Specialties & Experience
General Specialties:
Building & Construction
Specialty Focus:
Building and Construction, Forensic engineering assessments, Material failures, refractory materials, corrosion and wear failures, High temperature processes
Education:
BSc in the science of engineering materials PhD in ceramic material engineering 6 years in Japan working at Nippon Steel and Krosaki Refractories. 16 years at ANSTO (Australian Nuclear Science & Technology Organisation) 16 years as Director of Hitech Materials Pty Ltd.
Years in Practice:
26
Number of Times Deposed/Testified in Last 4 Yrs:
14
Additional Information
Materials Scientist / Engineer with over 35 years experience in materials testing and analysis, with an emphasis on failure analysis. Experience across all material classes including metals, plastics, ceramics and composite materials, exposed to corrosive, wear and high stress conditions. Cases include failure analysis of polymer water pipes, lead leaching from brass plumbing fittings, degradation of building insulation and cladding materials. Also damage to high temperature processing equipment for molten metal handling, energy to waste facilities, cement and glass kilns /furnaces.