Heinz P. Bloch

Heinz P. Bloch (December 26, 1933 – August 20, 2022) was an American mechanical engineer with specialization in failure avoidance, machinery maintenance cost reduction and machinery reliability improvement. As of 2020 he has authored over 760 technical papers and conference publications and has written 24 books (48 Editions---some translated into Russian, Spanish, Hebrew, and Portuguese) on practical machinery management and oil mist lubrication. He holds seven U.S. patents relating to high speed machinery.

Bloch graduated from the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) with B.S.M.E. (1962) and M.S.M.E. degrees (1964, cum laude). He is a ASME Life Fellow of the ASME, and retains life-time registration as a Professional Engineer in New Jersey. After an initial high-speed machine design career with Johnson & Johnson and later switching to Exxon Research & Engineering, he retired as the U.S. Regional Machinery Engineer from Exxon Chemicals. He continued involvement as a reliability expert and teacher since becoming the editor/originator of [http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing] magazine's monthly "HP in Reliability" column. In early 2019, he was recognized in the inaugural group of 10 distinguished alumni of "NCE 100," NJIT/Newark College of Engineering's Hall of Fame. The "NCE 100" distinction is bestowed upon honorees who have made tangible contributions to human welfare through major achievements in science, technology, engineering, literary works, public service, or business.

Bloch died of complications of cancer on August 20, 2022, at the age of 88. Provided by Wikipedia