Award Year
1998
Graduation Year
1960
Department
Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Award Category
Academy of Distinguished Engineers
Biography
Bill Reiersgaard has had a very successful engineering career. He is President of Gaard Automation and of IPEC Automation. His businesses supply robot systems to high-tech electronics manufacturers, metals foundries, and plastics companies, as well as control software and general robotics expertise.
He has served as chairman of the PSU School of Engineering and Applied Science advisory board, and still serves as the engineering member of the Starr Cardiac Center. He is active in the Society of Automotive Engineers and the Air Force Association. He received his BS in Mechanical Engineering from OSU in 1960 and an MBA from University of Portland in 1981.
Degrees
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, 1960