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Material Science and Metallurgy
FAILURE ANALYSIS Expert's failure investigations have encompassed a wide range of oilfield products including, but not limited to, wellhead and Christmas tree equipment, rock bits, OCTG, motors, packers, and downhole tools. Failure investigations have included but not been limited to…
Metallurgical and Failure Investigations Caused by Corrosion, Degradation, Biological Activity, Fatigue, and Overload in Metallic/Non-Metallic Materials
After gaining a Ph.D. in Solid State Physics, Expert spent three years tertiary teaching, eight years of university research on materials and materials degradation, and, since 1985, consulting for industry on failure analysis, corrosion mitigation, and materials selection. Since 2001,…
Metallurgy/Materials Engineering
Expert has a Ph.D. and is a licensed engineer in metallurgy in the State of California with 25 years of experience in forensic engineering related to metallurgy and general materials failures. Extensive theoretical and hands-on background in laboratory testing and…
Materials Engineering, Polymers, Metallurgy, Chemistry, Corrosion, and Adhesion Science
Expertise in chemistry, materials science, metals, polymers, corrosion, coatings and packaging. Expert has over 20 years of experience working as a technical consultant in materials engineering, polymers, metallurgy, chemistry, corrosion and adhesion science. She has been an advisor to companies…
Structural Engineering
Structural Engineer with 20 years of experience ranging from residential construction to heavy industrial facilities.
Petroleum Engineering – Petroleum Safety, Oil and Gas, Construction, Pipelines
Expert specializes in oil and gas, safety, pipelines, welding, construction, and litigation with over 35+ years of experience throughout the United States. Expert has a degree in petroleum engineering, as well as a law degree. Expert is a registered Professional…
Machine Tools, Heavy Equipment, and Aerospace Manufacturing Technologies
Expert began using CAM in its earliest stages, using Compact II and DataCut to created machine instructions for Numerically Controlled (NC) Machine Tools. He advanced to writing scripts and macros in Automatically Programmed Tools (APT) to perform machining functions around…
Materials Science and Engineering; Mechanical Metallurgy
Expert has studied fatigue crack growth of metals. His Ph.D dissertation pertains to the effects of this behavior on stainless steel surfaces. Parts of Expert's studies and some other research done on the subject have been published in the science…
Diving Accident Investigation
Bob notes that corrosion is a major problem that affects many industries. Bob has spent over forty years studying and solving corrosion problems in the construction, aerospace, defense, petroleum, utility and related industries. He was also the technical editor of…
Industrial Utilities (Equipment, Operation, Maintenance); Energy Conservation; Vibrations
Expert worked as a staff mechanical engineer at what was the world's largest single site producer of PET. The staff supported operations and maintenance departments throughout the facility, with heavy emphasis on the utilities department. Troubleshooting centrifugal pumps was a…