Background
Amann, Charles Albert was born on April 21, 1926 in Thief River Falls, Minnesota, United States. Son of Charles Alois and Bertha Ann (Oetting) Amann.
researcher mechanical engineer
Amann, Charles Albert was born on April 21, 1926 in Thief River Falls, Minnesota, United States. Son of Charles Alois and Bertha Ann (Oetting) Amann.
Bachelor of Science, University of Minnesota, 1946; Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 1948.
Instructor, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1946-1949;
research engineer, General Motors Research laboratories, Detroit, 1949-1954;
supervisory research engineer, General Motors Research laboratories, Warren, Michigan, 1954-1971;
assistant department head, General Motors Research laboratories, Warren, Michigan, 1971-1973;
department head, General Motors Research laboratories, Warren, Michigan, 1973-1989;
research fellow, General Motors Research laboratories, Warren, Michigan, 1989-1991;
principal engineer, KAB Engineering, since 1991. Advising committee member Gas Research Institute, 1992-1998, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, since 1996, Litex, Inc., since 1998. Guest lecturer Michigan State University, since 1982.
Invited lecturer Institute for Advanced Engineering, Seoul, 1994.
Fellow: Society Automotive Engineers (Arch T. Colwell merit award 1972, Distinguished Speaker award 1981, Arch T. Colwell merit award 1984, Distinguished Speaker award 1991, Forest R. McFarland award 2001). Member: American Society of Mechanical Engineers (Richard S. Woodbury award 1989, Soichiro Honda lecturer 1992, Speaker award Internal Combustion Engine Division 1997, Internal Combustion Engine award 2000, Distinguished lecturer 2002-2004), National Academy of Engineering, Tau Beta Pi, Tau Omega, Sigma Xi.
Married Marilynn Ann Reis, August 26, 1950. Children: Richard, Barbara, Nancy, Julie.
