Myron Muth - Background & Experience 32  years (9/1969 – 4/2002) at General Electric Power Systems - includes (12) years as principal engineer, program manager and technical leader in the Metallurgical Engineering group earning (9) patents in the process.       Turbine airfoils (rotating and stationary): Castings; Wrote specifications for and qualified castings for most of GE’s family of large industrial gas turbines MS3002 – MS9001F Coatings: Evaluated and qualified metallic overlay and diffusion coatings for same engines. Coatings: Evaluated and qualified coating removal processes for same engines Joining: Developed first successful method to weld tip caps to large industrial gas turbine buckets. Quality control: Worked closely with service centers to evaluate and qualify overall repair processes for GE family of industrial engines. Failure Analysis: Performed many failure analyses and made presentations to customers. Turbine combustion systems: Systems: Responsible for material application and failure investigation work. Turbine compressor blades: Materials Specifications: Responsible for material qualification and failure related work. Customer support: Made many presentations to customers concerning new technology and existing customer issues, primarily bucket failure related. EDUCATION BE, Youngstown University