Process Safety Metallurgical Engineer Industrial Fire Explosion Expert Witness

Expert Witness No.1086

New Jersey

Summary

Expert 1086 is a Senior Consulting Engineer in Process Safety with over 18 years experience dealing with fire and explosion hazards including gas, vapor and dust explosions, and electrostatic hazards. He is a Certified Safety Professional (CSP) certified by the Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP), USA and is a Norwegian Chartered Engineer. He worked with Prof. Rolf K. Eckhoff, author of the book “Dust Explosions in the Process Industries”, for eight years on dust and gas explosions. Through extensive researches on dust and gas explosions, he obtained his Ph.D. under the supervision of Prof. Eckhoff.

His job includes: Investigating industrial fire and explosion incidents,conducting process safety reviews and audits, analyzing industrial systems and processes involving fire, explosion, and electrostatic hazards, presenting training courses on gas, vapor, and dust explosions, and electrostatic hazards; and supervising laboratory testing. Expert 1086 has also been retained as an expert witness in litigation cases that involve major fire and explosion accidents that caused huge economical losses and injuries and fatalities. He has worked for various clients including chemical, pharmaceutical, petrochemical, paint, coating, metallurgical, food, and many others, as well as law firms. Expert 1086 has published a number of technical articles and has also written numerous technical reports.

Professional Certification

Certified Safety Professional (CSP), the Board of Certified Safety Professionals, USA.

Professional Qualifications

Gas/Vapor Explosions,Flammability limits, Ignitibility, Explosion violence and damage analysis, Flame propagation, Prevention and Protection Techniques, Dust Explosions, Flammability limits, Ignitibility, Explosion violence and damage analysis, Flame propagation, Prevention and Protection Techniques

Electrostatic Hazards, Laboratory testing of electrostatic hazards, Assessment of electrostatic discharge hazards associated with industrial processes, Preventive and protective techniques against electrostatic hazards

Electrical Hazards and Hazardous Area Classification

Process Hazards Analysis

Conduct analysis of fire and explosion hazards and electrostatic hazards of various processes involving production, processing, storage and transportation of combustible/flammable materials including gases, liquids, solids, and slurries

Instrumentation and Programming
Application of Laser-Doppler Anemometry in turbulent flow measurement  (both steady and gas explosion driven transient flow), Calibration and programming for explosion measurements

Professional Experience

Expert Witnesses in Litigation:  Provide professional opinions and advises for legal cases involving fire and explosion hazards and electrostatic hazards

Incident Investigation:  Conduct investigations of fire and explosion incidents in various industries

Consulting:  Analyze and assess fire and explosion hazards and electrostatic hazards associated with various industrial processes, and suggest safety measures to prevent incidents and to protect personnel and equipment

Safety Training Courses:  Present safety training courses on gas, vapor and dust explosion hazards, electrostatic hazards and electrical ignition hazards and hazardous area classifications. These courses provide both technical principles and practical solutions

Research/Testing:  Supervise and conduct research projects and laboratory testing

Employment History

1996 – present - A Technology Corporation, USA

1989 – 1996 - Dept. of Process Safety, Christian Michelsen Research, Norway.

1986 – 1989 - The Industrial Explosion Protection Institute, Northeastern University of Technology, Shenyang, China

Degrees

Ph.D. in Applied Physics/Process Safety Engineering, University of Bergen, Norway 1996. Thesis:  Initiation and Turbulent Propagation of Gas Explosions - an Experimental Study of Selected Aspects, Supervised by Prof. Rolf K. Eckhoff.

M.S. in Process Safety Engineering, Northeastern University of Technology, China, 1986 Thesis:  Flame Propagation in Laminar Calcium - Silicon Alloy Dust and Coal Dust (Dust Explosions)

B.S. in Metallurgical Engineering, Northeastern University of Technology, China, 1983.

Publications

Available upon request