1937
Dr. Hansel is born in New York City, New York to Gordon and Edith Hansel.
1955
Dr. Hansel graduates with honors from Brooklyn Technical High School.
1959
Dr. Hansel graduates with high honors from the Stevens Institute Technology, receiving a Bachelor of Science in Engineering.
1960
Dr. Hansel receives a Master of Science in mechanical engineering from the Stevens Institute of Technology.
1964
Dr. Hansel receives a Doctor of Science from the Stevens Institute of Technology and becomes a member of the research faculty at the Guggenheim Laboratories at Princeton University.
1967
Dr. Hansel authors “Theory of Experiments,” the first of a total of 46 technical publications.
1969
Dr. Hansel becomes a research engineer at ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company in Linden, New Jersey.
1970
Dr. Hansel serves as a visiting lecturer of mechanical engineering at the Stevens Institute of Technology.
1972
Dr. Hansel becomes the manager of new automotive exhaust gas catalyst evaluation at BASF Corporation in Menlo Park, New Jersey.
1976
Dr. Hansel becomes an adjunct associate professor at Columbia University in New York.
1976
Dr. Hansel is recognized for leadership in commercialization of the exhaust gas catalyst at BASF Corporation, with more than two billion utilized up to 2015.
1981
Dr. Hansel becomes a senior engineering associate at Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
1987
Dr. Hansel is recognized for industrial gas safety engineering and he receives the first of a total of eight patents at Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
1992
Dr. Hansel becomes a visiting professor of chemical and mechanical engineering at The Pennsylvania State University.
1996
Dr. Hansel begins an 18-year long advisory role at the Lehigh Career and Technical Institute in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.
1998
Dr. Hansel, while at Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., establishes the hydrogen safety practices for fuel cell vehicles within the automotive industry worldwide.
2007
Dr. Hansel retires from Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. and takes on a consulting role for eight years.
2016
Dr. Hansel is appointed to the Lehigh Valley Health Network’s advisory councils on safety and innovation.