Expert Details
Welding of Steels and Other Alloys in Structural, Aerospace, Pharmaceutical & Refinery Applications
ID: 725804
Colorado, USA
He has been a member of Subgroup General Requirements of Section IX of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code since 2005. He has headed numerous task groups. He is available to present code cases to the ASME BPVC.
As a member of the ASME BPE MJ subcommittee, he has helped develop requirements for tube-attachment welds performed by automatic welding. He also wrote a set of essential variables for the qualification of welding operators, specifically for the performance of automatic orbital GTAW.
As a member of the ASME BPE committees, he has written rules that affect the design of piping systems, the inspection of the welds on the piping systems, and the qualification of both the welders and inspectors who fabricate and inspect these piping systems.
In the AWS Certified Welding Inspector Seminars that he teaches, he covers the processes, characteristics, variables, and discontinuities found in solid-state welding processes. He has developed spot welding processes for a fabricator who makes containers for military applications. He has also developed resistance welding processes for use in attaching tubes to high-pressure containers for nuclear weapons components.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1979 | Degree: BS | Subject: Metallurgical Engineering | Institution: University of Tennessee, Knoxville |
| Year: 1982 | Degree: None Obtained - Masters Program | Subject: Welding Engineering | Institution: Colorado School of Mines |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
|---|---|---|---|
| Years: 2006 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Owner/Operator | Department: |
Responsibilities:Provide metallurgical, welding, failure analysis, corrosion evaluation, and material selection services to various fabricators, constructors, and end users in various industries. Industries served include aerospace, food and dairy, automotive, military, water pipeline, refinery, chemical, and pharmaceutical sectors. I am an ASNT Level III Visual Testing (VT) Inspector and I have trained numerous inspectors and examiners for B31 piping and pharmaceutical applications. I have performed source inspections/examinations of food and dairy and pharmaceutical equipment. I have qualified numerous welders, welding operators and welding procedures to various codes and standards, including Section IX of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2002 to 2006 | Employer: Purity Systems, Inc. | Title: Quality Manager | Department: Engineering/Training |
Responsibilities:Provided ASNT training and technical guidance to inspectors for third-party inspection companies serving the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and semiconductor industries. Provided welding, corrosion, and metallurgical engineering consulting services. Instructed AWS classes. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1998 to 1999 | Employer: Dynamic Materials, Inc. | Title: Manufacturing Engineer | Department: Explosive Fabricators |
Responsibilities:Enforced ASME Section IX welder performance and procedure qualification requirements. Supervised GTAW seam welding of stainless steel, titanium, zirconium, nickel, nickel-copper, Inconel, and aluminum-bronze alloys for clad material. Managed relocation of 40-foot, 2-ton GTAW seam welding machine from Colorado to Pennsylvania. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1997 to 1998 | Employer: Lockheed Martin | Title: Testing Engineer | Department: Astronautics |
Responsibilities:Developed and supervised destructive and non-destructive tests in the Material Test Laboratory in accordance with ANSI and ASTM standards. Wrote test procedures and reports. Qualified new welding machines and operators for production welding of stainless steel and Inconel tubing. Provided production support to Tube Welding Shop for dissimilar metal welding of tubing for hydrazine fuel systems for rocket centaur and hydraulic applications. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1995 to 1997 | Employer: Lockheed Martin | Title: Welding Engineer | Department: Astronautics |
Responsibilities:He supervised and supported the production welding of stainless steel and inconel alloys in the fabrication of the hydrazine fuel systems used to propel the centaurs of the Titan and Atlas rocket programs. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1992 to 1995 | Employer: E G & G | Title: Senior Development Engineer | Department: Rocky Flats Plant, Golden, Colorado |
Responsibilities:Developed welding procedures and provided support for nuclear weapons component fabrication. Prepared filler wire specifications and weldability testing procedures. Supported research and development in welding metallurgy and gas tungsten arc welding. Served as welding and metallurgical engineering liaison to Los Alamos National Labs on several weapons programs. Gave numerous presentations to Sandia, Los Alamos, and the U.S. Department of Energy, at interagency conferences, and at an international nuclear weapons conference. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1982 to 1992 | Employer: Rockwell International | Title: Development Engineer | Department: Rocky Flats Plant, Golden, Colorado |
