Metallurgical and mechanical failure analysis of metals and non-metals;
properties and performance of materials. Investigation and analysis of
materials failures in gaseous (high temperature) and liquid corrosive environments,
especially hydrocarbon processing, chemical and steam utility plants; water and
soil environments. Explosions and Fires. Selection and specification of materials
of construction. Plant and equipment design and engineering. Process equipment
fabrication and welding. Steam turbine blade failures. Transmission gear damage.
Wind turbines. Corrosion of copper and steel plumbing in residential and
institutional buildings. Corrosion in industrial and municipal water systems.
Soils corrosion of underground structures; applied cathodic protection. Paints
and coatings. Atmospheric corrosion of aluminum and steel. Analytical chemistry,
metallography, electron microscopy.
Education
Ph.D. (Corrosion Science and Engineering), University of Manchester, U.K.
B.Sc. (Chemical Engineering), University of Birmingham, U.K. (with Honors)
Post Doctoral Fellow, School for Advanced Studies in Metallurgy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Business Management Certificate, University of California, Los Angeles
Work Experience
1997 - present
Materials Engineering and Corrosion Consultant
Sebastapol, CA
Managing Engineer
Failure Analysis Associates
Los Angeles, CA
Materials Engineering Advisor
Santa Fe Braun, Inc.
Senior Engineer
Shell Development Company
Professional Memberships / Registrations
Registered Professional Engineer (Corrosion), California #103
Corrosion Specialist P, #267, NACE International
Vice Chairman, Technical Committee T-2, Energy Technology, National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE), 1981
Chairman, Mechanical Properties Committee (Phase V), Task Group on Gasification, Materials Properties Council
General Chairman, GRI/MPC/ASM/DOE Joint Conference on Materials for Coal Gasification, Pittsburgh, 1980
Member, Technical Advisory Committee, Materials Properties Council
Member, Steering Committee, Task Group on gasification, Materials Properties Council
Member, NACE / National Bureau of Standards Committee on Computerized Data Program
Member, Independent Metallurgical Engineering Consultants of California
Delegate (Corrosion) to People's Republic of China, Citizens Ambassador Program, 1986
Honors and Awards
Fellow, American Society for Metals
Patents
Patent 3,432,254 Corrosion prevention in SbCl3 / AlCl3 salts by the addition of powdered aluminum.
Patent 3,201,335 Corrosion protection of vessels used in Freidel-Crafts reactors by cathodic protection using nickel or antimony anodes.