Dan Apperson

Dan Apperson is a Senior Project Engineer at Vermeer Corporation, where responsibilities include working with the Feeding Solutions group and Horizontal Direction Drills. Prior experience includes roles as Project Engineer and Design Engineer, focusing on designing components for track equipment and performing finite element analysis to identify design flaws. Dan Apperson also worked as an Engineer at Global Ground Support, designing new products and managing a product line of deicers. Early in their career, Dan Apperson served as Social Chair & Teaching Assistant for Iowa State Taekwondo and as an Internal Combustion Engine Laboratory Assistant at Iowa State University. Additionally, a Mechanical Engineering Internship at Eaton Heavy Duty Truck Corporation involved designing parts for new machining processes and improving cycle times. Dan Apperson holds a Bachelor's of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Iowa State University and an Associate of Applied Science in Manufacturing Engineering Technology from Iowa Western Community College.