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Hazardous Area Classification, Flammable Gas and Combustible Dusts
Expert is a subject matter expert in hazardous area classification design and hazardous location product development and installation. He has experience in both NEC division and IEC zone methods of hazardous area classification. He has developed several industry recognized training…
Electrical Engineering, Including: Power Systems Analysis, Arc-Flash Hazard Studies, Short Circuit Studies & Building Electrical Design
Expert is a licensed professional electrical engineer in Decatur, Alabama, with over 35 years of extensive experience in electrical and electronics engineering. He has a broad range of skills including short-circuit and protective device coordination studies, arc-flash hazard analysis, Allen…
Chemical Processing, Powder Processing, Energetic Materials, Automotive Safety, Aerospace/Defense
Expert has over 30 years experience in process development, pilot scale operation, scale-ups, process equipment selection, chemical processing and formulations development, designs and trouble shooting of chemical and solids processing plants. Has experience in energetic, propellants and hazardous material formulations…
Hazardous Locations Equipment Certifications (Intrinsically Safe), Gas Detection
Expert has 16 years of experience in designing, assessing and certifying equipment to national and international standards for intrinsically safe equipment. He has designed many intrinsically safe devices, including gas detectors, fire detectors and other systems. Applied standards include UL…
Fire, Explosion, Toxic releases, Chemical hazards, Chemical exposure, Risk assessment, Air pollution
Expert has investigated many process related industrial accidents (fire, explosion, toxic release etc), the best known of which was Buncefield, where he was one of two external experts relied on by the owners of the facility to assist with root…
Industrial Hygiene, Occupational Health, Hazardous Materials Management, Emergency Response
He championed the implementation of a variety of strategies to reduce workplace accidents and injuries. Strategies included establishment of on site workplace health and safety teams. These teams included both management and labor employees who worked together to identify safety…
Specialized Safety Management (Explosives Safety and Aircraft Ground Handling Safety)
Expert has 30 years of safety program management experience with Department of Defense (DoD). He has provided safety oversight of and direction to defense contractors engaged in processes involving various forms of ordnance from detonators to artillery rounds to missiles…
Chemical Manufacturing
Expert has specialized in the design of batch and continuous blending operations typical in the chemical, food, detergent, and personal care products industries. He has developed designs to minimize product aeration and eliminate product storage equipment. He has designed solid…
Environmentally-Compatible Polymers
Expert is an expert in environmentally-compatible materials, including biodegradable plastics and polymers, plastic environmental effects, plastic non-hazardous solid waste management, paper coatings, and moisture barrier material. He has conducted research on the design and engineering of new biodegradable materials that…
Petroleum Process Analysis, Sample Conditioning Systems Design, Process Analyzers, etc.
Expert has expertise in many aspects of industrial, process, utility, and municipal process plant systems engineering. A significant portion of his career in this area has involved solving process analysis problems in the petroleum refining and petrochemical industries. He has…