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Senior materials science expert who is a professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department of the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland. He teaches courses in the area of mechanics and materials including Statics, Dynamics, Strength of Materials, Machine Design, Robotics, and Senior Design. He has conducted research in the general area of structural integrity assessment and assurance with an emphasis on fracture and fatigue.

He has worked with the Naval Surface Warfare Center at Carderock and the Naval Sea System Command on characterizing the fracture behavior of materials used in ship structure and machine components, and on developing fitness for service approaches for naval combatant ship structures. Experienced with mechanical testing, evaluation of impact loading on materials and structures including composites and metals, failure analysis of metal and composite structures, and design of joints in composite structures.

He also has experience in experimental and numerical analysis of stresses in structures and components, and with design and evaluation of mechanical components used in machinery, transportation and power generation such as gears, bearings, shafts, belt and chain drives, fasteners, and with welded structure and pressure vessels.  Outside of work, he has done some residential renovation and construction, so he is familiar with construction practices, electrical wiring, plumbing, insulation, and mechanical systems (HVAC).

Has also served as Senior Engineer with Ateon Corporation where he was a contractor to the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, Metals Engineering Branch. Provide technical guidance to the Navy in areas of fatigue, fracture and structural integrity assessment. Work has focused on the role of materials in the safe and reliable performance of engineering structures, with emphasis on the role of flaws, defects and adverse environmental conditions on structural integrity.

Conduct research on the development of analytical methods to predict fracture performance of structures and on the development of test methods for measurement of dynamic fracture properties. He also served as Senior Engineer at Materials Engineering Associates in Lanham, MD as principal investigator and project manager for projects involving characterization of fracture and fatigue behavior of materials in aqueous and gaseous environments at temperatures ranging from cryogenic to 1600°F. Application of fracture mechanics to structural integrity assessment. Development of standards for brittle and ductile fracture toughness testing of materials. Design and Visual BASIC programming of computer systems for machine control, automated data acquisition and data analysis.




Academic Background

  • University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering August 1988

  • Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, M.S. Mechanical Engineering December 1983

  • University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, B.S. Mechanical Engineering May 1979


Teaching Experience

  • United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland.  Associate Professor 2002 – present – Taught courses in the area of mechanics and materials including Statics, Dynamics, Strength of Materials, Machine Design, Robotics, and Senior Design. Conducted research in the general area of structural integrity assessment and assurance with an emphasis on fracture and fatigue. Worked with the Naval Surface Warfare Center at Carderock on characterizing the fracture behavior of materials used in ship structure and machine components, and on developing fitness for service approaches for naval combatant ship structures.

  • University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.  Visiting Lecturer 1996 to 2001 – Taught senior level undergraduate/graduate course in fundamentals of Fracture Mechanics.

  • Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC.  Instructor January 2000 – Taught 3-day short course on Fundamentals of Fracture Mechanics as Applied to Damage Tolerant Design.

  • Naval Sea Systems Command, Arlington, Virginia.  Instructor 1997 to 1998 – Taught 2-day seminar on new procedure for material selection in critical applications entitled “Fracture Toughness Review Process for Metals in Critical Non-nuclear Shipboard Applications”. This seminar was presented 4 times to a total of approximately 200 engineers from NAVSEA, Newport News Shipbuilding, Electric Boat Corporation, NUWC and SUPSHIPS.

  • University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.  Teaching Assistant 1984 to 1985 – Teaching Assistant for courses in Statics, Dynamics and Engineering Materials.

  • Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas.  Teaching Assistant 1982 to 1983 – Teaching Assistant for courses in Engineering Graphics and Materials Science.


Professional Experience

  • RTI Group, LLC, Annapolis, MD, Senior Materials Science Consultant, 2013 to present.

  • Anteon Corporation, Rockville, Maryland.  Senior Engineer, October 1995 to 2001 – Serving as contractor to the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, Metals Engineering Branch. Provide technical guidance to the Navy in areas of fatigue, fracture and structural integrity assessment. Work has focused on the role of materials in the safe and reliable performance of engineering structures, with emphasis on the role of flaws, defects and adverse environmental conditions on structural integrity. Conduct research on the development of analytical methods to predict fracture performance of structures and on the development of test methods for measurement of dynamic fracture properties

  • Materials Engineering Associates, Lanham, Maryland.  Senior Engineer, January 1990 to October 1995 – Principal investigator and project manager for projects involving characterization of fracture and fatigue behavior of materials in aqueous and gaseous environments at temperatures ranging from cryogenic to 1600°F. Application of fracture mechanics to structural integrity assessment. Development of standards for brittle and ductile fracture toughness testing of materials. Design and Visual BASIC programming of computer systems for machine control, automated data acquisition and data analysis.

  • E.G. & G. Idaho National Engineering Lab, Idaho Falls, Idaho.  Engineering Specialist, August 1988 to January 1990 – Materials Technology Group, Principal investigator for DOE sponsored research to evaluate the applicability of standard test data to structural integrity assessment. Also conducted research on effect of interfaces and residual stresses on fracture toughness of weldments. Research involved experimental evaluation of fracture parameters using moiré interferometry and comparison with theoretical calculations. Designed a video data collection system and wrote C programs for automated data reduction of moiré interferograms.

  • Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland.  Visiting Scientist, January 1988 to August 1988 – Department of Physiology.  Developed capability for measurement of solid body shape using projection moiré topography as part of investigation on pulmonary dynamics.

  • University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.  Research Assistant, January 1984 to August 1988 – Department of Mechanical Engineering.  Conducted research on the cold expansion process for fatigue life enhancement of aircraft fastener holes. Quantified the effect of process variables on life enhancement through fatigue testing, experimental stress analysis and finite element analysis.

  • Vought Corporation, Dallas, Texas.  Research Associate, May 1983 to December 1983 – Structures and Materials Research Group.  Conducted failure analysis for developmental study on fatigue crack growth in metal laminates.  Established capability for high temperature, variable strain rate tensile testing of super-plastic laminates.

  • Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, Texas.  Mechanical Design Engineer, May 1981 to January 1983 – Geophysical Services Group/Marine Engineering.  Responsible for design and testing of seismic sources for marine oil exploration. Experience included conceptual design, numerical simulation, prototype development and testing of new generation seismic source. Directed reliability improvement program that entailed compilation of field service life data, failure analysis of field parts, finite element analysis and experimental stress analysis. Used reliability data to improve the source through revisions to component design, fabrication method and material selection.

  • Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, Texas.  Structural Analyst, July 1979 to May 1981 – Equipment Group/Applied Mechanics Branch.  Conducted finite element analysis of structures for military products including electro-optics and missile guidance systems, test apparatus and micro-electronic components. Analysis involved prediction of stress, displacement and frequency response under static, dynamic (spectrum fatigue, vibration and shock) and thermal loading. Worked with project design personnel on structural evaluation and optimization.


Professional Affiliations

  • EIT, Commonwealth of Virginia, April 1979

  • American Society of Mechanical Engineers

  • American Society for Testing and Materials




Aviation Safety Management and Flight Test Engineering with over 37 years of experience ranging from military operational and test roles, airline operations as a line pilot, and a civilian test pilot / program manager. He is qualified to provide expert consultation services and expert testimony for aviation - related mediation, hearings, and litigation. His expertise is current with the latest industry standards as an active pilot and program manager for a major defense contractor. He is also a graduate of the University of Southern California Aviation Safety School that is recognized worldwide as the foremost qualifier of aviation safety experts. As a result of his flight test experience, he was inducted into the Society of Experimental Test Pilots (SETP) in January 1992.

In June 2017, he graduated from the University of West Los Angeles with a Juris Doctorate degree (Summa Cum Laude). Passed California State Bar, July 2017. Sworn as California Attorney, Dec 2017.




Summary of Qualifications
• Experimental Test Pilot and Graduate of U.S. Naval Test Pilot School
Educated and trained in high performance airplane handling characteristics and performance testing for aircraft having undergone modifications or new design changes. Broad experience in flight test techniques as well as aerodynamics, aircraft performance, human factors, flight test planning, and flight test safety considerations.

• Member of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots (SETP)
SETP is recognized as a world leader in defining the standards for flight test and aviation safety.

• Graduate of University of Southern California, Aviation Safety Program
The USC Aviation Safety Program trains experienced aviation professionals from around the world in advanced safety practices and procedures. Holders of the USC Aviation Safety Program Certificate are recognized worldwide as experts in aviation safety systems. Courses taken include: Aviation Safety Management Systems, Aircraft Accident Investigation, Human Factors in Aviation, Aviation Legal Matters, Technical Witness Preparation, and Aviation Accident Preparedness and Response.

• Graduate of U.S. Naval Aviation Safety Course for Executives
The U.S. Navy Safety Center in Monterrey Ca. is the U.S. Navy’s premier safety school that trains senior aviation officers in leading safety investigations, accident investigations and reporting, and leadership of an Aviation Safety Program.

• Over 35 years of experience in Military, Airline, and Civilian Flight Operations
A broad range of operational and test experience in over 25 different aircraft to include high performance jet fighters, jet transports, light civilian airplanes, helicopters, and gliders.

Flight Ratings and Experience
Airline Transport Pilot, Commercial Pilot, Multi-engine Rating, Instrument Rating, B-727 Type Rating (all current)

Flight Hours:    Total Time   7050    Multi-engine          5450
Pilot-in-Command  5150    Instructor               550
Turbojet   6750    Flight Engineer     400

Aircraft Flown
More than 25 different aircraft flown ranging from high performance military to light civilian:
B-727 (Experimental Test Bed), Airbus 319/320 (United Airlines), F/A-18, F-15, TA-4J, A-4M, T-2C, T-38, T-34C, PA-44A, P-51 Mustang, helicopters (H-57, CH-53), King Air, Lear Jet, Pitts Special, Twin Otter, Cessna 152 as well other jets/props/helicopters/gliders.

Academic Background
• University of West Los Angeles School of Law – Juris Doctor, 2017.
• University of Southern California -- Aviation Safety Management Certification, 2013.
• Florida Institute of Technology – M.S. Engineering Management including courses in operations analysis, business strategy, marketing, and cost accounting as applied to an engineering environment, 1992.
• U. S. Naval Test Pilot School – Engineering Test Pilot Course, 1990.
• U. S. Naval Flight School – 1 ½ years post baccalaureate training to qualify as a carrier-based jet pilot, 1982.
• U. S. Naval Academy -- B.S. Engineering Resources Management including studies in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, thermodynamics, and Naval engineering, 1980.

Professional Experience
• RTI Group, LLC, Annapolis, MD, Aviation Safety and Flight Test Consultant, 2019 – present.

• Test Pilot, Program Manager, and Chief Pilot for Testing of New Products Designed for Modern Aircraft
Chief Pilot and Program Manager of Multi-program Testbed, flying a modified Boeing 727 airplane for new product testing. Responsible for all aspects of this program to include principle test pilot for test projects, training of pilots, and development / approval of flight test plans. As the Chief Pilot, he is the liaison with the Federal Aviation Administration Flight Standards District Office for all regulatory matters. Additionally, he is responsible to senior leadership for administration and control of the RMT Flight Operations and Maintenance Program.

• Pilot, commercial airlines
Airline pilot qualified as a Flight Engineer on the B-727 and First Officer on the Airbus 319/320 and served as a line pilot.

• Marine Corps F/A-18 Fighter Attack Pilot
Twenty years of military aviation experience. Deployments aboard four different aircraft carriers to areas of conflict throughout the world including the Persian Gulf Combat Zone and Gulf of Sidra Combat Zone. Flew hundreds of tactical flights while deployed worldwide including 20 combat missions over Southern Iraq.

• Marine Corps F/A-18 Engineering Test Pilot
Engineering Test Pilot participating in aircraft carrier qualification test flights, ordnance delivery and separation test flights, aircraft performance and flying quality test flights. Gained advanced flight test experience including flight of aircraft test points that had never been flown before to expand the known safety envelop.

