Background
Chieri, Pericle Adriano Carlo was born on September 6, 1905 in Mokanshan, Chekiang, China. Son of Virginio and Luisa (Fabbri) Chieri. came to the United States, 1938, naturalized, 1952.
educator aeronautical engineer naval architect
Chieri, Pericle Adriano Carlo was born on September 6, 1905 in Mokanshan, Chekiang, China. Son of Virginio and Luisa (Fabbri) Chieri. came to the United States, 1938, naturalized, 1952.
Dr Naval Engineering, University Genoa, Italy, 1927. Master of Engineering, University Naples, Italy, 1927. Dr Aeronautical Engineering, University Rome, 1928.
Naval architect. mechanic engineer research and experimental divisions, submarines and internal combustion engines, Italian Navy, Spezia, 1929-1931;
naval architect, marine superintendent, Navigazione Libera Triestina Shipping Corporation, Libera Lines, Trieste, Italy, 1931-1932;
naval architect, marine superintendent, Navigazione Libera Triestina Shipping Corporation, Libera Lines, Genoa, 1933-1935;
aero engineer, technical adviser Chinese Government commission aero affairs, National Government Republic of China, Nanchang and Loyang, 1935-1937;
engineering executive, director aircraft materials test laboratory, superintendent factory's technical vocational instruction, SINAW National Aircraft Works, Nanchang, Kiangsi, China, 1937-1939;
aero engineer, Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino aircraft factory, Turin, Italy, 1939;
aero engineer and technical secretary, Office: Air Attache, Italian Embassy, Washington, 1939-1941;
professor aero engineering, Tri-State College, Angola, Indiana, 1942;
aero engineer, helicopter design, Aero. Products, Inc., Detroit, 1943-1944;
senior aero engineer, ERCO Engineering & Research Corporation, Riverdale, Maryland., 1944-1946;
associate professor mechanic engineering, U. Toledo, 1946-1947;
associate professor mechanic engineering, faculty grad division, Newark (New Jersey) College Engineering, 1947-1952;
professor, head department mechanic engineering, U. Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, Louisiana, 1952-1972;
construction engineering, Lafayette, since 1972. Research engineer, advisory development section, aviation gas turbine division Westinghouse Electric corporation, South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1953.
Executive director Council on Environment, Lafayette, since 1975.
Instructor water safety American Red Cross National Aquatic Schools, summers 1958-1967. Board directors Lafayette Parish chapter American Red Cross. Fellow Royal Institution Naval Architects London (life).
Associate fellow American Institute Aeronautics and Astronautics. Member Society Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (life member), American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association of University Professors (emeritus), American Society Engineering Education (life), American Society Mechanical Engineering, Society Automotive Engineers, Instrument Society of America, Society Experimental Stress Analysis, National Society Professional Engineers, New York Academy of Sciences, Louisiana Engineering Society, Louisiana Teachers Association, Alliance for Health, Physical Education and Recreation, Louisiana Academy of Sciences, Commodore Longfellow Society, Consultant Engineers Council Louisiana, Phi Kappa Phi., Pi Tau Sigma (honorary).
Married Helen Etheredge, August 1, 1938.