The Gear Research Institute is an independent not-for-profit corporation, registered in the state of Illinois. The Institute, affiliated with the ASME and the AGMA, is organized to provide and supplement gear and related technological needs by conducting research and development, consulting, analysis and testing. The Institute is a leading proponent of cooperative pre-competitive research but, when requested, also serves individual companies. Since 1982, when it came into existence, it has conducted many programs in important technology areas.
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GRI History
- Started in Naperville, IL, 1982 (~43 years ago!)
- Held First International Conference on ADI, 1984
- Affiliated with the ASME, 1985
Held Second International Conference on ADI, 1986 - Formed the Aerospace Bloc for Cooperative, Pre-competitive Research, 1988-present
- Formed Worm Gear Bloc for 1988-1995
- Formed the Vehicle/Industry Bloc, 1989-2002
- Moved to Lisle, IL, 1989
- Affiliated with AGMA, 1991
- Formed the Induction Hardening Group, 1993-1998
- Relocated to Northwestern University, 1994
- Held First International Conference on Induction Hardened Gears, 1995
- Contracted with Penn State’s Applied Research Laboratory, 1996
- 2025 marks 29 years of GRI at Penn State University, currently resides in the Materials, Manufacturing, and Sustainment Office/Material Science Division at ARL
GRI Managing directors
- Founder – Dale Breen, MS, MBA
- 1996 – Suren B. Rao, PhD
- 2014 – Aaron Isaacson, PhD