• Advanced Jet Instructor Pilot
Instructor in basic flight, instrument, navigation, and tactical formation flight for training of Naval Aviators.



Forensic Electrical Engineer and Patent expert, with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Drexel University, a M.S. in Computer Engineering from Villanova University, and a PhD in Engineering from Villanova University.  He holds adjunct faculty appointments at Villanova, Drexel, Temple, and Southern New Hampshire Universities where he has taught mathematics, control theory, computer programming, and general electrical engineering courses.  He has over 20 years of experience working with electrical, electronic, communication, and control systems including industrial control and SCADA systems.   He has done extensive research in controls and computational intelligence for the United States military.  He has been involved with the design and construction of large-scale software and hardware systems.  He holds two patents and has over 20 technical publications.

He has provided expert testimony in courts of law.

 




Forensic Electrical Engineering
•  Electrical fires
•  Electrical shock and electrocution
•  Batteries related failures and fires
•  Appliances (dishwashers, heaters, boiler controls, refrigerators)
•  Vehicle fires
•  Residential electrical systems
•  Commercial / Manufacturing Plant / Municipal Electrical Systems
•  Lighting systems (incandescent, LED, high intensity discharge lamps, high pressure discharge lamps, low pressure discharge lamps)
•  Emergency generators
•  Communication systems

 

Patent and Intellectual Property Consulting
•  Intellectual property / Patents involving electrical systems and circuits
•  Support the preparation of Inter Partes Review and Petitions
•  Preparation of declarations
•  Prior art identification

 

Consulting
•  Statistical Analysis
•  Emergency Generator Sizing
•  National Electrical Code Compliance
•  Circuit Design
•  System Design and Analysis

Academic Background
• Villanova University, Villanova, PA, USA, PhD, Engineering, May 2013
• Villanova University, Villanova, PA USA, M.S., Computer Engineering, May 2006
• Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA USA, B.S., Electrical Engineering, May 1995

Professional Experience
RTI Group, LLC, Annapolis, MD, Forensic Electrical Engineer and Patent and Intellectual Property Consultant, 2018 to present.

Private company Haddon Heights, NJ USA
President / Forensic and Consulting Electrical Engineer 2013 - Present
• Technical Responsibilities
• Electrical device and/or system failure analysis
• Power System failure analysis
• Cause and Origin of electrical fires
• Preparation of forensic engineering reports
• System requirements analysis
• Prior art searches
• Preparation of Inter Partes Reviews and Declarations
• Support for depositions
• Testify as an electrical engineering expert witness

Naval Surface Warfare Center
Lead Research Engineer for Advanced Control and Autonomy Systems February 2005 - Present
• Technical Responsibilities
• Develop optimal control methods for reactive power control
• Control system and communication system development for 1 Megawatt AC/DC generation, distribution and power conversion laboratory
• Shipboard power system and Microgrid modeling, analysis, and control system development
• Research and development of advanced methods of control for distributed electrical and fluid distribution systems
• Analysis, modeling and simulation of electrical power system components and systems
• Hardware in the loop simulation and experiment design for power systems
• Control system design for machinery systems on unmanned vehicles
• Communication system design
• Circuit design, power electronic controller design and development
• Power system stability analysis
• Founder and Director of the Controls, Autonomy, and Intelligent Systems Laboratory
• Provide subject matter expertise to organizations such as the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and Advanced Research Projects - Energy (ARPA-E), and Defense Advanced Research Agency (DARPA) in the areas of control theory, computational intelligence, dynamic system modeling, hybrid systems
• Design and construction of hardware in the loop controls experiments for verification and
• validation of advanced control methodologies
• Cyber security for military power and control systems

Lead Engineer for Navigation and Steering Control Systems, March 2004 – September 2005
• Design, installation, and support of shipboard navigation and control systems
• Developed specifications for navigation, steering control, and propulsion control systems for various US Navy ship classes
• Developed verification and validation tests for shipboard industrial control systems
• Developed hardware and software systems for steering and navigation

Engineering Manager - Navigation and Steering Controls Section, November 2000 - March 2004
• Manager for a section of 17 engineers, technicians, and support personnel working on programs related to navigation and steering control systems

Lead Engineer LPD-17 Ship Control System, March 2000 - October 2000
• Lead engineer for LPD-17 class new construction Ship Control System (SCS) during the design, development and land-based testing of the SCS

Computational Systems Incorporated, Essington, PA USA
Senior Consultant April 1999 - March 2000
• Consultant to major firms such as Xerox and Owens Corning in the area of Reliability Centered Maintenance programs for large production facilities

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, Philadelphia, PA USA
Integrated Condition Assessment System Project Manager November 1997 - March 1999
• Responsible for the technical direction of the Integrated Condition Assessment System program, which is a software-based monitoring and analysis system for machinery equipment condition

Submarine Antenna Systems Project Engineer March 1992 - October 1997
• Supported the design, installation, and life cycle support of submarine antenna systems

 

Academic /Teaching Experience

• Temple University - Graduate Adjunct Faculty
Courses: Engineering Analysis, Electrical Circuits and Devices, Modern Control Theory, Digital Control Theory, Cryptography, Hardware Security, Software Security, Probability and Statistics, JAVA Programming, Optimization Theory
• Drexel University - Adjunct Faculty
Courses: Motor Controls
• Villanova University- Adjunct Faculty (Online)
Courses: Autonomous Control, Electric Motor Drives, Cryptography, Optimization for Engineers
• Southern New Hampshire University- Adjunct Faculty
Courses: Statistics, Calculus III, Linear Algebra
• PhD Advisory Committee member for Dr. Sachi Jayasuriya, Drexel University 2017
Thesis topic: Model-based and Data-driven Algorithms for Diagnostics of Nonlinear Dynamic Systems
• PhD Advisory Committee member for Dr. Mohsan Samadani, Villanova University 2017
Thesis topic: Model-based and Data-driven Algorithms for Diagnostics of Nonlinear Dynamic Systems
• PhD Advisory Committee member for Dr. Chukwuemeka Aduba, Temple University 2014
Thesis topic: N-Player Statistical Nash Game Control: M-th Cost Cumulant Optimization
• PhD Advisory Committee member for Dr. Michael Balchanos, Georgia Institute of
Technology 2012
Thesis topic: An intelligent, knowledge-based multiple criteria decision making advisor for systems design
• PhD Advisory Committee member for Dr. Matthew Hoepfer, Georgia Institute of Technology 2012
Thesis topic: Towards a comprehensive framework for co-simulation of dynamic models with an emphasis on time stepping

