Nonmetallic Materials (Coatings, Insulation, Fireproofing) and Petroleum Refinery Compliance Mechanical Engineer Expert30 years' experience in mechanical engineering in petroleum refineries.Coatings, insulation, and fireproof nonmetallic materials.Extensive experience in the draft and revision of company standards and best practice for nonmetallic materials.Independent Consultant, PresentUndisclosed Company, Refinery, 1975 - 2010Refractory Technical SpecialistAssessed maintenance & new construction needs regarding refracto...

Nuclear Power Plant Structure, Design and Testing ASME Codes and Standards ExpertNuclear power plant structures: Design, analysis, construction, and testing of, equipment, piping, vessels, and supports with 40 years of experience.Design Authority for Columbia Generating Station civil and structures, providing discipline approval for plant design changes and ensured plant design basis compliance.ASME code and standards development for the design of pressure vessels, piping, and support structures, holding a variety of leadership roles.Undisclosed Company, Sen...

Refinery reliability, maintenance and turnarounds.Piping design, and subsea tooling and equipmentEquipment strategies development for multi-billion dollar capital projects in upstream and downstream facilities including Greenfield and revamp process and production units.Refinery turnaround support and refractory equipment repair.FCCU maintenance and turnarounds.Pressure vessel design.ExxonMobil Refinery, Torrance, CA and Chalmette, LA, Mechanical EngineerTurnaround engineering support and unit coverage - FCC, HF Alkylation, Crude, Coker, Sulfur, hydrotreating, hydrocracking and utilities units.Profitability project engineering to capture m...

Nuclear Vessels and Piping SME with Expert Knowledge of Fitness-For-Service Analysis, Failure Prevention, and Equipment IntegrityMechanical integrity of piping and pipeline systems, vessels and tanks, and equipment qualification, ASME design and inspection code for mechanical equipment, vessels, tanks, and piping systems.Nuclear PWR (Pressurized Water Reactors) and BWR (Boiled Water Reactors) vessels and piping SME with expert knowledge of fitness-for-service analysis, failure prevention, and equipment integrity.Over forty-three years' of experience in design, analysis, qualification, inspection, fitness-for-service and integrity manageme...

Ph.D. Engineer skilled in conducting Analytical and Finite Element Analyses (FEA) as well as Seismic Design Review for Nuclear Power PlantsMore than twenty-three years of professional experience in the analysis, design, and evaluation of structures, systems, and components.Linear and nonlinear structural analysis, seismic analysis, soil-structure interaction, fluid-structure interaction, and impact analyses.Expert reviewer for projects in the DOE complex, nuclear utilities, and commercial industry that include seismic evaluation of structures; soil-structure and fluid-structure interaction; nonlinear stability and stress analysis of struct...

Chemical Process Elevated Temperature Design Expert in Piping, Pressure Vessels, and Expansion Joints; ASME FellowMore than twenty-five years of petroleum and chemical processing experience in design, design review, analysis, check-out, mechanical integrity, development, troubleshooting, and failure analysis.Recognized authority in pressure vessels, piping, design and troubleshooting of double containment piping systems, expansion joints, and elevated temperature design.Fluid catalytic cracking, hydrofining, and delayed coking units.Chemical processing design methods, and code rules for severe service and other applications.Bulls eye heat...

Forensic Injury Biomechanics Consultant with Focus on Automotive Crash Investigations and Biomechanical Analysis for Occupant ProtectionInjury biomechanicsAutomotive crashworthinessAircraft crashworthinessComputer application for occupant kinematics (MADYMO)Computer application for vehicle crashworthiness (LS-DYNA)Research on advance materials for crashworthiness applications.Testing machine dynamic analysis.Forensic Crash Injury Biomechanics ExperienceRollover crash investigations for Injury causation analysis.Side impact (near and far side) crash investigation for injury causation analysis.Frontal and oblique crash investigation for in...

Nuclear and Mechanical Engineer Skilled in Fitness-For-Service Analysis of Piping Systems, FEA, Stress Failure, and Thermo-Hydraulics Modeling and AnalysisDevelopment of new designs meeting code requirements, failure investigation and repair, and FFS (Fitness-For-Service) assessments.Modeling waterhammer transients for piping systems.FEA programs, CAD programs, and fluid modeling programs.Undisclosed Company, Vice President - EngineeringHydraulicsStudy of NRC (Nuclear Regulatory Commissi...

Petrochemical Refinery Equipment Mechanical Engineering Expert for piping, pressure vessels, and tanks. ASME Code expert.Over twenty years of mechanical engineering experience in the field of petroleum refining, including design and ASME/API code experience in pressure vessels, heat exchangers, storage tanks and piping.Fitness for service evaluations, linear and non-linear Finite Element Analysis (FEA), piping stress analysis, re-rating of pressure vessels, risk based inspection and equipment strategies.Field and startup support for oil refineries, pressure vessels, piping, and tankage.Mechanical design audit review of petrochemical proje...

Mechanical Engineer Specializing in Refractory Research, Finite Element and RAM Modeling Software Analysis for Refinery and Chemical PlantsFifteen years experience of engineering mechanics, reliability, and pressure vessels in the petroleum refining and petrochemical industry.Establishment of reliable data collection systems for petrochemical operating plants.Refractory research to develop a ceramic lining system and an on-stream lining thickness monitoring system for Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) cyclones.Refractory testing in accordance with API-936 practices.Finite element structural and heat transfer analysis for petrochemicals and re...