SPECIALIZED PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE
- Failure Analysis
- Fracture Mechanics
- Materials Selection
- Condition Assessment
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- Welding Methods & Procedures
- Nondestructive Examination
- Mechanical Testing
- Remaining Life Analysis
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EQUIPMENT
- Structures
- Pipelines
- Pressure vessels
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- Steam turbines
- Fasteners
- Industrial boilers
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INDUSTRIES
- Fossil and nuclear power generation
- Construction
- Aerospace
- Refinery
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- Military
- Metals processing
- Petrochemical
- Commercial
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RECENT WORK
- Failure analysis of a steam turbine rotor.
- Fitness-for-service evaluation of pipeline girth welds.
- Remaining life estimation of a seam-welded steam piping system.
- Welding procedure review & supervision of a steel framed building upgrade.
- Root cause determination of economizer tube failures.
EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
- B.S. (Metallurgical /Welding Engineering), California Polytechnic State University (1977)
- American Welding Society Certified Welding Inspector (AWS 97120971)
Member
- American Welding Society
- ASM International
- American Institute of Steel Construction
SELECTED REPORTS, PUBLICATIONS, AND INVITED LECTURES
Metallurgical Evaluation of an Economizer Tube Failure at Council Bluffs Energy Center, Unit 2, APTECH Report AES 06066197-2-1 (June 2006).
Metallurgical Evaluation of a Hot Reheat Pipe Sample and Replicas from a Main Steam Girth Weld at San Miguel Steam Electric Station, Unit 1, APTECH Report AES 06036110-2-1 (June 2006).
Metallurgical Evaluation of Tubing from Feedwater Heater 4 at Neal Energy Center, Unit 1, APTECH Report AES 06066195-2-1 (June 2006).
Waterwall Deposit Analysis at Neal Energy Center, Unit 1, APTECH Report AES 06056183-2-1 (June 2006).
Replication of the Superheat Outlet Header and Main Steam Line at Cayuga Generating Station, Unit 2, APTECH Report AES 06036113-2-1 (May 2006).
Metallurgical Evaluation of a Front Screen Wall Tube Failure at Council Bluffs Energy Center, Unit 3, APTECH Report AES 06056171-2-1 (May 2006).
Evaluation of Tube Failures and TubeAlert Survey at Marion Generating Station, Unit 4, with J. Yavelak, APTECH Report AES 06036127-2-1 (May 2006).
Metallurgical Evaluation of Two Waterwall Tube Samples from Cape Canaveral, Unit 2, APTECH Report AES 06056182-2-1 (May 2006).
Metallurgical Evaluation of a Reheater Tube Failure from Neal Generating Station, Unit 1, APTECH Report AES 06056179-2-1 (May 2006).
Nondestructive Examination of Waterwall Deposit Thickness at Encina Power Station, Unit 4, with K. Hara, APTECH Report AES 06026073-2-1 (May 2006).
Cycling Condition Assessment at Apache Generating Station, Unit 1, with J. Yavelak, APTECH Report AES 06016049-2-1 (May 2006).
Waterwall Deposit Analysis at Neal Generating Station, Unit 2, APTECH Report AES 06046160-2-1 (May 2006).
Metallurgical Evaluation of a Waterwall Tube Failure from Riverside Generating Station, Unit 8, APTECH Report AES 06056169-2-1 (May 2006).
Metallurgical Evaluation of a Heat Recovery Steam Generator Preheater Tube, APTECH Report AES 06026098-2-1 (May 2006).
Metallurgical Evaluation of a Reheater Tubing Failure from W. C. Beckjord Generating Station, Unit 4, APTECH Report AES 06016058-2-1 (May 2006).
Metallurgical Evaluation of a Water Lance Sootblower from Louisa Generating Station, APTECH Report AES 06036139-2-1 (April 2006).
Metallurgical Evaluation of Steam Generator Phase Bus Connectors from Jasper Generating Station, APTECH Report AES 06046143-2-1 (April 2006).
Metallurgical Analysis of the Unit 2 Radiant Superheat Outlet Header Cracking at Big Cajun II, APTECH Report AES 06036105-2-1 (April 2006).
Metallurgical Evaluation of a Condensate Pump Motor Shaft from Neal Generating Station, Unit 4, APTECH Report AES 06036128-2-1 (March 2006).
Metallurgical Evaluation of a Waterwall Tube Sample from Huntley Power Plant, Boiler 67, APTECH Report AES 06036123-2-1 (March 2006).
Metallurgical Evaluation of Economizer Support Brackets from Louisa Generating Station, Unit 1, APTECH Report AES 06016057-2-2 (March 2006).
Metallurgical Evaluation of Finishing Superheater Tube Sample from Neal Generating Station, Unit 4, APTECH Report AES 06016057-2-1 (March 2006).
Metallurgical Evaluation of Waterwall Tube Samples from Little Gypsy Power Plant, Unit 3, APTECH Report AES 06026085-2-1 (March 2006).
Metallurgical Evaluation of a Dissimilar Metal Weld from the Reheater Section of Manatee Power Plant, Unit 2, APTECH Report AES 06036100-2-1 (March 2006).
Metallurgical Evaluation of Waterwall Tube Samples from the Neal Energy Center, Unit 1, Boiler, APTECH Report AES 06016041-2-1 (March 2006).
Metallurgical Evaluation of Cracking in a Primary Superheat Inlet Header Tube Stub from Council Bluffs Energy Center, Unit 1, APTECH Report AES 05105961-2-1 (March 2006).
Metallurgical Evaluation of a Tube Sample from the Heat Recovery Area of Neal Energy Center, Unit 3, APTECH Report AES 05095902-2-1 (March 2006).
Metallurgical Evaluation of Tube Samples from the Reheat Inlet Section of the Neal Station, Unit 2, Boiler, APTECH Report AES 05105951-2-1 (February 2006).
Metallurgical Evaluation of Preheater-to-Deaerator Piping Thermowell Couplet Borehole Cracking at Calpine — Deer Park Plant, Units 1 through 4, APTECH Report AES 06016061-2-1 (February 2006).
Field and Laboratory Testing of Structural Steel at the Port of Stockton District Energy Facility, APTECH Report AES 06026064-2-1 (February 2006).
Metallurgical Evaluation of a Failed Flue Gas Fan, APTECH Report AES 05126025-2-1 (February 2006).
Metallurgical Evaluation of a Superheat Partition Wall Tube from Little Gypsy Power Plant, Unit 2, APTECH Report AES 05126018-2-1 (January 2006).
Condition Assessment of Two Superheater Tubes from the ECI Cogeneration Plan, APTECH Report AES 05126023-2-1 (January 2006).
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