• PhD Advisory Committee member for Dr. Qing Dong, Temple University 2011
Thesis topic: Feedback Control of Anti-swing Overhead Crane

• PhD Advisory Committee member for Mr. Kyungjin Moon, Georgia Institute of Technology 2010
Thesis topic: Self-Reconfigurable Ship Fluid-Network Modeling for Simulation-Based Design

• PhD Advisory Committee member for Ms. Daili Zhang, Georgia Institute of Technology
2008
Thesis topic: Multi-Agent Based Control with Distributed Dynamic Inference Engine for Large-scale Complex Systems

• PhD Advisory Committee member for Mr. Yongchang Lee, Georgia Institute of Technology 2007
Thesis topic: An Intelligent, Knowledge Based Multiple Criteria Decision Making Advisor for Systems Design

Honors and Awards
• Meritorious Service Award, Villanova University College of Engineering,
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Young Engineer of the Year, Philadelphia Section,
• Member of the external advisory panel for Idaho National Laboratory Distinctive Signature in Instrumentation, Controls, and Intelligent Systems
• Member of the IEEE technical committee for Resilience and Security for Industrial Applications (ReSia)
• Reviewer for numerous transactions and conferences including IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, American Control Conference, and IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics
• Letter of Commendation from Chief of Naval Operations Code N7C, Navigator / Oceanographer of the Navy for contributions to safety of navigation and mission accomplishment,
• Letter of Commendation from DDG 1000 Program Manager, PMS 500 for outstanding performance as Integrated Bridge System and Navigation Systems Lead,
• The American Society of Naval Engineers President's Award,
• Naval Surface Warfare Center Submarine Systems Department Junior Engineer of the Year,
• Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, Philadelphia Co-op Engineer of the Year.



This Software Engineer entered the software industry in 1997 to work on MicroProse Software’s award winning flight sim European Air War. By 2000 he had developed an animation system for use with Unreal that helped his project win IGN’s Best of E3 award, beating out other highly praised titles such as Microsoft’s Halo.

He has extensive experience in the development of video games, real-time rendering and simulation as well as more traditional end-user applications.




Academic Background

  • University of Maryland Baltimore County – BS, Computer Science, 1997 – 2000

  • Connecticut College, Computer Science, 1995 – 1997


Professional Experience

  • RTI Group, LLC, Annapolis, MD, Software Engineer, April 2015 to present

  • Private Company, Maryland, Owner/Directory of Technology, 2003 – Present

  • MicroProse (formerly Interactive Game Group, LLC), New York, Lead Programmer, 1997 – 2003

  • Infogrames, San Jose, CA, Programmer, 1997 – 2003

  • Hasbro, Rhode Island, Programmer, 1997 – 2003


Skills and Expertise

  • Game Development

  • Video Games

  • Game Design

  • Page2

  • Unity3D

  • Mobile Applications

  • DirectX

  • Mobile Games

  • C++

  • Flash

  • Oculus Rift

  • Game Programming

  • Game Engines




Environmental health and safety expert who is a Certified Industrial Hygienist, (M.A., CIH, CHMM, CAC, CDPH), Certified Hazardous Material Manager, and Certified Asbestos/Lead Consultant with over 15 years of experience in industrial hygiene, environmental health and safety evaluations and compliance activities. Has collaborated extensively with several large industrial manufacturing facilities, commercial property management firms, construction firms, state and county government agencies, and school districts. This work has included risk assessments into health and safety hazards in industrial facilities, indoor air quality evaluations of school districts, as well as the development and delivery of lead and asbestos risk management projects for public and commercial projects. Also conducted industrial hygiene exposure assessments in industrial and commercial environments.  He is additionally actively involved in statewide industrial hygiene work, lecturing and consulting in California and Florida on issues of occupational health. He is currently a member of both the American Industrial Hygiene Association, the Alliance of Hazardous Materials Professionals, and the Indoor Air Quality Association. He has served as consultant, facilitator, and project manager to several school districts, industrial manufacturing facilities, commercial property managers, and government agencies.
He has conducted asbestos and lead paint pre-renovation and demolition surveys, lead in soil investigations, mold and moisture intrusion investigations, asbestos/lead/mold abatement and remediation oversight and clearances, provided naturally occurring asbestos (NOA) dust mitigation plans and associated air monitoring, environmental due diligence (Phase I and II ESA), asbestos and lead awareness training, and Noise and Chemical Monitoring.

He has testified as an expert witness in over 20 environmental and industrial hygiene cases.




Highlights:

• Strong knowledge and experience in interpreting, applying and documenting federal, state and local safety, transportation, and environmental regulations.

• Generalist knowledge in Environmental Hazards and Safety disciplines with experience in safety, hazardous materials, environmental compliance and industrial hygiene.

• Experience with emergency response crews in incidents involving hazardous and non-hazardous material releases to air, soil, and water.

• Very knowledgeable about emerging technologies and worldwide regulatory developments that may impact customers and reduce workplace injuries and illnesses.

• Working knowledge of several federal (e.g. OSHA, EPA, DOT), local (e.g. CAL/OSHA, DTSC and CUPA) and other related regulatory agency requirements.

• Certified in comprehensive practice for Industrial Hygiene, Phase I/II Environmental Assessments, 40 Hr. HAZWOPER Certified, (CIH, CAC, CHMM)

• Certified 30 Hr, OSHA General Industry Safety Compliance Training

• Bilingual, biliterate, and bicultural. (Spanish/English), French understanding.

