Consulting and Forensic Engineer
Metallurgy / Weld Failure Analysis
System Engineering And Laboratories (SEAL)
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Welding Engineering, Ohio State University, 1989
Masters of Science, Welding Engineering, Ohio State University, 1986
Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering,
Timishoara Polytechnical Institute, Romania, 1976
CERTIFICATIONS
P.E., Professional Engineer, Texas
Certified Welding Inspector
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
ASW, American Welding Society
COURSES TAUGHT
LeTourneau University, Longview, Texas:
Welding Engineering, Welding Design, Non-Destructive Evaluation, Welding Metallurgy,
Welding Methods, High-Performance Steels, Brazing
Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Materials: Joining of Materials
ADDITIONAL EDUCATION
Graduate Studies, Material Science and Engineering, Technion University, Haifa, Israel, 1984-1985
RESEARCH, PUBLICATIONS & ACTIVITIES
Welding of High Performance Steel, Brazing of Powder-Metallurgy Contacts, Welding Failure and Structural Analysis
of Ferrous Alloy, High-Speed Welding of Light-Gauge Tin Coated Sheet Metal, Laser Weldability of Automotive Grade
Sheet Metal, Hydrogen-induced Cracking in Plate and Tubular Products for Offshore Platforms, Behavior of Organic Coatings,
During Welding, Resistance-Seam Weldability of New Coated Products for Automotive Applications, Failure Analysis and Weld
Repair of Critical Components in Steel Mills, Buried-Arc GTA Welding, Arc Plasma-to-Molten Pool Interaction as Applied to
Austenitic Stainless Steels, Metastable Beta Titanium and Aluminum Alloys, Joining of Steel Sheets for Enameling Applications.
QUALIFICATIONS
Aluminum Alloys, Hydrofoils, Gas Shielded Arc Welding, Automated Welding Systems, Heat Resistant Pressure Vessel
Type Steels, Cryogenic Applications, Failure Analysis in Oil Field Platforms
EXPERIENCE
2005 - Present Consulting Engineer, System Engineering and Laboratories (SEAL)
1996 - Present Professor and Omer Blodgett Chair of Welding and Materials Joining Engineering,
LeTourneau Univ., Longview, TX.
1995 - Present Adjunct Associate Professor, CMU, Department of Material Science and Engineering, Pittsburg, PA
1994 - 1996 Research Manager, Materials Technology Group, United States Steel Group,
Research/Corporate Tech Center, a Unit of USX Corporation, Monroeville, PA
1989 - 1994 Research Engineer and Associate Research Consultant, United States Steel Group,
Research/Corporate Tech Center, a Unit of USX Corporation, Monroeville, PA
1985 - 1989 Graduate Research Associate, Dept. of Welding Engineering, The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH
1981 - 1985 Development Welding Engineer, Israeli Military Industries, Haifa, Israel
1980 - 1981 Manufacturing Welding Engineer, Israeli Shipyards, Haifa, Israel
1976 - 1980 Production Welding Engineer, Grivitza Rosie Plant for Petrochemical Equip., Bucharest, Romania
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