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Materials Scientist, Mechanical Engineer, Metallurgist, Industrial Design and Materials Selection Specialist, Manufacturing Consultant, Failure Analysis Consultant, Forensic Investigation and Analysis, Expert, Engineering Consulting Services
Expertise in materials science and engineering, mechanical engineering, fracture and failure analysis, and electron microscopy and diffraction methods in materials science, and offers extensive consulting experience in design, materials selection, materials testing, and solutions to manufacturing problems.

This KKAI consultant has conducted numerous failure analyses and studies. A representative sampling of report titles includes Failure of Water Sprinkler Head, Failure of a Heater Power Cord, Failure Analysis of Fractured Springs, Feasibility Study for Rotor Molded Polyethylene Wine Barrel Racks, Microstructural Analysis of Heat Resistant Materials, Analysis of Joining Tool, Analysis of Hot Dip Galvanized Coatings, Analysis of Enamel Coatings for Appliances, Analysis of Solder Coatings, Failure Analysis Defects in Aluminum Castings, Environmental Stress Cracking of Polycarbonate, Feasibility Study of Tire Recycling Concept for Recovered Materials Foundation, Failure Analysis of a Co-Cr Replacement Knee Component, Failure Analysis of Ti-6Al-4V Replacement Knee Components, Optimizing Mechanical Properties of Aluminum Castings, Contamination of Sintered Biomaterials, Fracture Characteristics of a Novel Biomaterial, Investigation of Trailer Failure, Optimization of LM6 Casting Procedures, Heat Treatment of CF8M Steel, Materials Selection of Smelter Tapping Pipe, Analysis of Aluminum Alloy 5083 Hull Corrosion, Characterization of Ball Grid Array, Impeller Failure Analysis, Heat Exchanger Tube Failure Analysis at Wairakei Power Station, Solder Joint Analysis, Environmentally assisted cracking of Plastics, Solder Joint Analysis, Failure of Plastic Components, Process Improvement in Aluminum Foundry, Failure Analysis of a Large Roller Bearing, Failure Analysis of Large Cast Iron Pipes used in the Aluminum Smelting Industry, and Analysis of Pb-free Solder Joints

PRINCIPAL INDUSTRIES SERVED
Automotive, Manufacturing, Metals, Research and Development

EDUCATION
Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, minor in Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN
M.S., Materials Science and Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN
B.E., Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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Head of Department, Department of Mechanical Engineering, major university

Previously served in positions of Associate Professor, Senior Lecturer, and Lecturer teaching courses including Introduction to Engineering Materials, Fracture and Failure Analysis, and Electron Microscopy and Diffraction Methods in Materials Science.

Consultant, Metallurgical and Materials consulting firm, Christchurch NZ

Served as consultant to a variety of industrial clients on design, materials selection, materials testing, manufacturing problems and failure analysis.

ASEE Postdoctoral Fellow, Physical Metallurgy Branch, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC

Teaching and Research Assistant, graduate student,, Materials Science Department, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

Team Leader, Engineering systems, Electronic Data Systems at Rochester Products Division of General Motors

Project Manager, AC Spark Plug Division, General Motors

Systems Engineer and applications programmer, General Motors

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

Other positions include:
Visiting scientist, Materials Engineering Dept, Monash Univ., Australia
Visiting scientist, Physical Metallurgy Branch, U.S. NRL
PNNL Fellow, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland WA
Metallurgical Engineer, James Wert and Associates, Nashville, TN

Currently Funded Research Projects
Fundamental mechanisms of creep in magnesium alloys
Grain boundary engineering of alloy 800HT
Three-dimensional analysis of HP50 reformer tubes
Erosion of cast iron by liquid aluminum

Symposia Organized
Symposium on 3D Analysis of Microstructures, Characterization and Representation of Material Microstructures in 3-D
Symposium on Applications of EBSD to Phase Transformations
Symposium on Advanced in Microstructural Characterization Techniques
Symposium on Industrial Applications of Solid State Phase Transformations