• Has taught over 50 Asbestos, Lead, Mold, Silica Awareness Training.

• Developed Occupational Exposure Assessment, Ionizing Radiation, and Reactive Chemical Online Safety Training Videos for RedVector, Inc.

 

Academic Background

• University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, Bachelor of Science, Biological Sciences (Biology Major and Chemistry Minor)

• Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, Master of Agriculture, Fisheries Science

 

Academic Teaching Activities

• General Asbestos Awareness Courses-2008-Present-Several Clients
• General Lead Awareness Courses-2008-Present-Several Clients
• Confined Space Entry Awareness for Construction, CONCO WEST INC-Dec. 16th, 2017
• Mold Awareness Training, Rotary International, Monterey, November 2014
• Environmental Hazards and the Law, Monterey, September 2011
• Environmental Issues in Real Estate Transactions, November 23, 2014
• Ionizing Radiation, RedVector Training Solutions, Tampa, FL, August 2016
• Unstable and Reactive Chemicals, RedVector Training Solutions, Tampa, FL, August 2016
• Assessing Occupational Exposures, RedVector Training Solutions, Tampa, FL, August 2016

 

Professional Experience

• RTI Group, LLC, Annapolis, MD, Environmental Health and Safety Expert, 2017 to present.

• Private Consulting company, General Manager/Owner, (2002-Present)
Industrial hygiene, safety and environmental projects including indoor air quality, microbial evaluations and assessments, hazardous material investigations, remediation/abatement plans and oversight, water and air quality, worker exposure assessment, regulatory agency compliance, real estate environmental assessments; and construction site specific health & safety plans, training, and on-site monitoring.

o Phase I/II Environmental Site Assessments for several banks and commercial lending institutions.

o Developed and Infection Control Remediation Plan and conducted indoor air quality monitoring at Leemore Naval Air Station during a 6-month renovation of their entire hospital surgical area.

o Conducted an Indoor Air Quality Evaluation at Natividad Medical Center-Emergency Room following fire-related damages.

o Conducted abatement oversight and project monitoring for large scale modernization projects with the National Guard, Salinas Union High School District, Pajaro Valley Unified School District, Soledad Unified School District, Department of Parks and Recreation, and Monterey-Salinas Transit.

o Conducted a LEED Indoor Air Quality Certification project for the new Monterey County Health Dept.

o Conducted a large Microbial and IAQ assessment at the Monterey Bay Aquarium administrative offices in 2010-2011, and the City of Marina in January 2014.

o Conducted a Noise Exposure Assessment for the Cage Wash Areas at Genentech, South San Francisco in July, 2013 and for AARON Metals Scrap Recycling facility in January, 2016.

o Developed at least 10 Site-Specific Health and Safety Plans (SSHASP) for several large soil remediation projects.

o Consulted on IH issues such as mold, indoor air quality, silica, lead, carbon monoxide and heat stress. Consultations included evaluations, control recommendations, program development, auditing, business management and employee training and education.

o Successfully have managed asbestos/lead programs for monitoring and training requirements for County of Monterey, Robert A. Bothman General Engineering Contractor, and Ventana Inn & Spa.

o Conducted a month-long industrial hygiene and indoor air quality risk assessment at Excelligence Learning Corporation in May, 2014-Salinas, CA

o Industrial hygiene and ventilation assessment for styrene exposure at Fineline Industries-boat manufacturing facility in Merced, CA.

o Asbestos and Industrial Hygiene abatement oversight during asbestos abatement activities at Building 19, Naval Air Weapons Station-China Lake, CA- June 2015

o Hazardous waste tank certification at Rossi Aircraft Inc.-Palo Alto Airport, CA-July 2016

o Industrial Hygiene Lead Abatement Oversight-ACT/Genentech-2016

o Industrial Hygiene Lead Abatement Oversight and Noise Monitoring-County of Monterey-Laguna Seca Firing Range.

o Conducted Crystalline Silica Respirable Dust Monitoring at Stanford National Accelerator Laboratory.

o Conducted Respirable Dust and Noise Monitoring for QUANTUMCLEAN, INC.

 

• ATC Associates, Monterey, California, Environmental Scientist, Registered Environmental Assessor, Site Surveillance Technician, (2000-2002)
Provided environmental and hazardous material assessments for ATC’s Monterey, California office. Responsible for indoor air quality investigations in commercial, governmental, educational, hospitals, and residential buildings for a variety of clients.
Projects included microbial investigations, mold remediation plans, third party oversight, asbestos and lead investigations and support. Phase I Environmental Site Assessments for several banks and commercial lending institutions.

 

Professional Associations and Activities

• American Industrial Hygiene Association
• Indoor Air Quality Association
• Bay Area Environmental Safety Group (BAESG)
• Alliance of Hazardous Materials Management – Northern California
• Member-Northern California American Industrial Hygiene Association

 

Registrations and Training

• 30-hour OSHA General Industry Health and Safety Compliance Training
• American Board of Industrial Hygiene-Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH)
• Institute of Hazardous Material Management-Certified Hazardous Material Manager (CHMM)
• State of California Certified Asbestos Consultant # 04-3554
• California Department of Public Health Lead Inspector/Assessor#15393
• Confined Space Entry Supervisor Training
• 40 HR HAZWOPER Certified (OSHA)



Senior Metallurgist and Materials Engineer with substantial experience in the materials, metallurgical and mechanical engineering fields. He has worked in research laboratories, including the Ballistics Research Laboratory at Aberdeen Proving Ground. He has taught at the U. S. Naval Academy and continues to teach in university and industrial settings. Has directed and administered nuclear quality assurance programs for the power industry in the areas of NDE, materials engineering, testing analysis, welding engineering, cathodic protection, coatings engineering, and ASME Codes. He has also controlled and administered the materials engineering aspects of commercial dedication of components for safety-related applications, a program for reactor vessel surveillance capsule testing and evaluations, and a corrosion and coatings program. He has created, controlled, and administered welding engineering, materials testing and evaluation, materials procurement and receipt inspection, and nondestructive examination sections of ASME Section I and VIII, S and U stamp boiler and piping programs for fossil power, and created a quality program for gas supply piping. He was trained as a Level III Examiner in Baltimore Gas and Electric Co.’s NDE program and he has been certified in visual, dye penetrant, magnetic particle, eddy current, ultrasonic, and radiographic examination techniques. He has been an AWS Certified Welding Inspector.

