Duramax Marine
Bruce Haas has a diverse work experience spanning multiple industries. Bruce started their career as a Sales Associate at Circuit City Stores from 2004 to 2006. Bruce then worked as a Co-op Mechanical Engineering at Kaydon Bearing Division in 2009. From 2007 to 2011, Bruce worked as a Student Network Assistant at The University of Akron, providing networking and software support. Bruce then served as the Robotics club combat team captain and later as a Co-op Research Engineer at The University of Akron from 2008 to 2011. In 2011, Bruce worked as a Design Engineer at Castalloy Inc. Bruce then moved on to Paladin Brands, where they worked as a Product Application Engineer from 2012 to 2014. Bruce joined Infinium Wall Systems in 2014 and held roles as a Product Development Engineer and later as an Engineering Manager until 2023. Bruce then worked as the President of Hammer Automation from 2016 onwards. In 2022, Bruce became a Partner at Techy Ohio, and in 2023, they joined Duramax Marine as a Mechatronics Engineer.
Bruce Haas completed their education from The University of Akron. Bruce obtained an Associate of Science in Mechanical Engineering Technology, specializing in Mechanical Engineering, from 2007 to 2011. Bruce then pursued a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering Technology, continuing their focus on Mechanical Engineering, from 2007 to 2013.
Duramax Marine
Duramax Marine is a global manufacturer of engineered solutions for the recreational, commercial and military marine markets and industrial pump markets. Duramax Marine® is the world leader in the design and manufacture of environmentally friendly water lubricated bearings for use in marine propulsion systems, cutter-head dredges, hydroelectric turbines and Industrial pump applications. In addition to water lubricated bearings we design and manufacture advanced propulsion shaft seal systems, heat exchange systems and impact protection systems. Our Johnson Cutless®, Johnson Demountable and Romor® stern tube and strut bearings are known worldwide for their high quality and dependable performance. Duramax water lubricated stern tube bearings are used in more military and commercial marine vessels than any other. We engineer bearing and seal systems that will perform in the most demanding marine and industrial applications and offer advanced designs when applications require a more engineered solution. Our team of heat transfer scientists continue to research and design new state of the art heat exchange solutions for today's marine diesel engines. Our engineers use best in class modeling techniques that test and validate heat transfer advancements utilizing a full scale water tunnel test installation. Our R&D team makes sure that our heat exchanger designs offer the best, most efficient and robust solution to our customers possible. Duramax Marine is an ISO9001:2015 certified company.