Chemical Process Piping Design Expert

Technical Consultant #2147

Over thirty-five years in process facility mechanical design and construction for the chemical industry.
Work process redesign and implementation.
Piping expert: Fabricated equipment design and specification, thermal fluid heat transfer system design, specification and standard writing, and work process redesign and implementation.
Piping flexibility analysis, piping standards, and design tools development.
Owner oversight of contractor front-end and detailed engineering.

Undisclosed Company, Senior Engineering Advisor, 2003 - Present

Solutia, Inc., (formerly Monsanto Company), 1968 - 2003

Engineering Technologist and Manufacturing Technologist Engineering Fellow

Specialized in piping design and flexibility analysis, developed design tools and conducted workshops while serving as lead mechanical engineer on several projects.
Developed a complete set of piping standards for Solutia yielding improved engineering efficiency and safer facilities.
Successfully led mechanical, piping, and civil structural design effort for a new $300 million bulk chemical manufacturing facility.
Managed mechanical, piping, and civil structural design effort for a $50 million debottlenecking nylon plastic manufacturing facility project.
Chaired a team that defined requirements for and implemented a new front-end engineering work process that reduced project cost and schedule deviations by 50%.

Principal Engineer, 1977 - 1985

Specialized in piping design and flexibility analysis in support of new facility design projects.
Developed a complete set of piping standards for Monsanto, yielding improved engineering efficiency and safer facilities.
Created materials for and conducted several general piping and piping flexibility analysis workshops enabling safe and economical piping systems designs.
Designed piping systems for nylon and polyester fiber manufacturing facilities.

Senior Engineer, 1968 - 1977

Design and specification of mechanical equipment, piping, coatings, and insulation for new facilities.
Developed design methods and standards for tubular heat exchangers, pneumatic conveying systems, liquid and vapor phase heat transfer systems and piping flexibility analysis.

Credentials

Academic and Professional Affiliations

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Activities:

B16 Standardization of Valves, Flanges, Fittings, and Gaskets Standards Committee Member
B31 Code for Pressure Piping Standards Committee Member and Past Chair
B31.12 Hydrogen Piping and Pipelines Section Committee Member
B31.3 Process Piping Section Committee Member and Past Chair
B31.3 Task Group on Edit (TG-C) Member
B31.3 Task Group on Inquiry Review (TG-IR) Member
Board on New Development Chair
Board on Pressure Technology Codes and Standards Past Member
BPV Project Team on Hydrogen Tanks Contributing Member
Council on Standards and Certification Member and Past Chair
Board of Governors Past Member

Additional Standards

US TAG for ISO/TC 153/SC 1 - Design, Manufacturing, Marking and Testing Member
US TAG for ISO/TC 5/SC 10 - Metallic Flanges and Their Joints Member
US TAG for ISO/TC 197 - Hydrogen Technologies Member
American Petroleum Institute, Refinery Department, Committee on Refinery Equipment,Subcommittee on Piping
Materials Technology Institute, member of two groups involved with evaluation of gaskets
ISA - The International Society for Measurement and Control, SP 93, Sealing Technologies Committee, Member

Accomplishments

Led the 3500 member Codes and Standards organization for three year term.
Led design and implementation of new standards development process that reduced approval cycle time by 20%.
Initiated an effort to develop a standard leak test for valves.
Invented a scheme to clarify scopes of and resolve technical differences between various piping codes.
Led an effort to define and develop standards that support infrastructure for hydrogen-fueled vehicles and other hydrogen uses.

Awards

Publications and Patents