Franklin Oliver Carta

Background

Carta, Franklin Oliver was born on July 16, 1930 in Middletown, Connecticut, United States. Son of Salvatore and Anna (DeMauro) Carta.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1952; Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1953.

Career

Research assistant Massachusetts Institute of Technology Aeroelastics Laboratory, Cambridge, 1952-1953. Research engineer United Aircraft Research Laboratories, East Hartford, Connecticut, 1953-1960. Aeroelastics engineer Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory, Buffalo, 1960.

Senior engineer/supervisor aeromechanics United Technology Research Center, East Hartford, 1960-1991. Lecturer aero von Karman Institute, Rhode-St-Genese, Belgium, 1970, 77, Iowa State University, 1975, 77, 80—. Panel member Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development of North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 1979-1984.

Achievements

• Franklin Oliver Carta has been listed as a noteworthy aeronautical engineer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Association fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Fellow American Society of Mechanical Engineers (vice president 1992-1994, board directors International Gas Turbine Institute of American Society of Mechanical Engineers 1985-1990, chairman International Gas Turbine Institute board directors 1988-1989, Gas Turbine Power award 1967). Member Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Gamma Alpha Rho.

Connections

Married Ann J. DiMauro, September 25, 1954. Children: Lisa Ann, Christopher Pace, Maura Ferragut.

Father:

Salvatore Carta

Mother:

Anna (DeMauro) Carta

Spouse:

Ann J. DiMauro

child:

Maura Ferragut Carta

child:

Lisa Ann Carta

child:

Christopher Pace Carta