Mike Friend BeMS 24836
Hire date = January 16, 1979
There’s some fellow here from Illinois says he wants to design airplanes….
First Job – Design Configurator 5 My first airplane design: Three engine 767
concept (referred to as the 777):
Second Job – Wind Tunnel model designer
Next – Deputy chief engineer, BCA Preliminary Design
New Small Airplane --- leads to 20XX --- leads to Yellowstone --- leads to 787
Next – off to Madrid to start BR&TE, and build the Fuel Cell Demonstrator electric airplane
Next job – chief engineer for Product Development in Boeing Commercial Airplanes
Along the way, built and flew an experimental airplane called the Twister
Next – Off to Germany!
Always willing to share my opinion on stage
Still working on wind tunnel models after all these years
Engineering team of the year award - 2010
Back to Seattle one more time - Global Technology and the Middle East
Qatar Grand Prix 2012 Working with QCRI researchers in Doha, Qatar
Working with KAUST university in Saudi Arabia on solar power
Onwards to the next adventure!