Expert Details
Electrical Heating with Concentration on Heat Tracing and Lithium Ion Batteries design and use
ID: 108288
California, USA
Expert on thermal insulation with concentration on piping insulation.
Contributor to the SANDIA Energy Storage Handbook, Professional Engineer in California doing verification analysis of PV and Battery Storage projects for banks loaning on the megawatt facilities.
Former member of the BOD of the Energy Storage Association and Chair of the Technical Working Group for Standards.
Expert in design and use of Lithium Ion Batteries, Worked for a LI Battery company for 6 years.
Provide Due Diligence to Venture Capital and Private Equity Companies on technical investments.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1971 | Degree: M.S. | Subject: Electrical Engineering | Institution: Stanford University |
| Year: 1967 | Degree: B.S. | Subject: Mechanical Engineering | Institution: M.I.T. |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 2002 to 2009 | Employer: | Title: | Department: |
Responsibilities:Lead a heater project to develop Mineral Insulated Heaters (MgO) for high power, high voltage and high temperature use in oil wells for flow assurance, viscosity reduction and Insitu processing. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1972 to 2002 | Employer: | Title: Electrical Engineering Manager | Department: Chemelex |
Responsibilities:Chief Engineer and Marketing Manager for Product Management |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1971 to 1972 | Employer: Telesensory Systems | Title: Chief Mechanical Engineer | Department: Corporate |
Responsibilities:Developed and sold reading aid for blind. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1968 to 1971 | Employer: Westinghouse | Title: Engineer | Department: Research Department |
Responsibilities:Housing and Appliance Research |
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International Experience
| Years | Country / Region | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Years: 1974 to 1976 | Country / Region: Europe, Asia | Summary: Expert's work has taken him throughout Europe and the Far East, giving him rich experience in electrical instrumentation, heat tracing design, and approval requirements for overseas applications. |
Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| Expert is a Life Fellow in IEEE, Senior Member of ISA and ASME. His work has taken him throughout Europe and the Far East, giving him rich experience in electrical instrumentation, heat tracing design, and approval requirements for overseas applications. |
| Licenses / Certifications |
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| Expert holds two Professional Engineering Licenses in California: Electrical and Controls Systems Engineer. |
| Professional Appointments |
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| NFPA National Electrical Code, Panel 17 Principle member |
| Awards / Recognition |
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| Expert is a Fellow of IEEE. |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| Expert holds 35 patents and has published over 70 reviewed technical papers. |
Additional Experience
| Expert Witness Experience |
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| Expert has participated in over 15 expert witness engagements, one that went all the way to the International Trade Commission in Washington DC.This was a patent infringement case and he testified before the court for 8 hours. His client was successful in defending their patents with his help. Other engagements have been through the deposition stage and ultimately settled before trial. Most of these were electrical heater fires, Lithium ion battery fires, and some personal injuries dude to steam exposure. |
| Vendor Selection |
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| Expert has experience locating vendors of: heat tracing products, shrink tubing products, nitonel, electrical sensors and instrumentation, and steam sensors and instrumentation. He has access to the following resources: printed materials, a card file, a database, and a technical library. |
| Marketing Experience |
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| Managed marketing of heat tracing product line from $2 Million in revenue to $50 Million in revenue. |
| Other Relevant Experience |
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| IEEE PCIC member for over 40 years. Treasurer for IEEE meeting with $2 million budget and 2100 attendees. Member of Code Making Panel 17 of the NFPA National Electrical Code. |
Fields of Expertise
heat tape, heat tracing, steam tracing system, energy storage, energy storage system, lithium battery accident investigation, energy consumption, electric power supervisory system, IBM software, temperature sensor, application software, technology transfer, heat transfer modeling, heat transfer fluid, heat pipe modeling, computer-aided design, compressed-air energy storage, computer graphics process, electrical-wiring code, electric energy generation, energy-efficient energy storage system, energy-efficient compressed-air energy storage, energy-efficient battery energy storage, energy-efficient thermal energy storage, energy-efficient temperature metering, energy-efficient pumped hydro storage, computer-aided engineering, radio-frequency heating, pumped-hydro energy storage, word processing software, natural convection, data acquisition, heat generation, power-line carrier communication, International Electrotechnical Commission 601, thermocouple, storage process, electrical system, heating device, heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning equipment, solar thermal energy system, Underwriters Laboratories electrical standard, thermal energy storage, International Electrotechnical Commission standard, Underwriters Laboratories, National Electrical Code, electrical standard, resistor, heating, spreadsheet software, IBM personal computer, water distribution system, thermometry, thermometer, thermal insulation system, thermal insulation material, thermal conductivity, superinsulated house, software engineering, resistance heating, pyrometry, pyrometer, plastic pipe, piping system noise, pipe, pipeline, pipe insulation, industrial magnetic energy storage, Lotus 1-2-3, leak detection, induction heating, hose, heat, heat transfer, heat radiation, heat convection, heat conduction, future studies, forced convection, fiber optics, expert system, building energy management, energy engineering, electrical safety, electrical code, electric heat, electric fuse, dielectric heating, crude oil, control system, control electronics science, computer software, climate control, circuit breaker