Bessee, Gary (USA)

Mr. Bessee is President of Bessee Expert Services, LLC and has more than 39 years’ experience in the applied Research and Development (R&D) in fuel and lubricant, alternative fuels, fluid cleanliness, contamination control, wear studies, and filtration testing and method development for ground and aviation applications. He has received such distinguished awards as the SAE Arch T. Caldwell Cooperative Engineering Award, ASTM Award of Excellence D02.J, and IASH Lifetime Achievement Award. Mr. Bessee is the author of numerous papers, technical reports and chapters in filtration books. He has a B.S. in  Engineering Technology from St. Mary’s University, San Antonio, TX. He remains active in several technical societies such as the of Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), ASTM International, ISO/TC22//SC34 and ISO TC70/SC7 International Filtration Committees, and Aviation Fuel Filtration Committee (AFFC).