Scott Nelson is a Materials Technical Specialist and the Global Process Owner for Brazing at Rolls-Royce Corporation in Indianapolis, IN. He has spent the past 11 years developing new manufacturing and repair technologies for gas turbine engines with a focus on Directed Energy Deposition, Wide Gap Braze Repairs, CMC joining, and Fused Deposition Modelling, with 25 granted patents and 44 patents pending. Scott holds a BS in Materials Science and Engineering from Michigan Technological University and MS in Metallurgical Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines.

Gianpaolo Mor received his Master in Physics at Pavia University (Italy) in 1983 with a thesis work on surface treatments using electron beam cladding. He is currently Vice President of Business development at Flame Spray North America.
His interest in Thermal Spray technology began in 1988 and since 1994 he is with Flame Spray. In his career he had the possibility to witness the evolution of coating systems, methodologies and materials for a large variety of markets and applications, finally concentrating his efforts on applications for gas turbines. He now lives in South Carolina and supports the growth of the American branch of Flame
Spray.

Dr. Gerald Bruck holds his PhD from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1977). He has been with Siemens for 42 years, holds 99 US patents and has 38 publications in the public domain. He is a lifetime member of the American Welding Society and has received several awards (George Westinghouse Innovation Award, George Westinghouse Signature Award of Excellence, ASME Lifetime Achievement in
Engineering Award). He is currently a senior expert welding engineer based in Charlotte, NC.