This expert served as Principal Metallurgist for Baltimore Gas and Electric Company for thirteen years.  In that capacity, he investigated, reviewed and approved more than 2500 materials, as well as component and system design problems and failure analyses in power plants from fuel handling to fly ash control equipment and materials. Since 1970, he has analyzed many hundreds of materials engineering problems, and component and system failures for industry, government, and the insurance and legal professions as an independent consultant.

He is an expert in the evaluation of casual factors in failures of materials and engineering systems.

 

Has provided expert testimony as to his findings in courts of law.




Academic Background

  • Ph.D., Metallurgy and Material Science, University of Pennsylvania (1970)

  • M. S., Metallurgy and Material Science, University of Pennsylvania (1968)

  • B. E. S., Mechanics, Johns Hopkins University (1965)


 

Professional Experience

  • Senior Metallurgist and Materials Engineering Consultant, RTI Group, LLC, Annapolis, MD, 2005 – present.

  • Chair of the Engineering Science Department of Loyola College, Baltimore, Maryland, 2001- present;

  • President, M-Structures Engineering, L.L.C., Baltimore, Maryland, 1976-Present;

  • Adjunct Faculty, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, 1978-Present;

  • Adjunct Faculty, The American Society for Materials International, Materials Park, Ohio, 1986-Present;

  • Governor’s Advisory Panel for the Stem to Stern Safety Review of the Central Arterial/Tunnel Project, State of Massachusetts, Boston, MA, 2006.

  • Associate Research Scientist, The Center for Nondestructive Evaluation, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, 1995-2003;

  • Adjunct Faculty, The Society for Manufacturing Engineers, 1995-Present;

  • Adjunct Faculty, Loyola College in Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, 1997- 2001;

  • Vice-President, Utility Operations, Karta Technology, Inc., 1994-1996;

  • Principal Metallurgist, Baltimore Gas and Electric Company, Baltimore, Maryland, 1981-1994;

  • Member, The Off-Site Safety Review Committee for Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, 1981-1994;

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, 1979-1982;

  • Consultant, Ballistics Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Aberdeen, Maryland, 1975-1979;

  • Consultant, Department of Defense, Republic of South Korea, Washington, DC, 1976-1977;

  • President, Windsor Metalcrystals, Inc., New Windsor, Maryland, 1973-1975;

  • Principal Researcher, Marvalaud, Inc., Westminster, Maryland, 1969-1973;

  • Teaching Assistant, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1968-1969;

  • Research Fellow, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1965-1969;

  • Laboratory Assistant, Baltimore Gas and Electric Company, Baltimore, Maryland, 1965;

  • Laboratory Assistant, Koppers Company Foundry, Baltimore, Maryland, 1964;

  • Research Assistant, Department of Mechanics, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, 1962-1963;

  • Laboratory Assistant, Marvalaud, Inc., Westminster, Maryland, 1960-1961


 

Professional Honors

  • Teacher of the Year Award in the part time programs at The Johns Hopkins University for 1995.

  • The Instructor of Merit Award in 1996 and the Distinguished Educator Award in 1999 from American Society for Materials International.

  • Fellow-by-Courtesy of The Johns Hopkins University.

  • Past member of the Off Site Safety Review Committee for Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant in Maryland for thirteen years.


Professional Associations and Activities

  • American Society for Materials International, 1964-Present, serving on the Materials Engineering Institute Committee 1989-2000.

  • American Welding Society, 1994-Present.

  • Center for Non-Destructive Evaluation, The Johns Hopkins University, as Representative for Baltimore Gas and Electric, 1985-1994.

  • Associate Research Scientist, 1995-2003.

  • Electric Power Research Institute’s NDE Center, serving as Chair of the Steering Committee, 1993-1994.

  • Edison Electric Institute’s Materials and Processing Committee, 1981-93, serving as Vice Chair, 1992-1993.




Promotion



Senior Materials and Mechanical Engineer consultant having experience as a contract service provider of military component source verification and the holder of a Secret Security Clearance.  He has provided residential, marine and marina, and commercial forensic investigative services pertaining to electronic equipment failure; fire; and structural considerations. His expertise includes investigations associated with commercial, industrial, residential facilities, public utilities, and marine and marina weather related insurance claims. Also proficient in the investigation and analysis of electronic equipment interconnect, failure, and fire including printed circuit board fabrication, component assembly and manufacturing process quality control.  His other areas of experience include but are not limited to, management of military and commercial customer technical and business relationships with organizations in China, the Pacific Rim, and U.S. assembly operations, and backplane and PCB facilities; electroforming, multilayer PCB fabrication, through-hole, surface-mount, and system hardware-assembly, and outsourcing; materials and metallurgical failure analysis, and procurement specifications; materials and process development including explosive bonding pertaining to precious metals, ferrous, and non-ferrous metals; stainless steel heat treatment, surface hardening, and corrosion; and fixture development eliminating hydrothermal grown Quartz lattice structure flaws.




Academic Background

  • Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, MS Metallurgy and Material Science, 1973

  • Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, BS Mechanical Engineering, 1969

  • Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, 1961


 

Continuing Education

  • Maryland Engineering Law, April 2014

  • Solar Electric and Hydronic Systems, March 2014

  • Attended Natural Gas Claims and Litigation Association 2014 Conference

  • Structural Forensic Engineering, July 2013

  • Professional Ethics, October 2012

  • Quality Assurance and Design, October 2012

  • Precast Concrete Parking Structures

  • National Electrical Code

  • Erosion and Sediment Control

  • Cold Climate Heat Pumps


Professional Experience

  • RTI Group, LLC, Annapolis, MD, Consultant Engineer, January 2015 to present

  • Sanmina-Sci Corporation, San Jose, CA, Technical Director U.S. Eastern and European Regions, 2001 to 2011; Technical Director Central Region, 1993 to 2001

  • Symtron Corporation, Mountain View, CA, Product Manager, 1992 to 1993; Technical Adviser and Sales Management, 1991 to 1992

  • Teradyne Connection Systems, Nashua, NH, Sales and Marketing Manager, 1985 to 1991; Applications Engineering Manager, 1983 to 1984; Manager PCB Prototype Operations, 1982 to 1983

  • MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA, Staff Engineering, 1978 to 1982


Professional Associations and Activities

  • International Club of Annapolis and First Vice President 2007-2009 and 2011-2012 and President 2012-2014.

