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Expert in Mechanical Forensics Engineering
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Expert has 30 years of hands-on, engineering, and design experience in mechanical and maintenance engineering and design for the fossil power, chemical process, bulk material handling, equipment fabrication, and HVAC and clean room industries. His years of plant maintenance engineering and design give him a unique and useful perspective in the areas of equipment, piping, and systems failures. Expert is experienced in evaluation, analysis, reconstruction, and root-cause determination of a wide range of mechanical, process, and HVAC systems and equipment problems and failures. Expert has also acquired experience with the evaluation of pressure cooker accidents, including Wolfgang Puck pressure cooker accidents, where he has developed new theory on the reason for these accidents based on established and accepted engineering principles.
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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: Norfolk, Virginia;
Richmond, Virginia;
Newport News, Virginia;
Hampton, Virginia;
Alexandria, Virginia;
Portsmouth, Virginia;
Lynchburg, Virginia;
Suffolk, Virginia;
Gaithersburg, Maryland;
and Bowie, Maryland.
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1980
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BS
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Mechanical Engineering
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Virginia Tech
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2010 to
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HTFB
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Mechanical Engineer
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Mechanical engineer for a High Temperature Fluidized Bed system for a large municipal
Sewage Treatment Plant.Systems included Sand System, Ash Slurry Transfer, and Ash mixing. Equipment included conveying systems and piping, pumps, valves, compressed air systems, and pressure vessels. Responsibilities included engineering analysis, specifications, submittal packages for Mechanical, Electrical, and I&C components for the above systems. Also responsible for assembling the final O&M manuals for the above systems and for other systems.
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2006 to 2010
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Advanced Process Solutions, Inc.
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Mechanical Engineer
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Mechanical engineer for ethanol plants (Grain and Cellulose based). Performed equipment sizing and design support, detailed vendor submittal technical analysis and reviews for pumps, tanks, pressure vessels, heat exchangers, compressors, chillers, and other mechanical process equipment.
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2004 to 2006
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RLC Technologies, Inc.
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Mechanical Engineer
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Engineer and designer for a thermal desorption system that cleans contaminated soil and recovers oil and water for recycle. Was responsible for generation and preparation of technical documents for submittal to the A-E firm in charge of the overall project (SNC-Lavalin, Montreal).
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2003 to 2004
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Technovation Systems, Inc.
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Mechanical Engineer
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Engineer and designer for an FDA-regulated Class 100 medical clean room complex. Provided engineering and design for air balance, P&ID's, clean room layout, ceiling design, architectural layout and details, HVAC design and specification, piping engineering and design, and structural platform engineering and design.
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2002 to 2003
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CDI Engineering Group
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Mechanical Engineer
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Specifying engineer for a set of fast-track chemical process plant upgrades for Dow Chemical. Responsible for preparing detailed requisition packages for new process equipment including pumps (centrifugal, gear, diaphragm, and positive-displacement types), cooling towers, boilers (gas and electric), safety valves and rupture disks, and other process-related equipment.
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2001 to 2002
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ABAMP Technologies Inc.
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Mechanical Engineer
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Engineer for a startup electrical and technology firm installing HVAC and automation systems for Siemens Building Automation Division. Provided on-site engineering support for installation of a new boiler, chillers, fan coil units, and control network for a complete building HVAC upgrade.
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1999 to 2001
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Ingenco, Inc.
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Mechanical Engineer
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Project and design engineer for an independent electric power generating company. Responsible for process and mechanical design engineering for modular diesel power plants at various locations. Managed and produced calculations, designs and databases for the process and mechanical design,
including PFD's, P&ID's, CAD design drawings, equipment, piping, valve, and instrument lists, specifications, and capital equipment purchase orders.
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1998 to 1999
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Alliance Engineering Inc.
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Mechanical Engineer
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Mechanical engineer for a multi-discipline engineering firm serving industrial clients in the mid-atlantic region. Performeed a broad range of engineering duties including analysis, design, design review, and on-site technical support.
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Licenses/Certifications
VA P.E. License
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| Selected Consulting Examples: |
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William W. TunnerThompson McMullen804-649-7545Provided forensic engineering for a case involving a fatal steam explosionof a jacketed cooking kettle.
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C. Arthur 'Brother' Rutter IIIRutterMills L.L.P.757-622-5000Provided forensic engineering for a case involving a fatal failureof a large fire protection water pipe
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Walter EmrochEmroch & Kilduff804.358.1568Provided forensic engineering for a case involving a seriousinjury from a failed boiler hot water piping connection.
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Stephen SwainShuttleworth, Ruloff, Swain, Haddad, & Morecock(757) 671-6000Provided forensic engineering for a case involving a seriousinjury from an air compressor air tank failure.
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Cynthia RansonRanson Law Offices1562 Kanawha Boulevard EastCharleston, WV 25336(304) 345-1990Provided forensic engineering for a case involving a seriousinjury from an exploded pressure cooker.
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Expert Witness Experience Summary:
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Have provided forensic engineering for cases including steam explosions, pipeing failure, piping bolted flange connection failure, air compressor tank explosion, and pressure cooker accidents, including Wolfgang Puck cookers.. Work has included inspection, research, analysis, deposition, and courtroom testimony as an expert witness.
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Recent Litigation Client Requests:
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Pressure cooker litigation expert for consulting on Wolfgang Puck 5 qrt. electronic pressure cooker-injury.
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Pressure cooker expert needed for consulting regarding explosion causation.
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Expert in pressure cookers for consulting on Wolfgang Puck model BPCRM040 7-Quart pressure cooker that failed.
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Pressure cooker expert witnesses for consulting on Wolfgang Puck pressure cooker issues.
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2004 to 2006
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Canada - Montreal
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Engineer and designer for a thermal desorption system that cleans contaminated soil and recovers oil and water for recycle. Worked with SNC Lavelin in Montreal, Canada.
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2006 to 2010
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Eastern Afghanistan
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HVAC engineer for a US Army Corps of Engineers Afghan Army base projects in Jalalabad, and Konduz Afhanistan.
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Other Skills and Services
With a solid background in plant engineering and maintenance he has strong and unique skills in failure analysis and determination.
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