Paul Kurlak

Paul Kurlak is a Principal Structures Engineer at Pratt & Whitney since January 2023, with extensive experience in turbine mechanical engineering at Honeywell from July 2013 to January 2023, where roles included Lead Engineer and Senior Advanced positions. Paul Kurlak has a strong background in mentoring junior engineers, leading technical teams, and improving design practices. Responsibilities included mechanical evaluation of turbine components, implementing finite element analysis to predict failures, and utilizing advanced software tools for analysis. Paul Kurlak initiated project management skills as a project engineer in a research and development environment, and earlier experience includes an internship at Pratt & Whitney focused on evaluating durability against Department of Defense standards. Paul Kurlak earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech in 2013.