With more than 40 years of experience in metallurgical engineering and materials degradation, this expert specializes in failure analysis, corrosion engineering, environmentally assisted cracking, microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC), fracture mechanics, metallurgical assessments, and the evaluation of power plant materials under a wide range of operating conditions. His expertise includes boiling water reactor (BWR) and pressurized water reactor (PWR) systems, raw water environments, pressure vessel embrittlement, high-performance alloys, service water systems, cooling water systems, and environmental compatibility of industrial materials. He also has more than 20 years of expert witness experience providing consultations, depositions, and courtroom testimony involving metallurgical failures, corrosion, and industrial component performance.

His professional experience includes serving as Senior Associate for a private engineering consulting firm and previously as a Senior Engineer for a private industrial manufacturer. Throughout his career, he has performed metallurgical and corrosion assessments, failure analyses, and field investigations involving power generation and industrial equipment, including piping, heat exchangers, pumps, valves, steam and combustion turbines, electrical transmission towers, chemical processing vessels, steel cables, lifting slings, and industrial washing machines. His work has focused on corrosion mechanisms, fracture behavior, degradation prediction, raw water and cooling water systems, microbiologically influenced corrosion, buried piping, reactor pressure vessel embrittlement, and environmental compatibility of engineering materials. He is widely recognized for his work involving microbiologically influenced corrosion and has developed industry training programs, corrosion monitoring technologies, and technical guidance for corrosion prevention and materials management.

He earned a Bachelor of Science in Metallurgical Engineering and completed graduate studies in Materials Science. His professional affiliations include Alpha Sigma Mu and Tau Beta Pi, and his technical contributions include more than 75 publications and four patents related to oxygen measurement systems and biofilm monitoring technologies. He is the author of numerous industry reference documents and technical guidelines addressing microbiologically influenced corrosion, buried piping, service water systems, corrosion control, cooling water chemistry, and life-cycle management of power plant materials, reflecting his longstanding contributions to the fields of corrosion engineering and failure analysis.