David J. Coates
Coates Engineering Services
20929 Ventura Blvd. #47-442
Woodland Hills, CA 91364
Telephone: (818) 883-5886
Facsimile: (818) 337-2924
E-mail: coateseng@sbcglobal.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 |
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Coates Engineering Services |
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Woodland Hills, CA |
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1987 - 1988 |
Principal Engineer |
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General Electric – Nuclear Energy |
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San Jose, CA |
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1985 - 1987 |
Associate Consulting Engineer |
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L. Raymond and Associates |
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Irvine, CA |
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1982 - 1985 |
Director of Laboratory Operations |
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Mettek Laboratories |
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Santa Ana, CA |
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1980 - 1982 |
Post-doctoral Research Fellow |
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University of California, Berkeley |
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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 (3rd Edition)
Patents
Austenitic Stainless Steel Alloy – US Patent No. 4,863,682 (1989)