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Pipes, Pumps, Valves, Flooding, Dams, Pipelines, Flow Meters, Water Flow

ID: 731020 Utah, USA

Expert has an earned PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering and is currently research professor at a major water research lab. His primary focus is Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics with other interests in Hydrology. His expertise includes physical modeling of dams and spillways, open channel flows, testing of valves, pipelines, and flow meters. He has developed hydraulic structures for energy dissipation including baffled hoods for Howell-Bunger valves. He is a licensed professional engineer and is regarded as a hydraulic engineering subject matter expert.

Provided consulting for hydropower development on multiple hydroelectric power installations. Expert's services included water hammer analysis and cavitation analysis. He provided consulting services for an energy dissipating hood to be used in conjunction with a Howell-Bunger valve. In fact, he developed the design of the hood and it has been installed in multiple location. Expert provided hydraulic analysis of a canal bypass to be used for hydroelectric power development. The analysis included a computational fluid dynamics simulation. He provided hydraulic analysis of pipeline that was re-lined with mortar in which the mortar was placed too thick. The analysis showed that the losses were relatively minor. Expert also provided flood investigation for homeowners suffering from damage related to a cloudburst rainstorm.

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Education

Year	Degree	Subject	Institution
Year: 1996	Degree: PhD	Subject: Civil and Environmental Engineering	Institution: Utah State University
Year: 1994	Degree: MS	Subject: Civil and Environmental Engineering	Institution: Utah State University
Year: 1992	Degree: BS	Subject: Civil Engineering	Institution: Utah State University

Work History

Years	Employer	Title	Department
Years: 1998 to Present	Employer: Undisclosed	Title: Research Professor	Department: Utah Water Research Laboratory
Responsibilities: Available upon request.
Years	Employer	Title	Department
Years: 1996 to 1998	Employer: Self Employed	Title: Hydraulic Engineer	Department:
Responsibilities: Available upon request.

Additional Experience

Expert Witness Experience
Expert Services • Expert Witness for litigation for patent infringement on automatic residential water shut-off valve. • Expert Witness for litigation for patent infringement on pedicure foot bath pump. • Expert Witness for litigation involving device designed to improve water metering accuracy. • Expert opinion on canal flooding • Expert opinion and declaration on patent infringement of pedicure water pump. • Expert opinion of flow meter patent for residential flow meters. • Expert services for hydraulic analysis of agricultural irrigation system. • Expert opinion of butterfly valve seat failure. • Expert opinion of adequacy and field investigation of flow metering station. • Expert services for the Sergeant Bluff Soy Processing Plant Explosion. • Expert services including deposition for the hydraulic analysis of the Hetch-Hetchy Pipeline #1 Lining Project. • Expert services for hydraulic analysis of the Riverton City Flooding. • Expert services for the Washington City Well #2 accident.

Expert Witness Experience

Expert Services
• Expert Witness for litigation for patent infringement on automatic residential water shut-off valve.
• Expert Witness for litigation for patent infringement on pedicure foot bath pump.
• Expert Witness for litigation involving device designed to improve water metering accuracy.
• Expert opinion on canal flooding
• Expert opinion and declaration on patent infringement of pedicure water pump.
• Expert opinion of flow meter patent for residential flow meters.
• Expert services for hydraulic analysis of agricultural irrigation system.
• Expert opinion of butterfly valve seat failure.
• Expert opinion of adequacy and field investigation of flow metering station.
• Expert services for the Sergeant Bluff Soy Processing Plant Explosion.
• Expert services including deposition for the hydraulic analysis of the Hetch-Hetchy Pipeline #1 Lining
Project.
• Expert services for hydraulic analysis of the Riverton City Flooding.
• Expert services for the Washington City Well #2 accident.

