Alan Mertens's guest appearances

Alan Mertens

The Marshall Pruett Podcast

Apollo Road Podcast

Jimmie Johnson

Willy T. Ribbs

James Hinchcliffe

Alexander Rossi

Graham Rahal

Tommy Kendall

Hurley Haywood

Josef Newgarden

Takuma Sato

Marco Andretti

Tony Kanaan

Roger Donaldson

Kyle Busch

Oliver Gavin

Scott Dixon

OwlTail

Alan Mertens is currently a  Senior Mechanical Designer at Sandia National Labs. He's a talented designer, engineer, and thinker.He taught me CAD fundamentals while I was in high school, pursuing mechanical engineering. Though I did not end up in engineering, I use CAD as a designer nearly every day. Alan's mentorship has been invaluable and it was an honor to get him on the podcast.A brief overview of Alan's pedigree and some notable accomplishments:British Aerospace Guided Weapons Division UK - Junior DraftsmanMarch Engineering Ltd. UK - Designer and Technical Director- Responsible for the research and development department, wind tunnel models, quality control, and concept design/layout of each new generation of IndyCars (leading to two Championships and five Indy 500 wins)Galmer Engineering Ltd. (UK) - Owner / Technical Director Designed and manufactured a prototype Galmer G91 chassis (plus five production models), which went on to win the 1992 Indy 500 Galmer Inc. (US)Owner / Technical Director, December 2000 to PresentTechnical Director of the Galles Racing IndyCar programhttps://galmerinc.com/Support the show

Alan Mertens is currently a  Senior Mechanical Designer at Sandia National Labs. He's a talented designer, engineer, and thinker. He taught me CAD fundamentals while I was in high school, pursuing mechanical engineering. Though I did not end up in engineering, I use CAD as a designer nearly every day. Alan's mentorship has been invaluable and it was an honor to get him on the podcast. A brief overview of Alan's pedigree and some notable accomplishments: British Aerospace Guided Weapons Division UK - Junior Draftsman March Engineering Ltd. UK - Designer and Technical Director - Responsible for the research and development department, wind tunnel models, quality control, and concept design/layout of each new generation of IndyCars (leading to two Championships and five Indy 500 wins) Galmer Engineering Ltd. (UK) - Owner / Technical Director Designed and manufactured a prototype Galmer G91 chassis (plus five production models), which went on to win the 1992 Indy 500 Galmer Inc. (US) Owner / Technical Director, December 2000 to Present Technical Director of the Galles Racing IndyCar program <a href="https://galmerinc.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://galmerinc.com/</a><a href="https://www.apolloroad.com/#/portal/signup" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a>

018 - Alan Mertens

IndyCar chassis designer Alan Mertens joints the Marshall Pruett Podcast for a deep dive on the creation and development of the 1992 Galmer G92-Chevy chassis he designed that won the 1992 Indy 500 with Al Unser Jr. Visit https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast for our full podcast archives. Subscribe: Apple (https://tinyurl.com/yaafkvch)  Android (https://tinyurl.com/yconvyl3)  Google (https://tinyurl.com/y8qtcuax)  Spotify (https://tinyurl.com/yby3lzr2)

IndyCar chassis designer Alan Mertens joints the Marshall Pruett Podcast for a deep dive on the creation and development of the 1992 Galmer G92-Chevy chassis he designed that won the 1992 Indy 500 with Al Unser Jr. Visit <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast</a> for our full podcast archives. Subscribe: Apple (<a href="https://tinyurl.com/yaafkvch" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://tinyurl.com/yaafkvch</a>)  Android (<a href="https://tinyurl.com/yconvyl3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://tinyurl.com/yconvyl3</a>)  Google (<a href="https://tinyurl.com/y8qtcuax" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://tinyurl.com/y8qtcuax</a>)  Spotify (<a href="https://tinyurl.com/yby3lzr2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://tinyurl.com/yby3lzr2</a>)

MP 155: Alan Mertens on the 1992 Galmer G92-Chevy