Background
Chapman, Gilbert Bryant was born on July 8, 1935 in Uniontown, Alabama, United States. Son of Gilbert Bryant and Annie Lillie (Stallworth) Chapman.
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Gilbert Bryant Chapman, American Physicist. Achievements include patent for infrared inspection method for friction welds in thermoplastics and advanced vehicle concepts; developmentof low-frequency ultrasonic inspection methods for polymer composites and adhesive bond joints; co-development of District of Columbia arc method of determining work functions of refractory alloys, spectrochemical analysisof microgram-size samples.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Chemistry, Baldwin Wallace College, Berea, Ohio, 1968; Master of Science in Physics, Cleveland State University, 1973; Master of Business Administration, Michigan State University, 1990; postgrad, Kent State University, Ohio, 1974-1976.
Career
Physical science technician, National Aeronautics and Space Administration-Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, 1953-1968;
emission spectroscopist, National Aeronautics and Space Administration-Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, 1968-1975;
materials engineer, National Aeronautics and Space Administration-Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, 1975-1977;
senior research engineer, Ford Motor Company, Redford Township, Michigan, 1977-1983;
project engineer, Ford Motor Company, Redford Township, Michigan, 1983-1986;
advisory materials testing specialist, Chrysler Corporation, Highland Park, Michigan, 1986-1989;
advisory materials specialist, Chrysler Corporation, Madison Heights, Michigan, 1989-1991;
advanced materials and product executive, Chrysler Corporation, Madison Heights, Michigan, 1991-1995;
advanced materials consultant, Chrysler Corporation, Madison Heights, Michigan, 1995-1998;
senior manager advanced materials and product development, Daimler Chrylser Corporation, Madison Heights, Michigan, since 1998. Chairman automobile committee '87 Society Manufacturing Engineers Composites Group, Dearborn, 1987, chair board, 1996. Chairman independent advisory board Nondestructive Evaluation/Center, Iowa State University, Ames, 1989, 90.
Member industrial advisory board Institute for Manufacturing Research, Wayne State University, Control State University, University Texas-Pan American. Chair International Symposium on Automotive Technology and Automation Materials Conference, 1996, 98, Automotive Composites Consortium, 1996.
Achievements
Membership
Lay leader, elder Schools Development Authority Church of Southfield, Michigan, 1983-1995. Board trusteesMt. Vernon Academy, Ohio, 1972-1976. Lay advisory county Ohio Conference Schools Development Authority, 1974-1977.
With United States Air Force, 1959-1961. Fellow American Society Nondestructive Testing (certified level III 6 Non-Destructive Testing methods). Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society for Microbiology (polymer composites program committee paper 1986), American Society for Testing and Materials, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Society of Automotive Engineers (award for excellence in oral presentation), American Chemical Society, American Physical Society, American Society for Composites, Engineering Society Detroit (science committee, American Society for Microbiology/ESD Best Paper award 1993), Federation of Analytical Chemists, National Technology Association (Cleveland program committee), Society for Applied Spectroscopy (Cleveland vice chair, secretary), Society Manufacturing Engineers (chaired CMA advisory board), Society Physics Students (president), International Symposium on Automative Technology and Automation (chair materials conference 1996).
Connections
Married Loretta Woodward, June 5, 1960 (deceased September 1994). Children: Annie L., Bernice M., Cedric N., David O., Ernest P., Frances Q.H., Gilbert Bryant III.
