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MATT HART

Matt Hart, Manager & Platform Leader, Marine & Stationary

Power Systems, Wabtec, offers insights on how the megatrends of decarbonization, energy transition and autonomy all inspire

Image courtesy Wabtec and impact the marine power solutions from Wabtec.

By Greg Trauthwein

Matt, to start us off, can you provide insight on Wabtec is huge, pervasive in power across in- the journey to your present position? dustries, but not broadly known globally in the

I graduated from the University of Notre Dame with an maritime sector. Please give a ‘By the Numbers’ undergraduate in Mechanical Engineering and started with look at the company today.

General Electric in the Edison Engineering Development ro- Wabtec is a Fortune 500 company based in Pittsburgh, PA with tational program at the Erie, PA, site, primarily focused on about a $8-9B revenue. We are based in more than 50 countries, the development and release of the new Tier 4 locomotive. with more than 27,000 employees, and we have more than 50

Following that, I focused my interest into the area of engine years of engine manufacturing experience, with more than 30,000 performance calibration, emissions and combustion research engines produced across all applications. The maritime business through a ME master’s degree at Georgia Tech and through ex- is a group within our Freight Equipment business, with more than perience at GE with development programs for our Tier 4 Rail 1,000 engines in service or commissioning, primarily powering and FDL Locomotive Modernization programs. From there, I customers in the work boat sectors, including dredging, river decided to go back to school and get my MBA from Gannon tugs, harbor tugs, ATBs, ferries, and medium-size cruise ships.

University here in Erie. Leveraging that growth opportunity,

I moved into Wabtec’s Engine Platforms Team, leading key Can you give us a bit more on the background of reliability cases and maritime programs; which led me to the the engine line-up?

current role I have now as the Marine & Stationary Platform Wabtec’s ? rst marine engine product was introduced back in

Leader, responsible for the product development and install the late 1960’s for Lower Lakes Towing and was primarily the base support across our full Engine Technology organization, rail V228 engine, or FDL as it is known in the rail industry. Fast as well as leading our Marine & Stationary Systems team. forward to the 1990s and 2000s, Wabtec was now offering a 22 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • February 2024

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