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Valves, Control Valves, Piping, Pipe Couplings, Pipe Joining, Valve Testing, Valve Codes, and Standards
Expert, PE is an engineering consultant with over 35 years of mechanical engineering experience. Licensed Professional Engineer in NY and PA. Services provided include consulting and expert witness in the following areas: Product Safety Signs and Labels, Guards and Barriers,…
Metallurgy, Material Science, Failure Analysis, Microscopy, X-ray
Expert has successfully worked with a variety of industrial clients to develop bases for process and product development in solidification processing, deformation processing and heat treatment of Al alloys. Specific applications have been semi-solid metal (SSM) forming, deformation processing of…
Welding of Steels and Other Alloys in Structural, Aerospace, Pharmaceutical & Refinery Applications
Expert has extensive experience with many arc welding processes, including gas-tungsten arc welding (GTAW), gas-metal arc welding (GMAW), shielded-metal arc welding (SMAW), and submerged-arc welding (SAW). He is familiar with both manual and automatic versions of these processes, as applied…
Titanium and Titanium Alloy Applications, High-Strength Weldable Titanium Alloys, Hot Rolls, etc.
He took part in the development of high strength weldable titanium alloys for sea water application, Ti-Ni shape memory alloys for tube connections and vessel sealings, technology of hot processing and surface improvement of titanium alloys, application of titanium for…
Plastic Pipe and Piping Materials, Polyethylene, Product Standards, Hydrostatic Stress, etc.
Expert received a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from St. Thomas College in St. Paul, MN in 1969 and a Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from Michigan State University in 1973. Expert has been in the plastic piping industry for over…
Electrodeposition, Corrosion, Wet Etching, Thin Films, Nanofabrication, Electrocatalysis
Expert obtained his B.E. in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering (1994) from University of Belgrade and his Ph.D. in Science and Engineering of Materials (1999) from Arizona State University. Before joining the ECE department at Employer (September 2005), Expert has spent…
Forensic Engineering, Failure Analysis, Metallurgy, Corrosion, Slip and Fall, Mechanical Design, R&D
Expert is a registered & Board-Certified Professional Engineer in the State of Texas, with 74 publications, 23 Invited Talks and Lectures, and 27+ years of experience in engineering R&D in industry and academia, Consulting, and Expert Witness Litigation Support including…
Resistance Welding, Laser Welding, Arc Welding, Ultrasonic Welding, Brazing, and Soldering
He has extensive experience in brazing starting with his PhD (Penn State) in brazing of structural ceramics. He worked on the Alumnia-Titanium system using an active braze alloy of Ag-Cu-Ti composition. Active brazing has found wide acceptance in brazing of…
Advancing Fastening Design and Application Engineering, Fastener Inventory and Buying Management
Expert has had vast experience in a wide variety of fastener settings and applications. He has worked with fastener manufacturers, fastener distributors and numerous purchasing agents/buyers, as well as design and application engineers at the OEM level. Besides his consulting…
Mechanical Properties of Metals
Expert has studied aluminum alloys from the 2xxx, 5xxx, 6xxx and 7xxx series and studied their grain size, tensile properties, heat treatments, corrosion resistance, and fatigue behavior (both room temperature stress - life (S-N) and crack growth behavior). His work…