Entrepreneur, Educator, and Engineer

Dr. K. Joel Berry, P.E., is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of KINGSBERRY FUEL CELL POWER INC..  He is recognized internationally as an ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) Technical Fellow, has been Professor of Mechanical Engineering since 1987 at Kettering University, and served as Head of Mechanical Engineering from 1994-2012. He is also a registered Professional Engineer (PE) with the State of Michigan.

Dr. Berry was appointed to the Eugene W. Kettering Chair of Power Engineering in 2002 for his leadership in developing state-of-the-art engineering laboratories, for his vision and foresight, and for developing one of the largest and strongest undergraduate mechanical engineering programs in the nation.

Dr. Berry received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering in 1986 from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) with a minor in Artificial Intelligence.   He received his M.S. in Engineering Mechanics from Michigan State University (MSU) in 1981, and his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from General Motors Institute (GMI) in 1979.

Upon receiving a Ph.D. from CMU in 1986 in Mechanical Engineering and a minor in Artificial Intelligence, Dr. Berry was employed by Westinghouse Energy Systems analyzing nuclear power plant structural and thermal components, and developing advanced predictive nuclear equipment maintenance software employing expert systems databases.

While attending GMI (1973-1979) Dr. Berry worked as a co-op Durability & Test Engineer for Detroit Diesel. Upon graduation and during his MSU graduate school studies, Dr. Berry worked in advanced product research to advance the state-of-the-art for diesel engine development and performance. In 1981 Dr. Berry enrolled in Carnegie Mellon University as a Ph.D. student in Mechanical Engineering and was employed as a research engineer in Analytical Mechanics for Westinghouse Research performing non-linear heat transfer and structural deformation analysis for nuclear power plant components.

In 1987 Dr. Berry accepted a position as an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at GMI (renamed Kettering University in 1998). Dr. Berry was promoted to Associated Professor in 1990 and to Professor in 1994. He was also promoted to Head of Mechanical Engineering in 1994. While Head of Mechanical Engineering, Dr. Berry was very successful in recruiting industrial partners and developing state of the art laboratories. This success resulted in the development of premiere laboratories for research and teaching and contributed to the recruitment of top faculty researchers and expansion of Kettering University’s activities for industrial consulting and applied product development.