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Expert in Thermal-fluid Systems, Water Distribution with a Special Interest in Developing World Applications
Available for your Consulting and Expert Witness Needs
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Summary of Expertise:
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Expert has developed expertise in the area of thermal fluids engineering through graduate study, undergraduate teaching, graduate research advising and practice over the past 35 years. He has taught heat transfer and fluid mechanics numerous times and advised student teams in a broad range of projects that utilized these concepts in diverse projects such as hybrid electric vehicle design and construction and water system design and implementation in the developing world.
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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: Denver, Colorado;
Colorado Springs, Colorado;
Aurora, Colorado;
Fort Collins, Colorado;
Arvada, Colorado;
Westminster, Colorado;
Boulder, Colorado;
Greeley, Colorado;
Longmont, Colorado;
and Cheyenne, Wyoming.
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1986
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Ph.D.
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Mechanical Engineering
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Purdue University
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1983
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MS
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Mechanical Engineering
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Purdue University
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1980
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BS
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Mechanical Engineering
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University of New Mexico
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1986 to 2010
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Colorado School of Mines
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Engineering
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Associate Professor
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Expert was responsible for giving courses, advising graduate and undergraduate students, performing research and disseminating that research in the archival literature.
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1985 to 1986
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Solar Energy Research Institute
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Thermal Science Branch
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Visiting Researcher
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He carried out experiments in the large laboratory scale Salt Gradient Solar Pond model.
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1980 to 1982
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Argonne National Laboratory
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Heat Utilization
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Summer Employee
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He worked with the heat utilization group on
1. Analyzed dynamic fluid data from the Steam Generator Test Facility (1980).
2. Developed a database for thermodynamic equations of state for refrigerant alternatives (1981).
3. Maintained the Salt Gradient Solar Pond, while managing three summer employees and developing techniques for measuring vertical pond density (1982).
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1976 to 1978
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Lawrence Livermore Laboratory
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Engineering Coop Student
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1. He supported the large block retort and cementatious retort experiments associated with the oil shale project (May-Dec 1976).
2. He continued work with the oil shale project (May-August 1977).
3. He supported the Solar Energy Research Group. Devised, built and tested a steady state flowmeter used to measure flow and efficiency on inflatable cylindrical concentrating solar collectors. (May-Dec 1978).
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Associations/Societies
ASME
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Professional Appointments
1. Engineering Advisory Committee - Fetzer Institute
2. Secretary on the Board of Village Science, a nonprofit to support science education in rural Laos
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Awards/Recognition
-CSM Faculty Senate Distinguished Lecture – 2009
-Mondialogo Engineering Award, May 2005, one of 21 globally.
-SAE Faculty Advisor Award, March 1999, one of 10 nationally.
-Associate Technical Editor ASME Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Solar Ponds and OTEC, Fall 1992 - Fall 1996.
-SAE Ralph R. Teetor Award for Educators, February, 1990, one of 16 nationally.
-Voted Outstanding Faculty Member in the Engineering Department 1988-89 by the CSM Engineering Student Advisory Committee (EDSAC).
-Outstanding Faculty Award from the December 1989 CSM Graduating Class
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Publications and Patents Summary
He has 40 refereed publications and co-authored a recent book on humanitarian engineering
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Selected Publications and Publishers
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- Synthesis Lectures on Engineers, Technology and Society/Morgan and Claypool
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- Proceedings of ASME 2010 4th Int'l. Conf. on Energy Sustainability, Phoenix, AZ, May 17-22, 2010.
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- Review of Scientific Instruments
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- Welding Journal
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1976 to 1978
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Lawrence Livermore Lab - ERDA
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Student Engineering Employee
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Engineering research lab work
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1980 to 1982
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Argonne Nat'l Lab - DOE
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Summer Employee
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Engineering research lab work
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1985 to 1986
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Solar Energy Research Institute - DOE
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Visiting Researcher
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Engineering research lab work - Ph.D. thesis work.
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| Selected Consulting Examples: |
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He carried out investigations of failure modes in the hydraulic system of a three story elevator.
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He predicted and experimentally verified the cooling of a chamber associated with a discharging pressurized gas.
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He predicted the scalar and vector properties of a gas ejector used for an efficient CO2 refrigerator using computational fluid mechanics.
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He analyzed relevant building codes associated with failures observed in hydronic heating systems.
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He evaluated the work of a consulting team charged with analyzing candidate high speed rail systems for the Colorado I-25 and I-70 transportation corridors.
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Expert Witness Experience Summary:
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Expert has served as an expert witness in several cases.
1. Water damage from material failures of conventional and hydronic heating systems.
2. Fire injury from small lawn maintenance equipment.
3. Injury cause by hydraulic system failure in a three story elevator accident (deposed by the opposing counsel).
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2004 to 2011
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Honduras/Cortes
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He initiated with students a potable water project for Colinas de Suiza, a village wherein 8000 people displaced by hurricane Mitch now reside.
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2007 to 2008
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Uganda/Masaka
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He led students through geophysical and land survey measurements for a potable water system for the Makondo Catholic parish located near Masaka.
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2008 to 2009
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Uganda/Kampala/Gulu
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He led students in the design and manufacture of several passive cooler box projects design to store malaria diagnostic kits to increase their longevity in hot environments.
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Spanish
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Nearly fluent
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He maintains a strong understanding of thermal-fluid fundamental processes and associated industrial problem solving.
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| Additional Skills and Services: |
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Training/Seminars
He has taught courses in thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, engineering design, life cycle assessment and measurement systems.
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Other Skills and Services
Expert has developed skills in sustainable community development through experience on several water and humanitarian engineering projects in developing countries.
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Education
