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Materials Failures
CORE COMPETENCIES • Extensive knowledge in material science and engineering, particularly in corrosion and electrochemistry, metallic coatings, and characterization from over 30 years of experience in teaching and research. • Strong analytical, technical, and problem-solving skills with great enthusiasm in…
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…
Accomplished Research Engineer with Experience Coordinating Projects Related to Corrosion Prevention
I worked in my first graduate research on high-temperature oxidation of cobalt- and nickel-base superalloys. In another graduate research, I worked on corrosion rate model for steel in oil and gas environment (carbon dioxide-saturated). Later I worked on corrosion of…
Corrosion, Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion Pipelines, Oil and Gas
Expert has been active in corrosion of oil and gas operations, pipelines, fire sprinkler systems and barges for over 25 years. His specialty is Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion (MIC) and has patented several formulations for coatings and MIC sampling devices. Corrosion…
Internal & External Corrosion Control and Mitgation on Inshore & Offshore Structures & Pipelines
Expert has over the past 35 years applied his Industrial Arts and Petroleum Engineering Technology degrees to good use in the oil and gas industry working in all phases of internal and external corrosion migitation on structures and pipelines both…
Epoxy, Phenolics, UP Resins: Development, Manufacturing, Project Implementation
Expert has over 15 years hands on experience related to formulations of Epoxy Resin based speciality formulations.He has developed, suitably modified and manufactured High build as well as normal Epoxy coatings, Epoxy coatings for wet surface application Chemical resistant (vinyl…
Surface Treatment, Shot Peening & Blasting, Zinc Plating, Phosphating, Carburizing, Heat Treatments
Expert has very good expertise on Blast cleaning and shot peening. He has proved his expertise in many industries, and shown phenomenal savings on blasting agent cost, good quality of cleaning and good environment. Expert helped in identifying the issues…
Coating, Insulation, PFP and TSA, Oil and Gas Industry Worldwide
He has used various types of abrasives for blast cleaning of various substrates. Carbon steel, Stainless steel and Concrete. The abrasives used are copper slag /coal slag / Garnet / Aluminum oxide. He has also used metallic abrasives like chilled…
Industrial Chemical Production, Natural Gas Conversion to Liquid Fuels, Fine Chemicals, and Energy e
In general, chemical compounds that have multiple bonds (Double or Triple), they can accept addition reactions. The reaction could proceed either by nucleophilic, or electrophillic addition reactions. In some special cases, it can be controlled either thermodynamically, or kinetically. Activation…
Paint Adhesion; Pretreatment Conversion Coating; Troubleshooting
Expert has academic degrees on both steel and polymeric coating and 20- year experience in metal finishing industrial in US; so, he knows pros-and-cons of painting systems, such as surface profile, surface preparation, mechanical finishing, chemical finishing, all type coatings…