Phillip Prueter, P.E. Email & Phone Number

Cleveland, Oh, Us

Shaker Heights, Ohio

Responsible for leading Consulting Services, which includes technical experts across North America on the following Engineering Teams:- Mechanical & Structural Engineering- Mechanical Integrity- Materials & Corrosion Engineering- Risk-Based Inspection- Rotating Equipment, Vibrations & Dynamics- Process Technology- Instrumentation, Controls, and Electrical EngineeringStrong focus on driving technology development and innovation, providing world-class engineering support to clients to help them maximize safety, equipment reliability, and production, and transferring knowledge to industry through publications. Additional focus on ensuring our technical experts support the Equity Engineering Practices, Software, and Training.

Shaker Heights, Ohio

Responsibilities include:• Managing the Materials and Corrosion Engineering Business Unit.• Overseeing Nuclear Consulting Services.• Providing troubleshooting, problem solving, inspection recommendations, life cycle management strategies, and emergency technical support for refineries, upstream sites, chemical facilities, and power plants.• Guiding and performing damage mechanism reviews, root-cause failure analysis, Fitness-For-Service assessments, new design evaluations, and advanced stress analysis in the following areas:- Design by Analysis and root-cause failure investigations employing nonlinear, elastic-plastic FEA- Elevated temperature analysis, including non-linear creep and creep-fatigue simulations- Transient thermal-mechanical fatigue assessments- High Temperature Hydrogen Attack (HTHA) analysis- Minimum Pressurization Temperature (MPT) evaluations of hydroprocessing reactors- Local Post Weld Heat Treatment (PWHT) simulations/optimization- Explicit dynamic FEA to evaluate internal/external blast loading - Computational weld residual stress simulations with cyclic plasticity material models- Explicit flaw modeling and fracture mechanics assessments- Seismic and natural frequency analysis• Reviewing and acting as Responsible Charge for mechanical engineering and materials and corrosion engineering assessments and technical reports.• Actively publishing technical papers that focus on pressure vessel/piping reliability, elevated temperature design, HTHA, explicit dynamics, Design by Analysis, fatigue, fracture mechanics, advanced FEA techniques, and process safety.• Chair of the ASME Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference Technical Session - Codes and Standards: API 579/ASME Code Fitness-for-Service Activities• Member of the ASME Section VIII Working Groups on Design by Analysis and Elevated Temperature Design• Instructor of the ASME Master Classes on Design by Analysis and Fatigue Requirements - ASME Section VIII, Division 2

Shaker Heights, Ohio

Responsibilities include:• Leading the Advanced Analysis Group.• Managing Nuclear Consulting Services.• Providing troubleshooting, problem solving, inspection recommendations, life cycle management strategies, and technical support for plant shutdowns.• Performing Fitness-For-Service evaluations using methodologies of API 579-1/ASME FFS-1.• Conducting ASME Code compliance calculations for pressure vessels and piping per ASME Section VIII and Section III, as well as other international pressure vessel and piping Codes.• Actively publishing technical papers that focus on pressure vessels/piping, elevated temperature design, explicit dynamics, FEA, and process safety.• Providing emergency engineering support for upstream facilities, refineries, and chemical plants worldwide.• Performing Advanced Stress Analysis in the following areas:- Design by Analysis and root-cause failure investigations employing nonlinear, elastic-plastic FEA- Elevated temperature analysis of equipment, including non-linear creep and creep-fatigue simulations- Transient thermal-mechanical fatigue assessments- Minimum Pressurization Temperature (MPT) evaluations of hydroprocessing reactors- Local Post Weld Heat Treatment (PWHT) simulations and optimization- Explicit dynamic FEA to evaluate the dynamic response of structures subjected to internal/external blast loading- Computational weld residual stress simulations with cyclic plasticity material models- Explicit flaw modeling and fracture mechanics assessments- Seismic and natural frequency analysis• Chair of the ASME Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference Technical Session - Codes and Standards: API 579/ASME Code Fitness-for-Service Activities.• Member of the ASME Section VIII Working Group on Design by Analysis and Subgroup on Elevated Temperature Construction.• Instructor of the ASME Master Classes on Design by Analysis Requirements and Fatigue Analysis Requirements - ASME Section VIII, Division 2.

Barberton, Ohio

Three summers as a Design Engineering Intern in the Nuclear Operations Group. Performed detailed transient thermal-mechanical finite element analysis and fatigue analysis of nuclear steam generation components, performed stress linearization on finite element models to categorize and quantify operating stresses, and validated component designs using advanced stress analysis. Performed design iterations to optimize the design of several pieces of equipment subjected to transient thermal and mechanical loading.

Alliance, Ohio

Structural analysis, stress calculations, and three-dimensional modeling of mechanical components

Master'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Graduate Research Fellow - Dynamics and Vibrations Laboratory Dynamics and Vibrations Graduate Research Fellow..

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering, Summa Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) - Student Section President, Honors College Emerging Leader.