Oil Refining Metallurgical and Corrosion Expert Specializing in Risk-Based Inspection and Fitness for Service EvaluationOver 30 years of metallurgical and corrosion engineering experience in the petroleum refining industry.Developed new standards and applied technology such as risk-based inspection (API 581) and Fitness for Service evaluation (API 579).Damage mechanisms, sulfidation, wet H2S cracking, creep, HTHA, fire assessment.IOWs and CCDs, corrosion reviews, and fitness-for-service )FFS_ assessment.Failure analysis, fire damage assessments.

Senior Marine Engineer with Expertise in Marine Safety, Ship Surveys, and ISO AuditsMaritime Safety Management Systems Auditor.Maritime accident investigation.ISO 9001:2008 Auditor.Inspection: Offshore, ship hull and machinery inspections.Maritime education and training.Shipbuilding project management.Non Destructive Test - NDT Level IIMarine surveying.Maritime legislative.Expert Witness ExperienceExpert witness services for maritime insurance companies.Undisclosed College, Lecturer- Maritime, 2015 - PresentLecturer at the Professional Education and Traini...

Petrochemical Thermal-Fluid Systems Analysis and Design Expert for the Oil and Gas, Defense, Nuclear, and Aerospace Industries Domestic and Abroad.Risk analysis, the assessment of facilities to withstand explosions and fires, computational fluid dynamics (CFD), combustion analysis, and explosives engineering.Development and application of numerical modeling tools to characterize problems.Developed an analysis tool titled RisqCAD to determine release rates from process failures and the associated gas dispersion and fires.Developed a CFD based analysis tool to analyze the vulnerability of facilities to accidental explosions, it is now licens...

SummaryExpert testimony in criminal and personal injury trials on subject related to human factors psychology including areas of: product design, medical equipment errors, perception and vision, warnings and labels, cognitive psychology situational awareness, vehicle accidents, industrial and construction accidents, slip and fall, ergonomics and workplace layout.Instructional system development (ISD), perceptual processes, vehicle driving, human computer interaction, equipment design and evaluation, and physiological processes.Contributor to the Human Factors Engineering Guidelines and Preferred Practices for the Design of Medical Devices...

Safety Assessment Expert - Chemical Hazards, Root Cause Analysis EH&S ConsultantHazard and risk assessments: Identification and quantification of hazards and risks, definition of practical protection measuresRoot cause analysis: Incident investigation, determining the cause and effect relationship and defining effective preventive measures.Working to systematically and significantly improve process safety performance in a sustainable fashion.Manufacturing performance improvements: Incident rate reduction, yields, and cycle time reduction.Expert Witness ExperienceConsultation and root cause analysis for engineering firm and law firm represe...

Manufacturing Management Consultant for Phosphorus Chemical Operations, Including Development and Start-up of Phosphorus, Organophosphorus, Phosphonate, Phosphite, Phosphononic, Phosphinic, and Phosphate CompoundsManufacturing of organic, inorganic and phosphorus chemicals, (organophosphorus, phosphonate, phosphite, phosphononic, and phosphinic).Capital project process development, new process development and scale-up.Technical writing, SOP, operating instructions, manuals and feasibility studies.Production rate improvement and process optimization.Process integration and strategic planning.Energy efficiency improvement.Accident investiga...

Industrial Hygiene and Safety Expert: Audits and Develops Programs for Large Industrial Facilities, Training; SARA, OHSA, NIOSH - HSE surveys, Safety, Indoor Air Quality, Risk Assessments and Occupational ExposureAs a Senior HSE Professional provides specialized expertise in Health, Safety, and Environmental (HSE) projects.Conducting industrial hygiene, (IH) surveys; auditing compliance; developing Health and Safety (H&S) training material; assessing job hazards; investigating accidents.Preparation of Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) Title III compliance reports; assessing human and ecological risk; evaluating indoor a...

Executing 30 years in Safety, Health and Industrial Hygiene Management for Various Industries: Paper, Packaging Manufacturing, Petrochemical, Telecommunications, Brewing and Rubber Consulting.Industrial hygiene management providing over thirty years of experience with focus to safety and health management. Establish safety management systems supporting culture changes, applying safety engineering, training, OSHA negotiation and program development. Providing solutions to reduce workman’s compensation claims. Excellent communicator with technical, written and verbal skills, and providing expertise in the following industrial industri...

Industrial safety analysis and accident Investigation for automotive and chemical incidentsSafety, accident investigation, reconstruction and construction.Safety analysis of manufacturing and industrial injuries.Slip and fall and equipment related injuries including crane and hoist.Tool design, equipment design and ergonomics as related to safety.Chemical related safety incidents.Deposition experience in cases covering wrongful discharge, age discrimination and work related injuries.Expert Witness ExperienceIn plaintiff and defense, for industrial safety injury cases that have resulted in litigation.Retained in 27 states and participated i...

Applied physics expert designer power supplies for lasers, integrated power systems and analysis failure of high power, high frequency, high voltage electric equipment.Failure analysis of high power, high frequency and high voltage electronic equipment.Power supply design and strong background in systems integration with different power supplies.Power supply for lasers.Pulse forming network, DC-DC, AC-DC, capacitor chargers, battery charges, laser diodes power supplies, gas discharge lamps and other nonlinear loads.Design of RF generators for semiconductor processing.Deep knowledge of soft switching power conversion.Topologies for single a...