Expert Details
Navigation, Physics, Oilfield Projects, Computational Electromagnetics, Nuclear Radiation, Computers
ID: 732043
California, USA
He has worked on hundreds of oil well surveying and navigation projects in U.S., South America, North SEA, and the Gulf of Mexico. He has extensive teaching experience at graduate and undergraduate levels for science and engineering.
Expert was one of 3 experts selected by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to analyze and radiation harden The Voyager Spacecrafts #1 and #2. The modules were exposed to a radiation environment many times a "doomsday level" here on earth and are still operational today 30 years later.
Expert subsequently served Ansoft corporation as Applications Engineer in Electromagnetic Radiation. He analyzed many systems, ranging from commonplace keyless entry system to the superconducting supercollider.
Expert managed the joint program between Wield-Heerbrug and Magnavox to develop the world's first portable millimeter surveying system using differential GPS, delivering the first system on time and on budget in 1986.
Today he consults the oilfield industry on a variety of directional drilling issues. He has developed his own passive magnetic ranging software to repair blowouts such as the deep-water Horizon tragedy.
Expert provided key direction in the development of new directional drilling oilfield tools at Baker Hughes.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1971 | Degree: BS | Subject: Physics | Institution: MIT |
| Year: 1979 | Degree: MS | Subject: EE/Computer Science | Institution: USC |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
|---|---|---|---|
| Years: 2014 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Consultant | Department: Sensor Development |
Responsibilities:Expert guided the development of specialized directional drilling survey instruments witha staff of 30 engineers and programmers. This is expected to be the lead offering for BHI into a 900M new business area. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2010 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Managing Director | Department: Corp. HQ> |
Responsibilities:Expert developed his own proprietary passive magnetic ranging software for oilfield directional drilling which he has used in the field for a variety of intercept, repair, plug and abandon, and other applications. He has managed this eponymous consulting firm for several years. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1997 to 2010 | Employer: Scientific Drilling International | Title: Senior Staff Engineer | Department: Engineering |
Responsibilities:Expert performed many Electromagnetics, Structural. and Thermal Computational analyses for a variety of instruments including propagation resistivity, pulsed neutron, acoustic fluid density measurement, shorthop transmission telemetry.He discovered and corrected a set of errors in a widely accepted and reverified IEEE Standsrd on gyroscope calibration, bringing a large suite of the company's tools into industry acceptance which had heretofore failed standardstesting techniques. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1994 to 1997 | Employer: Macneal-Schwendler/ Ansoft Corporation | Title: Applications Engineer, Computational Electromagnetics | Department: Engineering |
Responsibilities:He served as Applications Engineer for a variety of electromagnetic, Structural, Dynamic, and Eigenvalue problems on such instrumants as antennas, motors, centrifuges, etc. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1979 to 1994 | Employer: Magnavox Governmental and Industrial Corp. | Title: Staff Engineer | Department: Engineering |
Responsibilities:He was Program Manager for GPS Survey Systems, Project Engineer for US Navy's "Precise Integrated Navigation System" for US Navy.. This system included SatNav, Loran Raydist, Acoustiv Nav, Dead Recckoning and others for the first operational Precise Minesweepers.Expert also designed aspects of the first digital baseband GPS receiver for Command, Control, and Communication, Electronic Warfare deployed in the user equipment for all 4 branches of the military. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1973 to 1979 | Employer: Jet Propulsion Laboratory | Title: Radiation Specialist | Department: Reliabilty and Quality Assurance |
Responsibilities:Expert was Radiation Hardening Specialist for Project Voyager, Later assigned to be project engineer for the NASA's Standard Articulation System achieveing pointing accuracy of 0.05 arc seconds per second. He was project engineer for NASA's Spin Bearing Assembly. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1972 to 1973 | Employer: General Electric Co. | Title: Component Engineer | Department: Valley Forge Space Division |
Responsibilities:Expert made design decisions fro a variety of electronic components deloyed in earth orbiting, space probe and reentry systems. |
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Government Experience
| Years | Agency | Role | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Years: to Present | Agency: NASA/JPL | Role: Engineer | Description: Radiation Hardening and Analysis |
International Experience
| Years | Country / Region | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Years: 2006 to 2010 | Country / Region: Aberdeen, Scotland | Summary: Expert directed offshore drilling operations to successfully avoid collisions with other wells in the North Sea. |
| Years: 2008 to 2007 | Country / Region: Santa Barbera, Venezuela | Summary: Expert directed the drilling intercept of a major blowout, Schlumberger SBC-256 for PEDVESA, the state run Oil Agency. Work was done in conjunction with Boots and Coots Corporation, the Red Adair company that successfully extinquished the ensuing Fire. |
Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| IEEE, SPE, SPWLA |
| Awards / Recognition |
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| NASA award for outstanding Achievemnet in Radiation Protection NASA award for outstanding Achievemnet in Standard Articulation Control System NASA award for outstanding Achievemnet Spin Bearing Assembly |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| Expert has published 6 papers on computational electromagnetics and has 2 more in process. |
Additional Experience
| Expert Witness Experience |
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| Expert has given several depositions for lawsuits between Magnavox and their subcontractors regarding contract requirements as well as for his own personal cases involving discrimination. |
| Vendor Selection |
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| Expert has conducted a variety of activities throughout his career in vendor selection. For example, he worked on NASA's source evaluation board (SEB) for the Gallileo Standard articulation system and spin bearing assembly. |
| Marketing Experience |
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| He has a unique perspective on oilfields directional drilling, having worked with all the main vendors in this area. |
| Other Relevant Experience |
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| For ten years he has taught graduate and undergraduate courses in areas of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science and Programming. He also taught at the undergraduate level for 2 years in Physics and Astronomy. |
Language Skills
| Language | Proficiency |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Capable |
Fields of Expertise
space hardware development, background radiation, beta radiation, electromagnetic noise, electromagnetic radiation, electromagnetic radiation amplitude, electromagnetic radiation scattering, electromagnetic shielding process, electronics radiation hardening, gamma radiation, Global Positioning System, Global Positioning System mapping, ionizing radiation, magnetics, magnetoresistivity, magnetostatic shielding, nuclear radiation, nuclear radiation shielding, radiation hardening, radiation physics, radiation testing, radiation unit, solar radiation, transverse electromagnetic wave, transverse magnetic wave, oilfield, industry survey, electromagnetic interference standard, carbon dioxide corrosion, reel-to-reel tape, electromagnetic switch, loran, electromagnetic relay, electromagnetic wire, drilling mud, acid mine water, Van Allen belt, magnetic stainless steel, water, salt water, Wien's displacement law, magnetic pole, magnetic monopole, magnetic moment, magnetic force, magnetic circuit, cosmic radiation, magnetic declination, magnetic recording read/write system, magnetic recording equipment, magnetic field theory, field coil, X-radiation, magnetic field, electromagnetic interference, magnetic recording head, magnetic component, magnetic annealing, geodesy, electromagnetic field, coercive force