Head of Materials Engineering - Indianapolis, Rolls-Royce North America
"An Aeroengine Manufacturer View of Opportunities and Challenges in the Metals Industry"

Mary Lee Gambone is currently head of the Rolls-Royce Materials Engineering organization in Indianapolis and has worked in aerospace materials for more than 30 years. Since joining Rolls-Royce in 1998, she has had several roles, including Chief of Research and Technology Strategy and Manager of Critical Part Lifing. Her early career as a materials engineer was with the Allison Gas Turbine Division of General Motors and she enjoyed several years with the U.S. Air Force as Team Lead for metal matrix composites research in the Air Force Research Laboratory, Materials Directorate. Gambone earned a B.S. in metallurgical engineering from Purdue University, a M.S in materials engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a Ph.D. from the University of Virginia in materials science.