Background
Platt, Melvin was born on August 6, 1939 in Brooklyn. Son of Abraham Jacob and Evelyn (Hecker) Platt.
Platt, Melvin was born on August 6, 1939 in Brooklyn. Son of Abraham Jacob and Evelyn (Hecker) Platt.
Biomedical Engineering (New York State scholar), Cooper Union, 1960. M.S.M.E. (National Defense Education Acting fellow), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1961. Postgraduate (College Engineering fellow), New York University, 1962-1963.
Senior engineer Northern Research & Engineering Corporation, Woburn, Massachusetts, 1963-1967, project engineer, 1967-1974, senior project engineer, 1974-1978, manager applied science group, 1978-1983, manager computer aided engineering group, 1983-1996, director computational fluid dynamics, 1987-1996, director education, sales account executive, 1996-1998. Principal MPlatt Consulting, Holliston, Massachusetts, 1998. A founder Temple Beth Torah, Holliston, Massachusetts, 1972, designer, 1977, president, 1979-1980.
Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Air Pollution Control Association, Pi Tau Sigma. Originator numerous computer software programs, including Computer-Aided Engineering and Computer-Aided Manufacturing.
Married Carole Frances Levine, June 8, 1963. Children: Justin, Ian, Myla, Joshua.