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Baton Rouge, La, Us

New Orleans, La, Us

New Orleans, La, Us

Site lead for managing internal process flow degradation of steam piping and drains.• Performed volumetric inspection and trended piping degradation so pipe could be replaced prior to failures and stream leak• Managed approximately 4.5 million dollars of pipe replacements during refueling outages

Birmingham, Alabama, Us

Managed sites buried piping (various water and diesel fuel oil)• Create and manage annual budget needed to support excavations and piping examinations (>500K annually)• Perform excavation for condition assessment of safety related piping and tanks to aid inspection or replacement recommendations • Contract administrator and vendor oversight of excavation crews and NDE technicians• Scope, Schedule, and plan inspection activities. • Perform routine opportunistic inspection of all uncovered pipes and pipe coating.

• Prepared/Updated ISI Program health reports, program documents, fleet procedures and refueling outage plans to reflect recent examinations and the regulatory requirements of 10 CFR 50.59, 50.55(a), and ASME Sections III and XI • Prepared outage inspections plans and schedules for Non-Destructive Examinations (NDE) of carbon/stainless steel piping systems, pressure vessel, and supports component.• Provided Governance and Oversight of site programs and counterparts to drive standardization of Fleet initiatives and processes.• Participated in root cause analysis by providing metallurgical expertiseo Performed vendor oversight of the failure analysis and made recommendations for improved. operational processes and a material replacement schedule• Contributed in technical team meeting to access program health, major projects, Industry operational experiences and address emergent concerns.• Championed and defended projects before the plant health committee to justify inspection budget and resource allocations.• Prepared submittals to the NRC.o Relief Request/Alternatives, Request for Addition Information, and OAR-1/NIS-1 reports• Actively engaged in ensuring that License Renewal Commitments are met.• Traveled to plant sites to witness NDE examination in the field, while performing as the engineering lead for interfacing with the NRC Regional Inspectors. o Onsite outage support for Plants Farley, Hatch and Vogtle• Attended industry committee meetings to discuss industry codes/standards and engaged benchmarking/self assessments to record industry best practices o ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Committee (active participant not on committee) Section III - Repair and Replacement Section XI - Inservice Inspection

Responsible for ensuring quality of raw material and maintaining that quality as it is processed into a finish product by using metallurgical expertise to address discrepanciesFailure analysis to determine root cause defects and to provide evidence for possible claim or defense of claimInvolved in product development, approval of production specifications Travel to suppliers/customer to discuss any concerns and to engage in conflict resolutionAid in the training of production floor technicians Member of five American Society for Testing Materials committees and a voting member of three subcommittees E07-Nondestructive Testing -(Voting Member)E07.03-Liquid Penetrant and Magnetic Particle Methods-(Voting Member )E07.04-Acoustic Emission MethodE07.06- Ultrasonic Method-(Voting Member)E07.10-Specialized NDT Methods

• Undergraduate Composites Research Student• Worked with a team of research students and professors on various research projects simultaneously, in the area of composite materials • Processed various fiber reinforced composites using techniques such as: thermoplastic impregnation, compression molding, hand lay-up and vacuum infusion• Conducted high velocity ballistic testing on reinforced composite plates• Assisted with maintenance and repair of processing equipment