Ned Endres

Founder & Principal Machinery Diagnostics Specialist

Ned has 35 years of rotating equipment experience currently holds the position of Principal MDS Specialist for DyRoMa LLC MDS Services in Cincinnati, OH.

Previously, Ned worked for Setpoint and RoMaDyn Corporation in the Machinery Diagnostic Services Department as well as for Bently Nevada as a Regional MDS Service Manager and Regional MDS Technical Lead. His background includes several technical positions in manufacturing industries and mechanical engineering consulting concerns. Ned has been actively involved in the field of vibration analysis and machinery diagnostics since 1980.   Ned is a graduate of Michigan Technological University with a Masters of Science in Engineering Mechanics (emphasis in vibration analysis) and a Bachelors of Science in Applied Physics from Michigan Tech.

Publications:

1)“Acoustic and Vibration Analysis of Fluid Induced Blower and Piping Unwanted Motion”, Proceedings of ASME 2011 Pressure Vessels and Piping Division Conference.

2)“Identification of Abnormal Rotor Dynamic Stiffness Using Measured Vibration Information and Analytical Modeling”, Proceedings of ASME Power 2009

3)“Vibration Monitoring System Integrity Subtly Affects Vibration Symptoms and Impacts Machinery Malfunction Diagnosis”, Proceedings of ASME Power 2008

4)“Impact of Wireless Laser Based Shaft Alignment on Vibration and STG Coupling Failures”, Proceedings of ASME Power 2007

5)“Machinery-health Monitoring Helps Plants Achieve Financial Goals”, Combined Cycle Journal, Third Quarter Issue, 2006

6)”Composite Space Antenna Structures: Properties and Environmental Effects”, SAMPE, May/June 1987, Vol 23, No 3., Pg. 59-66.

7)“Composite Space Antenna Structures Properties and Environmental Effects”, NASA Technical Memorandum 88859, 1986.

8)”Elastic Stress Wave Propagation in Underground Hardrock Mining”, U.S. Bureau of Mines final grant report, (co-authored), 1983.

Michigan Tech: ME-EM Department