Robert E. Kielb specializes in turbomachinery aeroelasticity and has over 45 years academic, industrial and government research laboratory experience in turbomachinery for power and propulsion. This consists of 8 years with the U. S. Air Force, 10 years with NASA Lewis Research Center, and 12 years with GE Aircraft Engines as Manager of Aeromechanics Technology.

He has also been an Affiliated Professor at the Swedish Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) since 2008. He was a Senior Research Scientist at Duke starting in 2000, and recently became an Associate Professor of the Practice in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science at Duke University, where conducts research and teaches. He is also Director of the GUIde Consortium (10 companies, 4 universities and 2 government organizations) and Duke Coordinator for the THRUST MEng Program. He has authored or coauthored over 100 technical papers, is a recipient of the ASME’s Melville Award for substantial improvements in the understanding of turbine aeroelasticity, and has presented invited lectures worldwide. Dr. Kielb is a Fellow of the ASME and was a Chair of the Board of Directors of the International Gas Turbine Institute, serving on the Board for 6 years. He has also served as Technical Program Chair for ASME Turbo Expo ’96, Chair of the ASME Structures and Dynamics Committee, and Associate Editor of both the Journal of Turbomachinery and Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power. He received his Ph.D. from Ohio State University in 1981.