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Michael J. Platt
Principal Engineer
Mr. Platt has been involved with the structural design, analysis, and testing of turbomachinery for twenty years. His work at
Textron Lycoming (now Honeywell) involved analytical and experimental techniques for stress, vibration, and fatigue research and development in
gas turbine engines, including compressor, fan, and turbine projects. Other significant projects included computer programming of customized
software for rotordynamics, as well as data acquisition and reduction. He also headed the headed the optical blade vibration measurement program
that supported numerous LV100, ALF502, T55, T53, T800 and T407 engine tests.
More recently, Mike worked at Concepts NREC where he was the Director of Structural Software Development and a Corporate
Fellow. At Concepts, he had filled roles in both the Engineering and Software Groups. On the mechanical side, he had been the Lead Structural
Engineer for numerous turbomachinery development and evaluation projects. As a Software Architect, Mr. Platt managed, designed, and implemented
many of Concepts’ software solutions for blade design, structural analysis, life calculations, rotordynamics, and bearing and seal design.
Since joining MSI as a Principal Engineer, Mike has been involved in gas turbine engine and liquid rocket propulsion projects
related to health monitoring and prognostics, finite element modeling and analysis, and engineering software development. Mr. Platt has lectured
at numerous turbomachinery courses around the world, and has also been the principal investigator for Navy, Air Force, and NASA Phase II SBIR’s
related to aerospace propulsion systems. He is the project leader of MSI’s CoMAT turbopump evaluation software development project, a significant
part of the U.S. Air Force Upper Stage Engine Technology (USET) program.
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