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Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchangers
Expert has more than 30 years of experience in the design and manufacture of shell-and-tube heat exchangers. He is thoroughly familiar with the manufacture and specifications of tubing, plate, and forgings used in these devices, and in the materials and…
Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Expert has conducted an extensive review for the Electric Power Research Institute on coal beneficiation to enhance conversion. Much of the focus of his work has been on ash forming mineral removal and desulfurization. He has extensive contacts in this…
Failure Analysis of Materials
MATERIAL FAILURE ANALYSIS; ADHESIVE FAILURE; COMPOSITE FAILURE; METAL FAILURE. Expert's (pronounced Wall-teen) principal occupation has been in the analysis of failures of machine components, including orthopedic (surgical) implants. Materials analyzed include metals and alloys of all types, polymers, elastomers, composites,…
Petroleum Exploration and Exploitation
PETROLEUM EXPLORATION; PETROLEUM PRODUCTION; SEISMIC INTERPRETATION. Expert is a petroleum geologist with over 35 years of expertise in petroleum exploration and exploitation. He has extensive experience in imagery (including LANDSAT, SEASAT, TECTOSAT, and SPOT), rift tectonics, and seismic interpretation. He…
Metallurgical Engineering, Materials Processing, Materials Failure Analysis
Expert has gained extensive experience in the uses of ferrous metals and alloys (carbon and alloy steel, high strength steel, structural steel, heat resistant steel), non-ferrous metals and alloys, superalloys, stainless steels (austenitic, ferritic, martensitic, and precipitation hardening grades), tool…
Flowmeters
EUROPEAN ELECTRICAL STANDARD. Expert has worked in Europe since 1990 where he has become intimately involved with the modification of American-made products for the purpose of meeting European requirements and expectations. Specifically, he has coordinated the design and certification process…
Environmental Contamination Detection, Environmental Contamination Remediation
PESTICIDE RESIDUE ANALYSIS. Expert has over 15 years experience in developing and executing analytical methods for pesticides and other contaminates in foods, beverages and the environment. He is skilled in experimental design, sampling, and reporting organization. He is fully familiar…
Industrial Utilities and Forensic Engineering
Expert has spent a major portion of his career involved with industrial utility generation and distribution. This has included steam and condensate, compressed air, chilled and frigid water, and fuels. His work has encompassed, and continues to encompass, the primary…
Nuclear Oil Well Logging
NUCLEAR OIL WELL LOGGING; HYDROCARBON DETECTION. Expert (Expert initially, then Expert) is a physicist with extensive knowledge of nuclear oil well logging. His primary area of focus has been on neutron and gamma-ray transport to determine the presence of hydrocarbons…
Fluid Sealing Technology
SEALS; MECHANICAL SEALS; LIP SEALS; FACE SEALS. Expert's primary expertise is in the area of fluid sealing technology, a branch of tribology. He specializes in mechanical seals (or face seals) for pumps, compressors, and other turbo machines, and lip seals…