Petrochemical Engineering Expert, Specializing in Risk-Based Analysis and Safety Audits of Chemical and Oil Production FacilitiesOver thirty -seven years of experience in the petroleum, chemicals and oil producing industries, including service with Shell Chemicals, Exxon Corporation and ExxonMobil Corporation in Upstream and Downstream facilities.Diverse range of technology assignments relating to capital projects, commissioning of new facilities, research and development, trouble shooting, and on site incident investigation.Held leadership roles on specialist teams within Exxon Research and Engineering Company (ER&E) that conducted safety...

Mechanical Engineer Specializing in Refinery Turnaround Best Practices, Capital Project Management, Cost Reductions, and Safety ProgramsThirty years of experience in all phases of turnarounds, maintenance, and construction in the petroleum industry.Managing refinery turnaround project teams to complete capital projects safely and under budget.Undisclosed Company, PresentTurnaround and Construction Manager: Projects-Suncor Energy and Sarnia RefineryManaged all construction activities for a $960 million rev...

Mechanical Engineer with Expertise in Refinery Training Course Development, Utility Systems Operations, Safety, and HAZOPThirty years of experience in process design, operations, project development, energy management, safety, and quality control for Exxon-affiliated companies.Specialized knowledge in planning, engineering, trouble shooting, start-up for offsite and utilities system.Focused AreasSteam generation and distribution systemsGas turbine based cogeneration facilitiesCooling water systemsOil movements and storageFuel systemsFlare systemsSolids handling systems

Mechanical Engineer and Rotating Equipment Expert, Specializing in Machinery Engineering, Vibration Analysis, and ReliabilityOver Thirty years of domestic and international experience in rotating machinery selection, installation, startup, maintenance, problem solving, and vibration analysis.Machinery engineering, commissioning, startup and operation of a world-class ethylene plant and many smaller facilities.Established and supervised engineering groups at two plant sites involved in machinery reliability and condition monitoring/vibration analysis.Expert Witness ExperienceProvides Expert Testimony in the mechanical and equipment refinery...

Plastic Processing, Extrusion, Processing, and Screw Design Expert: Sheet Extrusion, Foam Boards, Extruders, Injection Screws, Heat Transfer RollsExtrusion processing including machinery design, screw design, polymer technology, trouble shooting and management.Extrusion training, process solutions, equipment design, expert witness, and management assistance.Compounding extruders projects: Die design, grooved barrel extruder design, very large compounding extruders, screw design, sheet extrusion equipment design and market analysis.Marketing and business growth in the specialty extrusion manufacturing, plastics processing, plastics manufa...

Glass Failure Evaluation and Testing Consultant for Architectural Glass Materials, Military and Commercial Aircraft, and Pressure Vessel Windows. Analysis LabFailure AnalysisGlass products analysis determining root cause failure.Specific glass products examinations: Architectural and building windows, locomotive windows, appliance windows, pressure vessel windows, test samples, automotive windows, military and commercial aircraft transparencies.Materials analysis: Monolithic and laminated glass (annealed glass), heat strengthened, full thermally tempered, or chemically strengthened glass.State-of-the-art glass analysis laboratory with a...

Mechanical Engineer with Expertise in Linear and Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis (FEA). Experience with Piping, Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Drilling, Drilling Mud Motors, Rotary Steerable Drilling Tools and Mechanical Components and Assemblies in MWD (Measure While Drilling).Finite Element Analysis (FEA) - Linear and Nonlinear.Innovative designs to solve difficult mechanical problems.New varied products incorporating design features from seeming unrelated products to create robust and innovative new products.Abaqus finite element, FE-Safe fatigue, and CF-Design computer fluid dynamics software dealing with stress, fatigue, plasticity, hyper...

Fluid Mechanics Consultant in Gas Flow, Hydraulic Performance, and Modeling Utilizing Various Software ProgrammingFluid MechanicsIncompressible flowCompressible flowTransient flowHydraulic surgeTransient forcesFlow induced vibrationRelief device sizingJet mixingAgitationEntrainment separationLine sizingFlow distributionGas phase detonationGas phase deflagrationModeling of spills in river systems including river hydraulicsSoftware Writing Program ModelsTransient hydraulic hammer modelsRelief device modelsRiver dispersion modelsComputer Languages: Fortran, Pascal, Visual Basic, VBA (Excel)

MIQA (Mechanical Integrity and Quality Assurance Specializing in Industry Codes Compliance Auditing and StandardsMechanical process and manufacturing Engineer with over 35 years of experience in: MIQA (Mechanical Integrity and Quality Assurance) and quality control, industry codes compliance auditing and standards.Mechanical Integrity, industry codes and standards, quality assurance, quality control, auditing, PSM, hose assembly, welding, fabrication, relief devices, pressure vessels, tanks, piping, valves, fasteners, gasketing, boilers.Fulfilled over 200 Site assessments and evaluations addressing OSHA and process safety management overv...

Chemical and Mechanical Engineer with Expertise in Fired and Unfired Heat Transfer Equipment DesignFired heat transfer equipment designProject portfolio managementProject managementUn-fired heat transfer equipment designRCA, (Root Cause Analysis) methodologyFEL, (Front End Loading) work processesProcess safety managementOperational excellenceProject Cost ControlUndisclosed Company, Senior Project Manager, PresentDirected capital projects, supervised troubleshooting of complex process problems and provided experienced process engineering speci...