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Welding Engineering: Application, Arcs, Laser, Base Metal, Troubleshooting, Pressure, Nuclear, Code
Expert's welding career began in a family-owned welding and radiator repair shop. He progressed to welding on offshore oil and gas platform structures, processing facilities, and pipelines in the Gulf of Mexico while an undergraduate engineering student. As a graduate…
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,…
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Problem Solving
While Expert is a degreed materials engineer and licensed metallurgical engineer, he approaches all assignments as problem-solving projects. Whether it be plaintiff-subrogation or defense litigation, manufacturing and quality optimization, accident investigation, or assistance with team accreditation, he applies his background…
Corrosion, Materials Selection, Fabrication
Expert has worked in the area of sulfuric acid plant corrosion and materials selection for the past 18 years and has been involved in the materials selection of some of the worlds largest sulfuric acid plants. Expert has performed failure…
Metallurgical & Welding Engineering
Background in metallurgical, welding, and quality engineering in steel manufacturing, fabrication, construction, heat treat, aerospace flight hardware, upstream / downstream oil and gas production & transmission (sour and sweet), and refining. Familiar with all welding and brazing processes, “hands-on” experience…
Functional Capacity Evaluation, Cost of Care, and Life Care Plans
Background in metallurgical, welding, and quality engineering in steel manufacturing, fabrication, construction, heat treat, aerospace flight hardware, upstream / downstream oil and gas production & transmission (sour and sweet), and refining. Familiar with all welding and brazing processes, “hands-on” experience…
Carbides, Nitrides, SiAlON, Powder Synthesis & Processing, Ceramics Development & Fabrication
Technology: R&D + Engineering, Advanced Ceramics and Materials; Powders and Parts; Synthesis – processing – handling - transfer – ready-to-press feedstock – fabrication of parts – consolidation - finish - marketing. Development, processing and fabrication of fine and ultra fine…
Stainless Steels, Nickel Alloys, Corrosion, Materials Selection, Welding, High Temp Alloys
Expert has helped engineers select the most suitable and cost-effective stainless steel, nickel alloy or other materials such as titanium for a wide variety of applications over his long career. The selection of the appropriate alloy must consider many factors…
Engineering Systems, R&D, Infrastructure, Governance, Projects and Program Management, Risk Management
Expert began research in computational mechanics of fibre-reinforced composite materials through which he obtained his PhD. With this background, he explored other advanced materials like piezoelectrics. Piezoelectric materials are essential for the development of SAW sensors. Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW)…
Materials Science: Diamond Thin Film, Metallurgy, Coating Materials; Microwave and CVD Process
Technology transfer of skills, knowledge, technologies, processes, methods of manufacturing, samples of manufacturing and facilities among governments or universities and other institutions to ensure that scientific and technological developments are accessible to a wider range of users who can then…