Deb Whitis
Executive Chief Engineer - Manufacturing at GE Aerospace
- Role
- Executive Chief of Manufacturing at GE Aerospace
- Location
- Cincinnati, OH, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Deb Whitis
Experience leading cross-functional, global teams in:Aerospace ManufacturingMetal Additive Manufacturing MaterialsStress Analysis and Life Management for commercial and military aircraft enginesFan and Booster Design for commercial and military aircraft enginesSystems engineering for large commercial enginesMaterials applications engineering of aerospace alloysSpecialties: Nickel-based superalloys, titanium alloys, microstructure evolution modeling, large-deformation finite element modeling.
Experience
Executive Chief of Manufacturing
May 2025 — Present
Education
University of Cincinnati
MS Mat Sci, Materials Science
University of Virginia
Ph.D., Materials Science
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
BSME, Mechanical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MSME, Mechanical Engineering
Sycamore High School
High School Diploma, College/University Preparatory
1986 — 1989
Skills
- Design for Manufacturing
- Alloys
- Cfd
- Process Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Design of Experiments
- Manufacturing
- Six Sigma
- Aircraft
- Aerospace Engineering
- Aircraft Engines
- Thermodynamics
- Computational Materials Science
- Heat Treatment
- Materials Modeling
- Stress Analysis
- Lean Manufacturing
- Engineering Management
- Powder Metallurgy
- Characterization
- Heat Transfer
- Fracture Mechanics
- Materials Science
- Propulsion
- Failure Analysis
- Finite Element Analysis
- Program Management
- Design Engineering
- Composites
- Metallurgy
- Root Cause Analysis
- Mechanical Testing
- Dmaic
- Manufacturing Engineering
- R&D
- Simulations
- Materials
- Fatigue Analysis
- Ansys
- Systems Engineering
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