Expert Details
Structural Analysis and Design, Finite Element Analysis, Failure Analysis
ID: 731065
New York, USA
Research sponsored by the National Science Foundation on steel fiber reinforced mortar. An objective of the research is to understand how cracks grow in chopped fiber composite materials and the ultimate strength of these composite materials.
Experience includes:
Failure Analysis of expansion Joints in a Concrete Parking Garage
Failure Analysis of an Oil Change facility
Analysis of a Crane System in a Concrete Manufacturing Facility
Failure Analysis of Rectangular Concrete Water Tanks
Failure Analysis of a Slab on Grade Foundation System
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1956 | Degree: BS | Subject: Civil Engineering | Institution: Carnegie Mellon University |
| Year: 1962 | Degree: MS | Subject: Civil Engineering | Institution: Carnegie Mellon University |
| Year: 1967 | Degree: PhD | Subject: Civil Engineering | Institution: Syracuse University |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 1967 to 2014 | Employer: Syracuse University | Title: Professor | Department: Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Responsibilities:Teaching, Advising, and Sponsored Research on Fiber Reinforced Concrete, Castellated Beams, Horizontally Curved Highway Girder Bridges, Shock Wave Transmission, The Effect of Earth and Rock Embedment on the response to Earthquake Loading on Nuclear Reactor Buildings. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1962 to 1964 | Employer: Goodyear Aerospace Corporation | Title: Senior Stress Engineer | Department: Structural Analysis Department |
Responsibilities:Designed the Gemini Ballute and other aerospace structures. The Gemini Ballute was on the cover of "Aviation Week" in 1964 and was on the backboard of the Gemini astronauts. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1956 to 1961 | Employer: Richardson, Gordon, and Associates (in Pittsburgh, Pa.) | Title: Structural Engineer | Department: Design |
Responsibilities:Designed steel and concrete bridges. Performed studies for new highway segment on the Interstate Highway System |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1957 to 1957 | Employer: US Army | Title: Private | Department: Corp. of Engineers |
Responsibilities:Served active duty under the Reserve Services Act, Honorably discharged. |
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Career Accomplishments
| Licenses / Certifications |
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| Registered Professional Engineer in Pennsylvania. |
| Awards / Recognition |
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| Expert has an eponymous award given annually at the College of Engineering graduation at Syracuse University. |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| He has more than 40 publications in peer reviewed journals. This includes a graduate "online" course and E-Book on finite element analysis. |
Additional Experience
| Expert Witness Experience |
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| Served as an expert witness on a variety of cases involving structural failures. |
| Marketing Experience |
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| 1. Structural analysis in steel and reinforced concrete 2. Designed Gemini Ballute, used by Gemini astronauts 3. Research in Composite materials, horizontally curved girder bridges, shell structures, earthquake design, castellated beams, finite element modelling, medical research, and other things. 4. Wrote scientific software and a "on-line" course in finite element analysis and applications 5. Able to teach myself new subjects and applying the new knowledge to practical situations. |
| Other Relevant Experience |
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| Registered Professional Engineer for 54 years |