Ernest Ludwig Daman (born March 14, 1923) is a German-born American mechanical engineer, inventor, and business executive, who was Senior Vice President of Foster Wheeler, Foster Wheeler Corporation. He is known as president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in the year 1988-89.
Biography
Born in Hannover, Germany, Daman obtained his BSc in mechanical engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, now New York University Tandon School of Engineering in 1943. After serving in the army in 1944-46, he started his lifelong career at the Foster Wheeler Corporation.
He worked his way up at Foster Wheeler Corporation, where in 1988 he retired as Senior Vice President. In the same year, in 1988, Daman was elected as a member of the National Academy of Engineering for significant and unique contributions to the design and development of power generation equipment, and for professional leadership. In 1995 Daman was state-federal technology executive, the first, in the Office of Science and Technology by the White House.
Executive Profile : Ernest L. Daman
at ''bloomberg.com.'' Accessed 2017-09-23.
Selected publications
* Ernest L. Daman, Robert J. Zoschak. ''Supercharged Boiler: Design, Development and Application.'' 1956.
;Patents, a selection
* Daman, Ernest L., Henry Phillips, John Blizard, and John J. Vail,
Vapor-liquid separator
" U.S. Patent No. 3,296,779. 10 Jan. 1967.
* Daman, Ernest L.
Combined-cycle power generation system using a coal-fired gasifier
" U.S. Patent No. 5,375,408. 27 Dec. 1994.
* Daman, Ernest L., Francis D. Fitzgerald, and Robert J. Zoschak.
Staged furnaces for firing coal pyrolysis gas and char
" U.S. Patent No. 5,327,726. 12 Jul. 1994.
References
External links
Video: ASME and Glasnost
Ernest L. Daman in ASME video.
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1923 births
Living people
American mechanical engineers
American business executives
New York University alumni
Presidents of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
German emigrants to the United States
United States Army personnel of World War II