  • National Association of Fire Investigators


 

Registrations and Licenses

  • Professional Engineer, State of Maryland, 1993

  • Professional Engineer, State of New Hampshire 1976 (Not Active)


Patents

  • Method of Forming a Laminate US Patent 3,998,374 (Explosive Bonding)

  • Method of Forming a Laminate US Patent 29,879 Reissued January 16, 1979

  • Method of Hydrothermal Growing Quartz US Patent 4,030,966




Senior Systems Application Engineer with over 30 year's experience. Has extensive knowledge within the power sector including product & application assignments in protective relays and communication equipment used for industrial and utility electrical systems.

His area of expertise is in the determination of relay settings to meet specific job requirements creating protection in generation, transmission and distribution systems. This expert has considerable product development and testing experience in distribution, protective equipment and systems. For the past several years he has been involved in the teaching of the application of protection, automation, and communication equipments in company sponsored technical courses and programs.




Academic Background

  • Bachelor of Arts Degree, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ,  1964

  • Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 1967

  • Master of Business Administration, West Chester University, West Chester, PA.  Graduate School of Business Administration, 2004


Professional Experience

RTI Group, LLC, Annapolis, MD, Senior Systems Application Engineer – 2012 to Present.

Basler Electric Co., Power Systems Group Highland, IL.  Senior Systems Application Engineer, Marketing Dept. – Protective Relays – 2006 to 2011.

  • Provide application engineering support to customers for Power System Group products in the Northeastern USA. Also facilitate in sales by promoting Basler protective relays to potential and existing customers. Provide assistance to sales representatives with training, conduct product presentations and seminars for customers, and participate in industry functions. Assist in product planning and marketing programs for the enhancement of the protective relay business. Involved in unique customer applications and relay setting determinations.


EnerG Test, Div. of TRI-M Group, Kennett Square, PA – 2004 to 2005.

  • Assignments involved the preparation of material and training for department personnel in power system protection. The tutorial related to relay testing and proper maintenance of the units. Application of relays regarding distribution and sub-transmission systems also presented. Also involved in business development and marketing activities.


ABB Automation, Inc., Protective Relay Division,. Allentown, PA.  Senior Systems Application Engineer and Product Manager, Marketing Dept. – Protective Relays, 1999 to2002.

  • Assignment in the marketing and application of protective relays used in power systems. Provided solutions to unique applications of relays including the analysis of coordination, and relay settings in industrial and utility power systems. Also involved in teaching several company sponsored courses in protection.  Distribution protection relay product manager responsible for the marketing and application of these types of digital relays.


General Electric Company, Philadelphia and Malvern, PA – 1967 to 1999.
Design engineer & senior design engineer – Protective relay engineering department – 1967 to 1978.

  • Responsible for the design of electro-mechanical and solid state protective relays used in the power industry.

  • Also was responsible for transmission line protection projects including the communication equipment for HV and EHV transmission lines primarily used in utility application.


Sales / Marketing and Application Engineer – Protective relays & Communication equipment – 1978 to 1999.

  • Various assignments in the marketing and application of protective relays, Power Line Carrier, and audio tone communication equipment used in all facets of power systems. Provided solutions to unique applications of relays in power systems. Also involved in teaching company sponsored courses in power systems for the utility and industrial segments, and the analysis of coordination of relays in industrial and utility power systems. This involved the actual settings of relays mostly for transmission line protection, and medium voltage applications including generation.




 Semiconductor Device Physicist has over 15 years of hands-on Silicon Valley R&D experience in materials science and semiconductor physics.  He specializes in semiconductor device physics, particularly in solar cell physics, as well as nanomaterials and devices based on nanomaterials. He is very knowledgeable in coating and thin-film process engineering by many different materials and methods, including synthesis, characterization and analysis, modeling and simulation.

For several years, he was a visiting professor at Standford University, in their Department of Materials Science and Engineering. For four years he was an associate professor in physics and study director of the Karlstad University in Sweden. He has a strong track record of developing intellectual property, including 30 scientific journal publications, three of which he was the sole author, 16 granted US patents, two as the sole inventor, and 6 pending US patents. He has also participated as a peer reviewer for Applied Physics Letters and Journal of Applied Physics.




Academic Background
• Linkoping University, PhD, Materials Science
• Universitat Hannover, Post Doc, Solid State Physics

Professional Experience
RTI Group, LLC, Annapolis, MD, consulting Semiconductor Device Physicist / Materials Engineer, August 2019 to present.

Expert consultant
May 2019 to present
In matters of materials (semiconductors, smart coatings, and superalloys), solar cells and panels, and nanotechnology.

Applied Materials, Senior Materials Scientist,
August 2014 – April 2019
• Responsible for both experimental and modeling-simulation advanced surface technology projects.
• Leads research and development of coatings and surface textures for process chambers in the semiconductor industry, as well as development of coatings for aerospace Ni-based superalloy turbine blades.
• Managing a cross-functional program since 3 years, involving an experimental research group at the Department for Materials Science and Engineering at Cornell University under Prof. Bruce van Dover and a computational aided engineering team from Applied - Materials, using rational design to optimize execution, which has led to the development of multiple products.
• Received team of the quarter award for AlN heater 2015.
• Constantly presents 2 papers at Applied’s Engineering and Technoloy (ET) Conference (5% acceptance rate)
• Led Kickbox project from ideation to proof of concept, that resulted in a patent.
• Supervised several college internship projects, whereof some have led to patents.