Career Accomplishments

Associations / Societies
Member of the AWWA Standards Committee 161 on Butterfly Valves which includes AWWA Standards C504, C516, C519 and M49 Manual Member of AWWA Water Meter Standards Committee 380 for developing AWWA Standards C700, C701, C702, C703, C704, C706, C707, C708, C710, C712, C713 and M6 Manual on Meter Testing Member of the AWWA Standards Committee 242 on Gate and Check Valves which develops AWWA standards C500, C508, C509 and C518 Member American Water Works Association (AWWA) Life Member United States Society on Dams (USSD) Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

Associations / Societies

Member of the AWWA Standards Committee 161 on Butterfly Valves which includes AWWA Standards C504, C516, C519 and M49 Manual

Member of AWWA Water Meter Standards Committee 380 for developing AWWA Standards C700, C701, C702, C703, C704, C706, C707, C708, C710, C712, C713 and M6 Manual on Meter Testing

Member of the AWWA Standards Committee 242 on Gate and Check Valves which develops AWWA standards C500, C508, C509 and C518

Member American Water Works Association (AWWA)
Life Member United States Society on Dams (USSD)
Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

Licenses / Certifications
PE

Awards / Recognition
SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES/AWARDS • Member of AWWA Water Meter Standards Committee 372 for developing AWWA Standards C750 “Transit-Time Flowmeters in Full Closed Conduits” and C751 “Magnetic Inductive Flowmeters” • AWWA Water Conservation Division Best Paper Award • AWWA Engineering & Construction Division Best Paper Award • Member of the AWWA Standards Committee 3 • Member of the AWWA Standards Committee 161 on Butterfly Valves which includes AWWA Standards C504, C516, C519 and M49 Manual • Member of AWWA Water Meter Standards Committee 380 for developing AWWA Standards C700, C701, C702, C703, C704, C706, C707, C708, C710, C712, C713 and M6 Manual on Meter Testing • Member of the AWWA Standards Committee 242 on Gate and Check Valves which develops AWWA standards C500, C508, C509 and C518 • AWWA Engineering & Construction Division Best Paper Award • Outstanding Teacher: College of Engineering • Outstanding Teacher: Civil and Environmental Engineering Department • Outstanding Advisor: Civil and Environmental Engineering Department • Licensed Professional Engineer – State of Utah • Member American Water Works Association (AWWA) • Life Member United States Society on Dams (USSD) • Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) • Outstanding Senior in the College of Engineering and the Department of Civil Engineering • Samuel Fletcher Tapman ASCE Scholarship • Max LeGrand Expert Memorial Scholarship • Nielsen, Maxwell, and Wangsgaard Scholarship • Member Tau Beta Pi72 on Flowmeters

Awards / Recognition

SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES/AWARDS
• Member of AWWA Water Meter Standards Committee 372 for developing AWWA Standards C750 “Transit-Time Flowmeters in Full Closed Conduits” and C751 “Magnetic Inductive Flowmeters”
• AWWA Water Conservation Division Best Paper Award
• AWWA Engineering & Construction Division Best Paper Award
• Member of the AWWA Standards Committee 3
• Member of the AWWA Standards Committee 161 on Butterfly Valves which includes AWWA Standards C504, C516, C519 and M49 Manual
• Member of AWWA Water Meter Standards Committee 380 for developing AWWA Standards C700, C701, C702, C703, C704, C706, C707, C708, C710, C712, C713 and M6 Manual on Meter Testing
• Member of the AWWA Standards Committee 242 on Gate and Check Valves which develops AWWA standards C500, C508, C509 and C518
• AWWA Engineering & Construction Division Best Paper Award
• Outstanding Teacher: College of Engineering
• Outstanding Teacher: Civil and Environmental Engineering Department
• Outstanding Advisor: Civil and Environmental Engineering Department
• Licensed Professional Engineer – State of Utah
• Member American Water Works Association (AWWA)
• Life Member United States Society on Dams (USSD)
• Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
• Outstanding Senior in the College of Engineering and the Department of Civil Engineering
• Samuel Fletcher Tapman ASCE Scholarship
• Max LeGrand Expert Memorial Scholarship
• Nielsen, Maxwell, and Wangsgaard Scholarship
• Member Tau Beta Pi72 on Flowmeters

Publications and Patents Summary
Over 50 peer reviewed journal publications and over 700 technical reports.

Fields of Expertise

canal, civil engineering, flood control, hydraulic engineering, water pipe