25+ years as a welding engineer, over 10 years as a registered Professional Engineer, involved with more than 100 major projects.Keen welding designer, well versed in quality system development and execution, excellent communicator.Thorough experience with welding codes and standards; regularly render interpretations that resolve conflicts; extensive library to speed research.SMAW, GMAW (including pulse), FCAW, GTAW, PAW, and OFW equipment on hand.In-house machine shop to prepare mock-ups and convert weldments into test specimens.Tensile tester (60,000 lbf), Charpy tester (240 ft-lbf), bend testers (AWS, ASME, API 1104, etc.), Rockwell hardness, Knoop micro-hardness, metallographic preparation equipment, and various microscopes are all at the ready for rapid evaluations.The combination of knowledge and experience with equipment and resources provide capabilities to generate prototypes, mock-up field conditions, develop/optimize welding procedures, conduct research, certify welding consumables, and solve welding problems.Experienced as an Expert Witness in Federal Court.
Listed skills include Welding Engineer, Certified Welding Inspector, and Ohio Registered Professional Engineer.