Expert No. 55446 – MO
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Expertise Description: B.S. - Consulting ceramics engineer with hands-on knowledge of processes related to ceramics, glass, and fiberglass production, management, and marketing, including: natural gas / oxygen combustion systems for furnaces; burner hardware; forming processes; waste management strategies; nuclear waste vitrification; environmental abatement; corrosion testing; industrial gas production; and combustion technology. Experienced in the automotive, bio-medical, defense, electronics, and nuclear fields. Previous expert witness analysis, investigations, affidavits, and testimony on combustion equipment, fractology examinations, industrial furnaces, industrial process engineering, and materials failure. Consultations, depositions, and courtroom testimony.
Areas of Expertise:
Representative Litigation Experience:
Technical investigations, analysis, reports, affidavits, and testimony toward:
Technical investigations, analysis, reports, affidavits, and testimony toward:
- Failure of Materials
- Fractology Examinations
- Guarding / Warning Issues
- Industrial Process Engineering
- Industrial Furnaces
- Combustion Equipment
Representative Consulting Services and/or Projects:
- Research Staff Consultant - Department of Ceramic Engineering; design, construction, and operation of pilot scale glass furnace for a corrosion testing project
- Engineering Consultant - construction projects with major U.S. and foreign glass companies, raw material manufacturers, combustion technology providers, and industrial gas producers; provided manufacturing improvements, and developed new safety products
- Plant Engineer - capital projects, safety, production, maintenance, research and development
- Project Engineer - management of research projects for a high-technology glass company specializing in products for defense, electronics, bio-medical, and nuclear applications; designed production processes to manufacture glass products for human bone implants and prostheses
- Research and Development Engineer - design of new combustion systems for glass manufacturing
- Technical Development Engineer - design of oxygen / natural gas combustion system to boost production
Education:
| Degree | Subject | Institution | |
|---|---|---|---|
| B.S. | Ceramic Engineering | University of Missouri-Rolla |
Professional Appointment/Association Affiliations:
- American Ceramic Society
Other Career Highlights:
| Published, "Refractory Corrosion in Oxy / Fuel Systems," Ceramic Industry Magazine |
