Expert Details
Fire Protection
ID: 712581
New Jersey, USA
The BOCA National Fire Code is the most commonly referenced code in the states where the majority of Expert's design and litigation support activities occur.
Expert maintains that explosions or fires in pneumatic conveyance ducts usually result from the ignition of a combustible vapor, gas, or dust within the duct. Expert has performed several investigations of such incidents and reconstructed the process and progress of the event from the physical evidence at the fire site.
Expert has performed several investigations of explosions where he has reconstructed the process and progress of the event from the physical evidence at the site. He does limit his work to explosions that are the result of a combustion reaction, either a deflagration or a detonation. He does not work on other chemical reactions or over-pressurization ruptures. As a principal member of the NFPA Technical Committee on the Fundamentals of Dusts, Expert routinely offered insight into events that have occurred at the sites operated by other committee member's firms.
Expert's practice includes the design of fire detection and suppression systems to manage the fire risks represented by a facility, consistent with the goals and objectives of the facility operator. He has served litigants in the analysis of fire protection systems, determining why they failed in the manner they did.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1978 | Degree: MEE | Subject: | Institution: Electrical Engineering - Stevens Institute of Technology |
| Year: 1971 | Degree: BA | Subject: | Institution: Chemistry - Colgate University |
Work History
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| Years: 1990 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: | Department: |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1973 to 1990 | Employer: Firetek Corporatio n | Title: | Department: |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1981 to 1990 | Employer: President/CE O | Title: | Department: |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1978 to 1981 | Employer: Vice President of Engineerin g | Title: | Department: |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1975 to 1978 | Employer: Chief Enginee r | Title: | Department: |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1973 to 1975 | Employer: Staff Enginee r | Title: | Department: |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1971 to 1973 | Employer: Assistant Engineer, Safety First Products Corporation | Title: | Department: |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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Fields of Expertise
fire, fire investigation, fire modeling, fire prevention, fire protection, fire risk analysis, fire safety, fire suppression system, flame, flame chemistry, flame detection, flame monitoring, flame propagation, flame sensor, National Fire Code, National Fire Protection Association code, duct explosion, duct fire, dust explosion, explosion, smoke, fire alarm, fire alarm system, fire detector, flame detector, infrared radiation detection, infrared radiation energy, infrared sensor, smoke detector, visible light, fire protection engineering, physical evidence, consequence modeling, fire sprinkler system, Factory Mutual Research Corporation, metal fire, firewall (construction), building safety, vent fire, fire extinguisher, life safety, property protection auditing, fire-exposed steel, fire egress system, duct, electrical fire, ultraviolet radiation energy, Underwriters Laboratories, sodium fire, fire safety code, fire pump, dust control