co-author. Mr. Zaretsky was also the editor and co-author of the book, Tribology for Aerospace Applications, which was published by STLE in 1997. A review of this book described it as "among the most important books written within the last 50 years . . . on the subject of tribology."

• · Mr. Zaretsky received his BSME degree in 1957 from the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois and a Juris Doctor from Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, in 1963.
• He is a licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Ohio and has been admitted to the Ohio, Illinois and Federal Bars.
• He served on active duty with the U.S. Air Force in the Far East and NASA from 1957 to 1960, achieving the rank of Captain.