OneSun Solar, Principal Scientist
October 2012 - July 2014
• Project manager responsible for development of novel absorber transition metal (Mo, W, etc.) dichalcogenide (S, Se, or Te) materials for low temperature thin film photovoltaics.
• Coordinated cross-functional R&D teams from leading research institutions and companies in North America and Europe.
a. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto
b. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
• Performed solar cell device simulations to set the direction for the company.
• Developed an automated spectral photo conductivity system for screening of promising absorber materials.

MiaSolé, Lead Scientist
June 2008 - September 2012
• Responsible for developing advanced device characterization methodology for CIGS (CuInGaSe2)-based solar cells, including interface characterization, defect spectroscopy, and carrier and trap state analysis.
• Developed an automated system with variable temperature and photo spectrum using filters for capacitance-voltage (CV), admittance spectroscopy, drive-level capacitance profiling (DLCP) and current-voltage (IV)measurements.
• Invented new types of solar cells to improve performance with incorporated nanoparticles / nanostructures.
• Solar cell modeling/simulation using analytical methods and SCAPS.
• Coordinated roll-coater operation using Miasole’s proprietary roll-to-cell physical vapor deposition (PVD) technology both for test runs and production.
• Design of experiments (DOE) using JMP.
• Performed angular resolved photo-emission spectroscopy (PES) on CIGS and CdS at Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory (SSRL).
• Collaborated with National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).

Nanostellar, Inc., Principal Scientist
November 2003 - May 2008
• Responsible for the initial technical and scientific planning of the company, including hiring of key personnel.
• Coordinated the mutual exchange of information between computational and experimental teams.
• Managed various projects to develop new characterization methodology for nanocatalysts.
• Performed transmission electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction analyses of nanocatalysts.
• Responsible for Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) certification.

Stanford University, Visiting Associate Professor in Materials Science
July 2001 - October 2003
• Worked on the American National Science Foundation (NSF) funded project" Computational Nano Engineering of Magnetic Nanostructures" to increase the information density on computer hard discs.
• Developed kinetic Monte Carlo simulation code and used it to model strain-assisted self-assembly of nano-patterned metal and semiconductor (Co, Pt, Ag, Cu, Si, Ge etc.) quantum-dot structures.
• Collaborated closely with experimental and theoretical teams.

Karlstad University, Associate Professor in Physics / Director of Studies
Sweden, April 1997 - June 2001
• Had full responsibility for planning the teaching duties of 10-20 faculty members and overseeing the budget as director of studies.
• Developed and lectured both graduate and undergraduate level courses at the physics department, with focus on semiconductor device physics, solid state physics and surface physics.
• Heteroepitaxy of Insulator/Metal Multilayers on Si(111), collaboration with Hannover University, Germany, principal investigator.
• Performed surface physics research at the Swedish synchrotron radiation laboratory, Maxlab at Lund University.

Hannover University, Postdoctoral Researcher
Germany
• Alexander von Humboldt Fellow.
• Improved and completed the installation of a system for high-resolution electron diffraction.
• Developed computer code to simulate Si epitaxial growth and fundamental metrology limitations for digital data acquisition.

Certifications/Courses
• Certified integrated circuit mask layout designer
• Introduction to Financial Engineering and Econometrics, Coursera
• Developing Innovative Ideas for New Companies: The First Step In Entrepreneurship, Coursera
• Data Scientist’s Tool Box, Coursera
• R Programming, Coursera
• Getting and Cleaning Data, Coursera
• Introduction to Systems Engineering, Coursera
• Applications of Everyday Leadership (Part 1 of Strategic Leadership and Management Specialization), Coursera
• Foundations of Everyday Leadership (Part 2 of Strategic Leadership and Management Specialization), Coursera
• Building Your Leadership Skills, Coursera
• Strategic Career Self-Management (Part 1 of Career Brand Management), Coursera

Professional Development
• Toastmasters: Advanced Communicator Gold, Advanced Leader Bronze, Leadership Excellence, Area Director Club Mentor
• Boy Scouts of America Assistant Scout Master



Senior Risk Specialist with over 35 years’ experience in the telecommunications field, twelve of which have involved the recovery of costs incurred as a result of third party damages. Her duties have included investigating damages to fiber cables, copper cables, service wires, poles, conduits, pedestals, optical equipment, cabinets, buildings, and motor vehicles; reviewing independent damage investigations and police reports to identify at-fault party; and determining man hours, materials, customer services, loss of use, and contractor costs required to repair damaged property.

She is knowledgeable in the intricacies involved with negotiating settlement of demand to recover all costs associated with the damage and the restoral of facilities and property, as well as being experienced in settlement negotiations with all parties and insurance companies.

Splicing and repairing copper, lead, and pulp cables and setting up manhole splices, aerial splices, and buried cable splices; installing aerial and buried terminals; and the reading of cable prints are some of many areas of expertise.  As a construction technician she worked in the digital electronic group and was responsible for turning up and testing Fujitsu products. These products are fiber fed and convert optical signals to electrical signal and back to optical signals for which she was trained while attending fiber fusion school.

She  has testified as an expert pertaining to her duties as a Senior Risk Specialist Manager and has participated in a number of mediations.




Academic Background

  • Columbus State College, Columbus, Ohio, Marketing, 1981

  • Hilliard High School, Hilliard, Ohio, graduated 1977


Professional Experience

  • RTI Group, LLC, Annapolis, MD, Senior Risk Specialist, November 2014 to present

  • AT&T, Columbus, Ohio, Senior Risk Specialist Manager, 2003 to present

  • Technical Support Manager, AT&T Columbus, Ohio, 2001 to August 2003

  • Construction Technician, AT&T Columbus, Ohio, 1995 to August 2001

  • Installation/Repair Technician, AT&T Columbus, Ohio, 1986 – 1995

  • Engineering Clerk, AT&T Columbus, Ohio, 1981 – 1986

  • Service Representative AT&T Columbus, Ohio, 1978 – 1981