HONORS AND AWARDS
Engineer-in-Training Exam Passed, State of Tennessee
Teaching Assistantship, Vanderbilt University
Graduate Research Fellowship, Vanderbilt University
American Society of Engineering Education Postdoctoral Fellowship
Featured Research Article in the US Naval Research Laboratory Review
Best paper/presentation at IMMA Materials 98, Wollongong NSW Australia
Alan Berman Research Publications Award, US Naval Research Laboratory
Key reader and member of the Board of Review for Metallurgical and Materials Transactions
Reviewer for ICAMP-1, 2000.ICAMP-3, 2004, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions, Materials Science and Engineering A, International Journal of Cast Metal Research, Waste Management, Ultramicroscopy, Microscopy Research & Techniques, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Scripta Materialia, Journal of Materials Science

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Alpha Sigma Mu, Materials Honorary Society
Sigma Xi, Scientific Research Society
The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS), Phase Transformations Committee

PUBLICATIONS
This consultant is the author of two book chapters on Three-Dimensional Microscopy, and Proeutectoid Cementite, and is the author of numerous articles, papers, theses, presentations and seminars on topics related to and including EBSD Mapping Microstructural Evolution of Pure Magnesium During Creep, Crystallography of the BCC/HCP Transformation in a Mg-8Li Alloy, Modern 3-D View Of An "Old" Pearlite Colony, An Electron Microscope Study of Al-Fe-Si Intermetallics in Eutectic Al-Si Alloys, Bi on Graphite: Morphology and Growth of Star-Shaped Dendrites, A Three-Dimensional Characterization of Creep Void Formation in Hydrogen Reformer Tubes, 3D Analysis of Creep Voids in Hydrogen Reformer Tubes, Growth of oriented Bi nanorods at highly ordered pyrolitic-graphite step-edges, Three Dimensional Analysis and Classification of Grain Boundary Nucleated Proeutectoid Ferrite Precipitates, New Insights into the Widmanstätten Proeutectoid Ferrite Transformation, Crystallographic Identification of Intermetallic Phases in Al-Si Alloys, A Crystallographic Orientation Transition And Early Stage Growth Characteristics Of Thin Bismuth Films On HOPG, Characterization of Cast Mg-Li-Ca Alloys, Materials Characterization, Symposium On Characterization And Representation Of Materials Microstructures In 3D, Identification of Intermetallic Phases in Eutectic Al-Si Casting Alloy using Electron Backscatter Diffraction Pattern Analysis, Some new characteristics of the strengthening phase in beta-phase magnesium lithium alloys containing aluminum and beryllium, Crystallography of Solid State Grain Boundary Cementite Dendrites, Three-Dimensional Observations of Proeutectoid Cementite Precipitates at Short Isothermal Transformation Times, Transmission Electron Microscopy of Deep Etched Cementite, Three-Dimensional Analysis of Microstructures, The Primary Growth Direction of Widmanstätten Cementite Laths, Three Dimensional Analysis of Proeutectoid Cementite Precipitates, Correlation between the Crystallography and Morphology of Proeutectoid Widmanstätten Cementite Precipitates, Morphology and Crystallography of Proeutectoid Widmanstätten Cementite Precipitates, Three Dimensional Morphology of Cementite Precipitates, Morphology and Crystallography of Interphase Precipitates in Undercooled, Rapidly Solidified Titanium Rare Earth Alloys, Erosion Resistance of Diamond Coatings, High Temperature Corrosion of Stainless Steels, 3D Analysis of Creep Voids in Hydrogen Reformer Tubes, Selection and Testing of Compression Seal and Chamber Coating Materials For the Pivotal Engine, Design of a 3-Axis Wear Testing Device, Characterization of Intermetallics in AL 6xxx Alloys, Modification of Aluminum-Silicon Casting Alloys by Minor Alloying Additions, 3-Dimensional Analysis of Proeutectoid Cementite Precipitate Morphologies, and more.

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Corrosion Investigation (Alloy 5083 used in marine applications)

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