Larry E. McKnight
McKnight Laboratory, Inc.
14555 Valley View, Suite I
Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670

Telephone: (562) 407-0755
Facsimile: (562) 407-0751
E-mail: mcklab@gte.net


Areas of Expertise

Metallurgical failure analysis; fractography; welding; corrosion; scanning electron microscopy; establishing materials in-process; sequences and manufacturing control; forensic analysis for litigation (over 500 depositions and 50 trial court appearances as expert witness).


Education

B.S. (Metallurgical Engineering), University of Washington (1960)


Work Experience

1986 - present	Owner / President
	McKnight Laboratory, Inc.
	Santa Fe Springs, CA
1979 - 1986	Partner / Owner (50%)
	Mettek
	Santa Ana, CA
1975 - 1979	Owner
	Materials Science Center
	Newport Beach, CA
1967 - 1975	Chief Metallurgist
	Testing Engineers
	Los Angeles and San Diego, CA offices
1960 - 1967	Research Laboratory Engineer
	Eagle Pitcher Corporation
	Chicago Vitreous Division
	Chicago, IL
1959 - 1960	Research Engineer
	Boeing Airplane Company
	Seattle, WA
1957 - 1959	Metallurgical and Corrosion Engineering Work
	Corps of Engineers
	Anchorage, AK

Teaching Experience

Orange Coast College – "Welding Inspection and Testing," 1970, American Welding Society
Chapman College – "Failure Analysis of Welds, 1973," American Welding Society
Don Bosco Tech – "Failure Analysis of Welded Structures," American Society for Metals
Cal Poly Pomona – Corrosion Seminar, 1979
Long Beach State College – "Failure Analysis"
American Society for Metals – "Metallurgy for Non-Metallurgists," 1981, 1982, 1983
American Society for Metals – "Fundamentals of Failure Analysis," 1993


Professional Memberships / Registrations

Registered Metallurgical Engineer, California No. MT1570

Registered Corrosion Engineer, California No. CR908

Past Chairman, American Society of Metals, Orange Coast Chapter

Chairman, WESTEC Technical Conference, 1977 - 1978

Fellow Selection Committee, ASM, 1977 - 1978

Member, ASM International

Member, American Welding Society

Member, American Institute of Steel Construction

Member, National Association of Corrosion Engineers

"Who's Who in Engineering," American Association of Engineering Societies, Fifth Edition, 1982

Member, Independent Metallurgical Engineering Consultants of California

- Chairman, 1982 - 1983

Firm Membership, Consulting Engineers Association of California

University of Washington, Materials Science and Engineering Department, Industrial Advisory Board, 1992 - 1994

Board of Registration on Corrosion, State of California, 1995


Honors and Awards

Fellow, American Society of Metals (elected 1976)
Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society


Patents

"Electrolytic Deburring of Metals," 1960, Boeing Company