Dr. Michael J. Drosjack

Michael J. Drosjack is a Senior Principal in the Rotating Equipment Department at Shell Global Solutions (US) Inc., in Houston, Texas. He is responsible for providing technical support for rotating and reciprocating machinery to Shell and Shell affiliated companies worldwide, as well as commercial customers. Since joining Shell in 1975, he has had assignments on projects involving specification, evaluation, installation, and startup of machinery along with extensive field troubleshooting, particularly in the area of vibration measurement, vibration analysis, and rotordynamics.

Dr. Drosjack received his B.S. degree (Mechanical Engineering, 1970) from Carnegie-Mellon University, and his M.S. (1971) and Ph.D. (1974) degrees (Mechanical Engineering) from The Ohio State University. He is a member of ASME, the Vibration Institute, the Machinery Subcommittee of the Ethylene Products Committee, participates in API task forces, and has been a speaker and panelist for NPRA. He has been a Turbomachinery Symposium Advisory Committee member since 1986.