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Expert in Electrical Systems Safety
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Summary of Expertise:
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Expert is an expert in the application of numerous domestic (UL, CSA, FM, ISA) and international (IEC) standards and codes through both his membership in drafting committees and practical application experience. He has obtained product certification for preventing fire and shock hazards and explosion prevention, especially explosion-proof and intrinsically safe construction.
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Expert has helped draft domestic and international standards for explosion-proof, intrinsically safe, and pressurization techniques, nonincendive systems, and installation of intrinsically safe systems.
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Expert has extensive experience in intrinsic safety, and has worked with the design of electrical components so that under normal (or even abnormal) conditions, energy cannot be released to ignite a flammable atmosphere mixture (of gas, vapor, or dust).
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Expert has been deeply involved in the generation of domestic and international standards for apparatuses that are used in explosion-endangered areas. For many years, he was responsible for obtaining certifications of electrical apparatus from certifying bodies such as Factory Mutual, PTB, EECS, SAA, and the Canadian Standards Association. Expert has consulted widely, assisting people to understand the requirements for hazardous locations, the interpretation of electrical codes, and how they can most economically meet the requirements without needlessly investing capital. His expertise also covers general purpose (i.e., non-hazardous) location approvals of electrical apparatuses by the UL, Factory Mutual, and Canadian Standards Association.
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Expert has studied the hazard of explosion initiation by energy from lasers and optical fibers and measures to reduce the probability of ignition.
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Show Secondary and Basic Areas of Expertise | Localities:
Expert may consult nationally and internationally, and is also local to the following cities: Tampa, Florida;
Saint Petersburg, Florida;
Orlando, Florida;
Clearwater, Florida;
Cape Coral, Florida;
Lakeland, Florida;
Melbourne, Florida;
Deltona, Florida;
Largo, Florida;
and Daytona Beach, Florida.
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1948
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B.S.
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Electrical Engineering
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Tufts University
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1996 to
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Independent Consultant
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1976 to 1996
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Honeywell
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Industrial Automation and Control (IAC)
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Manager, Standards & Approvals; Sr. Engineering Fellow
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Expert participated in national and international standards development, and managed divisional safety approvals.
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1952 to 1976
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Honeywell
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Section Manager
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He managed product engineering, development engineering and research engineering sections. He was responsible for electronic, electromechanical, electrochemical, optical, and infrared control devices and instruments.
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1948 to 1952
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Honeywell
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Product Engineer
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Expert conducted engineering redesign projects to rectify manufacturing and field problems. He assisted field personnel in customer relations, and assessed new designs for satisfactory conformance to design specifications, serviceability, etc.
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1952 to 1996
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Drexel University
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Adjunct Instructor, then Adjunct Professor in Electrical Engineering
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He taught courses in electrical engineering, circuits, applied mathematics, rotating machinery, transmission lines, etc.
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Associations/Societies
Expert is a member of ISA and Tau Beta Pi. He either has been or is a member of committees of the International Electrotechnical Commission, the National Fire Protection Association, the National Academy of Sciences, and the National Research Council and Instrument Society of America. He was on several panels on Hazardous Materials for the NAS/NRC.
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Licenses/Certifications
He is a professional engineer in the State of Pennsylvania.
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Professional Appointments
Expert is the former V.P of Standards and Practices and Director, ISA; Secretary, IEC TC65B; Chairman, ISA SP12; U.S. delegate to IEC TC31 and subcommittees; and former parliamentarian, ISA. He is a former member of the NEC Panel 14 and NFPA EECA committee; Member of National Academy of Sciences/Engineering Panels on Classification of Hazardous Materials, and Committee on Causes and Prevention of Grain Elevator Explosions.
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Awards/Recognition
He is a life Fellow in the Instrument Society of America. He won the ISA Standards and Practices Award. He is listed in Who's Who in Engineering.
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Publications and Patents Summary
Expert has written numerous books, papers and articles on electrical safety, radiation pyrometry and standards, and many contributions to handbooks. His extensive publications include the following books: "Electrical Instruments In Hazardous Locations," "Electrical Safety In Hazardous Locations," "Intrinsic Safety," and "Temperature Measurement In Industry."
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Selected Publications and Publishers
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- Instrument Society of America, Research Triangle Park
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- Independent Learning Module, Instrument Society of America, Research Triangle Park
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Recent Client Requests:
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Process control safety expert for consulting on intrinsic FM certification issues.
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NEC hazardous classification expert for consulting on high current conductors in hazardous area.
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Safety analysis expert for consulting on the development of an intrinsically safe wireless communications product.
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Engineering expert in factory mutual product certification for consulting on FM product certification requirements.
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Expert in robotics for consulting on explosion-proof requirements for a robot used in an hazardous/explosive environment.
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Expert in UL standards and/or CE requirements for litigation case.
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French
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Expert reads French in his field (haltingly).
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German
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He reads German in his field (haltingly).
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As manager of engineering development sections, Expert's duties overlapped with and assisted product introduction personnel. He made many new product introductory presentations to large customers.
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Training/Seminars
Expert has delivered numerous two-day short courses in explosion prevention based on the text he wrote with Calder. He has also given several 6- to 8-night courses in explosion prevention using "Electrical Instruments in Hazardous Locations" as a text. Additionally, he lectures in temperature measurement in ISA section training courses.
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Supplier and Vendor Location and Selection He still retains personal contacts at many vendors of intrinsic safety apparatus, pressurized apparatus, and some manufacturers of laser communicating apparatus.
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Other Skills and Services
In retirement, he has provided consulting services, mostly by phone and e-mail. He is willing to travel but feels that consulting from his office is much less costly to the client.
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