Background
Blattner, Ernest Willi was born on April 14, 1929 in Aarau, Switzerland. Came to the United States, 1957. Naturalized, 1970. Son of Ludwig and Martha Blattner.
Mechanical engineering educator
Blattner, Ernest Willi was born on April 14, 1929 in Aarau, Switzerland. Came to the United States, 1957. Naturalized, 1970. Son of Ludwig and Martha Blattner.
Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute, Zurich, 1953; postgraduate, Drexel Institute, 1959-1960.
Design engineer, Brown Boveri Ltd., Baden, Switzerland, 1954-1957; engineer-in-charge, De Laval Turbine, Inc., Trenton, 1957-1965; chief engineer, Chicago Pneumatic Tool Company, Franklin, Pennsylvania, 1965-1973; manager advanced design EIMCO division, Envirotech Corporation, Salt Lake City, 1973-1979; manager engineering and manufacturing Biphase Energy Systems division, Transam.-De Laval, Santa Monica, California, 1979-1981; director engineering, Mafi-Trench Corporation, Santa Maria, California, 1981-1983; professor mechanic engineering, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, since 1983. Consultant mechanic engineering.
Member Franklin Waste and Water Authority, 1963-1965. Fellow American Society of Mechanical Engineers (chairman Utah section 1976-1977, member regional policy board 1977-1979). Member American Society for Metals, American Society Engineering Education.
Married Anneke Geurds, May 24, 1958. Children: Mark Hermann, Flora Grazia, Elisabeth Rose, Paul Johann.