Responsibilities:He planned, developed, and documented welds for aluminum, copper, and stainless steel components for Sandia National Laboratories and Lawrence Livermore Laboratories designed nuclear weapons components. |
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International Experience
| Years | Country / Region | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Years: 2008 to 2008 | Country / Region: Czech Republic | Summary: He audited the rolling of carbon steel pipe at the Arcelor Mittal pipe fabrication facility in Ostrava, Czech Republic. |
| Years: 2006 to 2006 | Country / Region: Basel, Switzerland | Summary: He led a technical seminar on bioprocessing materials for the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. |
Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| American Welding Society (AWS) • AWS D18 Committee on Welding in Sanitary Applications, Member • AWS D18 Committee on Welding in Sanitary Applications, Second Vice Chair AWS D1K Subcommittee 11 on Stainless Steel Welding (responsible for AWS D1.6) American Society for Metals (ASM) American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT) International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineers (ISPE) International Association for Food Protection (IAFP) National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Parenteral Drug Association (PDA) American Society for Quality |
| Licenses / Certifications |
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| CERTIFICATIONS: • AWS Senior Certified Welding Inspector (SCWI), AWS Standard QC1, American Welding Society 2010. [Supersedes previous AWS Certified Welding Inspector (CWI) certification • AWS D1.1 Endorsement, 2009 • ASME Section IX, B31.1 and B31.3 Endorsement, 2009 • AWS Certified Welding Educator (CWE), AWS Standard QC5, American Welding Society, 2010 to 2017 • ASNT NDT Level III Visual Testing Inspector, American Society for Nondestructive Testing, 2007 to Present • ASNT ACCP Level II Visual and Optical Testing Inspector (General Industry and Pressure Equipment Sectors - Direct and Remote), American Society for Nondestructive Testing, 2009 to Present • Purity Systems, Inc. NDT Level III Visual Testing Inspector, 2003 – 2006 • 3-A Sanitary Standards, Inc. Certified Conformance Evaluator, 2008 to Present • American Society for Quality (ASQ) Quality Auditor, 2005 to 2008 • Axion Technical Services ASME NQA-1 Lead Auditor, 2010 |
| Professional Appointments |
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| ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessel Committee Section IX Subgroup General Requirements - member Section VIII Subgroup Fabrication & Inspection - member ASME Bioprocessing Equipment (BPE) Standard Standards Committee - member Vice-Chair Metallic Materials of Construction Material Joining - member Member, Board of Directors, C-Spec Corporation PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS: • American Society for Metals International (ASM International), more than 20 years • American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), more than 15 years • American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT), more than 15 years • American Welding Society (AWS), more than 30 years • American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), more than 15 years |
| Awards / Recognition |
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| • Dalton E. Hamilton Memorial CWI of the Year Section Award, AWS Colorado Section, American Welding Society. • AWS Private Sector Instructor District Award, AWS Colorado District, American Welding Society. • AWS Private Sector Instructor Section Award, AWS Colorado Section, American Welding Society. • Rockwell International Rocky Flats Plant Nuclear Weapons Program Award of Excellence • Rockwell International Rocky Flats Plant President’s Award |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| He has five articles published in national, industry-standard publications. |
Additional Experience
| Training / Seminars |
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| AWS Certified Welding Inspector (CWI) Seminars AWS CWI 9-Year Recertification Seminar ASNT Level II Visual Testing Classes AWS D1.5 Structural Welding - Bridge Seminars |
| Other Relevant Experience |
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| Provided welding, metallurgical, and corrosion engineering consulting services to dozens of manufacturers, fabricators, contractors, engineering firms, and end-users in various industries. ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code - Section IX Subgroup General Requirements member ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code - Section VIII Subgroup Fabrication & Inspection member ASME Bioprocessing Equipment (BPE) Standards Committee member ASME BPE Metallic Materials of Construction Committee Vice-Chairman ASME BPE Material Joining Committee member |
Fields of Expertise
arc welding, fusion welding, specific material welding, welding, wire welding, ASME Section IX Code Welding, metal welding, automatic welding, pipe welding, solid-state welding, spot welding, consensus standard, robotic welding, aircraft manufacturer, European standard, dissimilar material welding, microwelding, American Society for Testing and Materials, piping standard, airframe, standard, laser welding, thermit welding, pressure welding, braze welding, backhand welding