Russell A. Lund
8406 Loyola Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90045

Telephone: (310) 670-7970
Facsimile: (310) 645-5831
E-mail: lundr4@asme.org


Areas of Expertise

Providing services in the areas of: engineering failure analysis and prevention, metallurgy, fractography, metallography, stress and structural analysis (using finite element and analytical methods), and fracture mechanics analysis. Examples: determination of failure modes in turbines and pumps, civil structures, industrial machinery, and aviation and automotive components; metallographic and fractographic characterization of damage and cracking in power plant and refinery shells and tubes; calculation of fatigue and creep crack growth rates in pressure vessels and piping; elastic-plastic and creep finite element stress analysis of weldments.


Education

Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering), University of California, Los Angeles (1990)

Dissertation title: "Numerical Assessment of Finite Deformation Crack Tip Fields"

M.S. (Metallurgy and Metals Processing), University of California, Los Angeles (1979)

B.S. (Materials Science), University of California, Los Angeles (1977)

Work Experience

1985 - present	Consulting Engineer
	Los Angeles, CA
1988 - present	Consultant, Visiting Assistant Researcher, Postdoctoral Fellow
	University of California, Berkeley
	University of California, Los Angeles
	State University of New York, Stony Brook
1985 - 1990	Post Graduate Research Engineer
	University of California, Los Angeles
	Los Angeles, CA
1975 - 1985	Metallurgical Engineer and Consultant
	Failure Analysis Associates
	Los Angeles, CA
1976 - 1978	Postgraduate Research Engineer and Research Assistant
	University of California, Los Angeles
	Los Angeles, CA

Teaching Experience

Lecturer, University of California, Los Angeles, 1990 - 1992

Taught courses in "Analysis of Flight Structures" (twice) and "Advanced Strength of Materials"

Professional Memberships / Registrations

Registered Professional Engineer, Metallurgical, State of California (MT1734)
Registered Professional Engineer, Mechanical, State of California (M27880)
Member, American Academy of Mechanics
Member, American Society for Nondestructive Testing
Member, American Welding Society
Member, ASME International (formerly American Society of Mechanical Engineers)
Member, ASM International (formerly American Society for Metals)
Member, ASTM (formerly American Society for Testing and Materials)
Member, Independent Metallurgical Engineering Consultants of California
Member, NACE International (formerly National Association of Corrosion Engineers)
Member, National Society of Professional Engineers
Member, TMS (formerly The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society)


Honors and Awards

Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering anonymous donor fellowship, 1987 - 1988.
Alan S. Tetelman Memorial Fellowship (four academic years), 1985 - 1987 and 1982 -1984.
Awarded the degree of Summa Cum Laude with B.S., 1977
Elected to Tau Beta Pi, 1977
Elected to Phi Beta Kappa, 1976
American Society for Testing and Materials Student Award, 1976
Departmental Scholar, Materials Department, UCLA (pursuing B.S. and M.S. degrees simultaneously), 1976
UCLA Alumni Association Certificate of Merit and Chancellor's Associates Honorarium Scholarship, 1973
Regents Scholarship, University of California, Los Angeles, 1972