Mr. Friedrich Garzarolli retired from Framatome ANP in March 2002, where he has held various managerial and research positions, dealing with fuel rod performance analysis, planning and evaluation of irradiation tests, materials characterisation and evaluation of irradiation effects in materials. His degree as Diplom Ingenieur in metallurgy was obtained from the University of Leoben, Austria, in 1963.
Clément Lemaignan, born in 1949, graduated in material science from school of Mines, St Etienne, got his MS in metallurgy from MIT and his PhD from Polytechnicum of Grenoble. He worked during his entire carrier
Mr. Kenny Epperson, independent consultant, previously a Principal Engineer with Duke Energy, involved in fuel assembly thermal-hydraulic analysis, fuel performance evaluations, and plant support with fuel performance issues. Involved directly in four fuel product transitions for seven units as well as four first of a kind LTA programs for new fuel designs.
Dr. Charles Patterson retired from Global Nuclear Fuel in 2008 as a Consulting Engineer for Fuel Engineering. During 44 years with GE Nuclear Energy/GNF, he was actively engaged in the development of fuel manufacturing processes, fuel materials, thermal-mechanical and fuel performance models and in the improvement of fuel reliability. This activity involved irradiation and hot cell Programs in Asia,