David J. Coates
Coates Engineering Services
4955 Winnetka Avenue
Woodland Hills, CA 91364-4743

Telephone: (818) 883-5886
Facsimile: (818) 883-5887
E-mail: djcoates@earthlink.net


Areas of Expertise

Failure analysis of metals and materials; metallurgy; microstructural evaluation; materials processing; corrosion analysis including environmentally induced cracking; high temperature oxidation; fatigue analysis; fracture toughness evaluation; scanning electron microscopy; microanalysis.


Education

Ph.D. (Metallurgy), University of Newcastle upon Tyne, England (1980)

Thesis title: "The Oxidation Resistance of Nitrided Iron Alloys"

B.S. (Metallurgy), University of Newcastle upon Tyne, England (1977)

Work Experience

1988 - present	Metallurgical Consultant
	Coates Engineering Services
	Woodland Hills, CA
1987 - 1988	Principal Engineer
	General Electric – Nuclear Energy
	San Jose, CA
1985 - 1987	Associate Consulting Engineer
	L. Raymond and Associates
	Irvine, CA
1982 - 1985	Director of Laboratory Operations
	Mettek Laboratories
	Santa Ana, CA
1980 - 1982	Post-doctoral Research Fellow
	University of California, Berkeley
	Berkeley, CA

Teaching Experience

ASM Course - Metallurgy for Non-Metallurgists, Los Angeles, 1989, 1990

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Spring Quarter 1985

Undergraduate course in Materials Science

University of California, Berkeley, Winter Quarter 1980

Undergraduate course in Extraction Metallurgy

Professional Memberships / Registrations

Professional Engineer, Metallurgical, California (MT1825)

Member, The Metallurgical Society of AIME

Member, ASM International

Executive Committee, Santa Clara Chapter, 1987-1988

Executive Committee, South Bay Chapter, 1989-1994

Member, National Association of Corrosion Engineers

Member, National Society of Professional Engineers

Member, California Society of Professional Engineers

Member, American Water Works Association

Member, Independent Metallurgical Engineering Consultants of California

Honors and Awards

1978 Galloway Medal, Institution of Corrosion Science and Technology, England
1988 General Electric Award to Inventors
Who's Who in the West (1989)
Who's Who of Emerging Leaders in America (3^rd Edition)


Patents

Austenitic Stainless Steel Alloy – US Patent No. 4,863,682 (1989)