William J. Anderson

William J. Anderson has been Vice President and Chief Engineer of Nastec, Inc. since his retirement as Chief of the Mechanical Technologies Branch at NASA's Lewis Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio.

During his 30 year career at NASA, Mr. Anderson became an international expert on the lubrication, friction, and wear of bearings, gears, and seals, and their component materials.  He has further distinguished himself as one of the world's leading authorities on roller and roller gear transmissions.  Mr. Anderson has published in excess of 100 NASA and technical society papers, and has coauthored three books.

In addition, Mr. Anderson has played a policy making role in numerous professional engineering societies.  He has been a lecturer and teacher at 10 universities in the United States and England, and has been awarded numberous professional honors including the STLE National Award (Life Member), NASA Medal for Exceptional Achievement, Fellow of the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers, the STLE Alfred E. Hunt Best Paper Award, and Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

William J. Anderson holds seven patents on rolling element and fluid film bearings, and traction drives.  He has shared two I.R. 100 Research Awards.

Bill Anderson earned a B.S. in mechanical engineering from M.I.T., Summa Cum Laude, and an M.S. in Aeronautical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University, Magna Cum Laude.