Mary Lee Gambone

BSMetE '82

Mary Lee Gambone

Gambone currently is the head of the Rolls-Royce Materials Engineering organization in Indianapolis. 

She has garnered over 30 years of distinguished experience in the aerospace materials field. 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 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.

In addition to her professional career, Gambone also serves on the Alumni Advisory Committee for Purdue’s School of Materials Engineering, as well as the SAE Aerospace Committee and the AFRL Metals Affordability Initiative Executive Steering Committee.

Purdue experience

Completed a co-op for Armco Steel (now AK Steel) in Middletown, Ohio. Working in the Research Center, she evaluated a broad diversity of products ranging from cast iron grinding balls to composite casket liners.