Primer on Engineering Standards

Biography

Owen R. Greulich, M.E., P.E., is a mechanical engineer currently employed as Pressure and Energetic Systems Safety Manager in the Office of Safety and Mission Assurance at NASA Headquarters. His current responsibilities include safety of pressure and vacuum systems while prior work included project management of pressure systems design and implementation, major wind tunnel modifications, fabrication of research hardware, and construction of test stands.

Mr Greulich is responsible for the development and quality of a number of internal standards, including review of standards in a wide range of engineering fields. He is active on the High Pressure Task Group of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Process Piping Code Committee and American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) committees on aerospace pressure systems standards. He is Chair of the Fatigue and Fracture subcommittee for aerospace pressure vessels.

Prior to his employment at NASA, Mr Greulich worked in the private sector, designing and managing construction of pressure and vacuum systems and other specialized fabricated and machined hardware. His publications include work on integrity of wiring in aerospace applications, studies regarding rocket propellant safety, and composite structures.

Mr Greulich received his Master of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering at the University ...