From his childhood, Larry has always been enamored with mechanical contraptions, cars, trucks, farm equipment, machinery, how things work. He entered the University of Cincinnati in mechanical engineering in parallel with his co-op job at Armco Steel and acquired substantial technical knowledge as well as a valuable experience working with seasoned engineers. He used that knowledge as a manufacturing engineer producing Perfect Circle piston rings and Schwitzer turbochargers.

The grueling vibration classes proved worthwhile when he moved to the area of crankshaft vibration dampers. He was fortunate to be involved in the design, development, application, lab management, and sales of crankshaft dampers for 30 years to BMW, Case-New Holland, Caterpillar, Chrysler, Cummins, Deere, Detroit Diesel, Ford, GE, GM, Hercules, Isuzu, International, Mack, MAN, Mercedes, Saab, Tata, Volvo, & Waukesha. Although the names changed, Schwitzer, Household Mfg., BorgWarner, and Aprotech, it was a fortunate and fulfilling career.

He worked as facility coordinator for ISO-9001 and QS-9000 implementation in sales, engineering, and laboratory and is an approved Quality Auditor. He also worked as engineering manager for co-gen power units, generating electricity and hot water with natural gas powered engines operating at > 90% efficiency. He studied business at Indiana University culminating with his MBA. He has a professional engineering license in Indiana and Ohio, four patents, some of which are still in production, and the Supplier Innovation Award from John Deere.

He is married to his awesome wife, Diana, and has two wonderful children. He enjoys traveling with his wife and family, as well as woodworking, canoeing, and fishing.

Mr. George joined Anderson University in 2016 helping with the lab renovation and subsequently became Adjunct Professor, guiding students in the procurement, testing, design, and support of the solar car project and other student projects. The engineering faculty recently decided to participate in the eV Grand Prix and he is helping the students with the design, fabrication, and assembly of the eV car.

There are so many opportunities here at AU for these students to learn and mature into fulfilled individuals who will make substantial contributions to society. He likes pursuing these opportunities both corporately with the faculty and in particular with the individual students.

B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Cincinnati
MBA, Indiana University
PE, Indiana and Ohio