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Expert has performed research in aqueous corrosion, primarily in seawater. He has provided assistance in the design of equipment and facilities exposed to aqueous environments, including seawater, freshwater, potable water and wastewater. As seawater contains substantial amount of chloride, this summary also applies to the area of expertise "aqueous corrosion. His expertise is also related to these areas of expertise: marine corrosion, underwater corrosion, and corrosion testing.

Expert has performed research in the corrosion of metals in atmospheric environments, primarily in marine atmospheres. He has assisted in the design of equipment and facilities exposed to atmospheric environments.

Expert has been involved in the design of many systems as a materials consultant. He has assisted in the selection of materials for a wide variety of applications. His materials selection considerations have included such factors as strength, ductility, weight, modulus of elasticity, life-cycle cost and corrosion resistance. He prepared a one-week training course for NACE International regarding materials selection and corrosion control design.

Expert has a profession engineering registration in corrosion engineering in California. He has evaluated corrosion in a wide variety of industries and environments -- ranging from corrosion of space shuttle components during storage to the design of municipal wastewater facilities. He has also prepared and presented many training courses on corrosion and corrosion control.

Expert has been active in the field of cathodic protection of buried and underwater pipelines for over 40 years. He has provided consulting services in the design, installation, inspection and maintenance of cathodic protection systems on buried and underwater pipelines. He has prepared and presented numerous training courses for personnel involved in the installation, inspection and maintenance of cathodic protection systems on pipelines and other structures. This work history includes preparation and presentation of courses for NACE International as well as preparation and presentation of courses as an independent consultant.

EXAMPLES OF CONSULTING SERVICES DURING FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT: Federal employees are allowed to provide consulting services in a private capacity, provided the activities do not interfere with the duties of the employee or present a real or perceived conflict of interest with the employee's position. From 1972 through October 1995, Expert provided such services to over 60 organizations. These services ranged from the analysis of the failure of high-speed aircraft electrical generators to the testing of materials for use in sewage outfalls. The majority of the services involved the application of corrosion control and metallurgical technology to the analysis of service failures or the design of new equipment or facilities. Preparation and presentation of technical training for engineering personnel in corrosion technology were also provided. Examples of projects during this period are:

Expert investigated the failure of several large air-conditioning units at a major University. He served as expert for the firm representing the manufacturer of the equipment who was being sued by the university for providing inferior equipment. Expert provided a deposition that attributed the deterioration of the units to poor installation and maintenance.

In several cases, Expert has investigated maritime cargo and container losses as a representative of the insurer of the cargo. He has provided depositions in two cases.

He has been retained as an expert witness in a case involving leaking underground storage tanks at a dry cleaner. He provided deposition regarding the possibility of determining the time to failure of the tanks at the site.

Expert was retained as an expert witness in a case involving the failure of a hydraulic fitting that ruptured causing a fire aboard a fishing vessel that caused serious injury to a crewman. He provided deposition regarding the possibility of detecting the fatigue damage in the hydraulic fitting prior to the failure of the fitting.

Expert prepared and presented several professional training seminars for engineering societies on corrosion and corrosion control.

Expert has been contracted to present his material science course on several occasions.

He has evaluated the requirement for additional anodes to allow for current drain to mooring chains for an offshore mooring.

Expert has revised a one-week course on Corrosion Basics for the National Association of Corrosion engineers.

He evaluated alternatives to galvanized steel gratings in an amusement attraction for a major southern California theme park. He recommended alternative materials with a significantly longer life and significantly lower life-cycle cost.

Expert developed design guidelines for the cathodic protection of water and liquid manure storage tanks fabricated from Expertfabricated glass lined panels.

He has been retained as an expert witness in a case involving corrosion of homeowner underground storage tanks that were supplied with fuel containing excess water and an unapproved fuel additive. He provided deposition.

He evaluated the corrosion of seawater cooled heat exchangers for a major chemical company.

He has been retained as an expert witness in a Trademark infringement case involving cathodic protection test stations.

Expert prepared and presented a 2-1/2 day corrosion control training course for U.S. Navy personnel.

Expert evaluated cathodic protection system on Strait Crossing Bridge, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

He prepared and presented a five-day corrosion control course for U.S. Navy personnel.

Expert prepared and presented a two-day corrosion course for a technical training provider.

Expert has prepared and presented a 2-day cathodic protection testing training course for a large water district in Southern California.

He was retained as an expert witness in a case involving corrosion of reinforcing steel in sound walls in the San Francisco Bay Area.

He assisted the U.S. Navy in the development of inspection methods for high pressure compressed air flasks used in hyperbaric facilities.

He provided consulting services regarding the corrosion of stainless steel components to a firm that designed large water treatment plant in San Diego County.

He provided corrosion consulting services to a firm that is designing a fixed underwater power and electro-optical research station.

He provided consulting services to a firm that is designing an instrumented deep water mooring for the U.S. Navy.

Expert provided corrosion consulting services to a firm that designs and manufactures remotely operated and autonomous undersea vehicles.

He developed and presented a one-day short course on corrosion to the firm above that designs and manufactures remotely operated and autonomous undersea vehicles.

He developed and presented a one-day short course for Navy engineers involved in the design and fabrication of shipboard equipment supporting the Navy’s Civil Engineer Corps.

Expert has been retained by the State of California to serve as an expert in litigation resulting from a multiple fatality failure at a large power plant. The failure resulted in a loss of approximately $400,000,000, the loss of 7 lives and the injury of 11 additional personnel. The failure was determined to be due to improper operating conditions at the plant resulting in accelerated creep of the high-pressure steam piping. In addition, the operators of the plant did not perform adequate inspection of the high pressure steam piping. He provided deposition and testified in court. The case resulted in the power company being responsible for the loss. He evaluated cathodic protection system on Strait Crossing Bridge, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

The cathodic protection system was not properly designed and provided inadequate protection to the ice shields on the bridge supports. Recommended and assisted in the design and implementation of remedial action and validated the performance of the modified system. He was retained by a municipal water district to coordinate the design and installation of cathodic protection systems on water treatment and storage tanks. He developed an ongoing cathodic protection system maintenance plan and trained district employees in proper inspection and maintenance techniques. He evaluated alternatives to galvanized steel gratings in an amusement attraction for a major southern California theme park. He recommended alternative materials with the same appearance as the original gratings with a significantly longer life and significantly lower life-cycle cost. He was retained as an expert in the evaluation of a large desalination facility using power plant effluent as feedwater. Due to improper materials selection and improper chemical treatment of the feedwater, severe corrosion resulted in the shutdown of the plant after only about 6 months of operation. Cost to repair the damage with suitable materials and proper chemical treatment was approximately $ 40,000,000. The case was settled shortly after Expert's deposition.