Background
Thierstein, Gerald E. was born on April 30, 1931 in Newton, Kansas, United States. Son of C.B. and Ella (Regier) Thierstein.
Thierstein, Gerald E. was born on April 30, 1931 in Newton, Kansas, United States. Son of C.B. and Ella (Regier) Thierstein.
Bachelor of Science, Kansas State University, 1957; Master of Science, Kansas State University, 1963.
Research engineer engines department Caterpillar Tractor Company, Peoria, Illinois, 1957-1958. Agricultural engineer International Voluntary Services, Washington, 1958-1960. Assistant professor agricultural engineering department West Virginia University, Morgantown, 1962-1967.
Research associate Brace Research Institute McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1967-1971. Senior lecturer agricultural engineering department Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, 1971-1973. Principal science agricultural engineering farming systems department International Crops Research Institute Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru, India, 1976-1984.
Associate professor, research engineer department agricultural engineering Kansas State University, Manhattan, 1984-1993. Retired, 1993
Department head agricultural engineering department Egerton College, Kenya, 1962-1967. Visiting associate professor agricultural mechanization American University Beirut, 1973-1976.
Adjunct professor agricultural engineering department University Florida, Gainesville, 1984.
Member American Society Agricultural Engineers (Kishida International award Rocky Mountain section 1994), Sigma Xi.
Married Samia Shehade, April 2, 1973.