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PETER ELLIOTT
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BSc MSc PhD
CEng FIMMM FICorr FNACE |
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Corrosion Specialist |
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REGISTRATIONS |
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Licensed Chartered Engineer C.Eng. (#371093) |
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Fellow, Institute of Corrosion FICorr. (#1141) |
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Fellow, Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining (formerly
Metals) FIMMM. (#87718) |
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Corrosion Specialist NACE International (#4964) |
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NACE Fellow NACE International (awarded 1999) |
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EDUCATION |
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BSc, (Hons),
Metallurgy, University of Manchester, England 1962 |
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MSc, Metallurgy, University of Manchester, England 1963 |
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PhD, Metallurgy,
University of Manchester, England 1965 |
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE |
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Advisory services,
troubleshooting and failure investigations on malfunctioning machinery and
equipment, including component breakdowns, structural collapse, fire, heat
and flood damage. Examples include isolated breakdowns in process plant and
equipment, piping, storage vessels, underground storage tanks, reactors,
machinery, aerosol cans, chairs, plumbing, wire ropes, elevators and
escalators, automobiles and transportation vehicles, ships and cargoes. |
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POSITIONS HELD |
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1987-present.
President. Corrosion and Materials Consultancy, Inc. Colts Neck,
NJ Consulting services as
detailed herein. |
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1986-1987. Senior
Engineer. Cortest Engineering Services, Inc., Houston,
TX; Rockville, MD Established UK office/laboratory, Cortest
Laboratories, Ltd., in Sheffield, UK.
Materials utilization and testing; contract R & D; site surveys;
troubleshooting. |
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1985-1986.
Director. Independent Total Inspection, Inc.,
Houston, TX;
ITI, Ltd., Watford,
UK. Coating
Inspection; surveys; appraisal reports; troubleshooting, seminars. |
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1968-1985.
Professor, (tenured lecturer). University of Manchester Institute of
Science and Technology (UMIST) Corrosion and
Protection
Center, Manchester,
England. Teaching and research MSc course in Corrosion Science and
Engineering; - MSc course in Terotechnology; design and materials
selection, basic corrosion principles; atmospheric corrosion; high
temperature environments, troubleshooting and failure analysis, etc. |
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1973 -1985.
Senior Consultant. Corrosion And Protection Centre Industrial Services, (CAPCIS).
Manchester,
England. UK and worldwide advisory & consulting work; site surveys;
laboratory testing and simulation; failure analysis, litigation/insurance
work, etc. |
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1976-present.
Faculty Staff. Center for Professional Advancement (CfPA), NJ;
Amsterdam,
Holland;
In house worldwide. Seminars; industrial corrosion; oil/gas corrosion. |
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1965 -1968.
Project Officer. Imperial Chemical Industries Metals Division, (IMI),
Ltd., UK. R/D on materials for aerospace and gas turbine industries;
general work with IMI products copper, titanium, etc. |
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1995 - present.
Visiting Lecturer.
University of Madison, Wisconsin.
Seminars on The Utilization of Stainless Steels and Overcoming the
Challenge of Corrosion. |
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1995- present.
Faculty. NACE International, 2-day seminar High Temperature
Corrosion. |
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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY |
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Professional
independent engineering services and technical support in metallurgy,
corrosion and high-temperature materials performance for all
sectors of industry. |
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Over 35 years
experience in the understanding and application of metallurgy and corrosion control principles and risk minimization associated with
materials. |
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Design
appraisals, advisory work, inspection, site surveys, failure investigations,
testing and simulation studies for industry, local authorities,
government agencies, insurers, loss adjusters, arbitrators and the
legal profession. |
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Experience with
major plant failures including process plant, refineries, gas turbines,
boilers, pipelines and buildings after explosions, fires, flood damages
and structural collapse. |
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Assessed
malfunctioning machinery, component breakdowns, electrical failures, cargo condition surveys, buildings and infrastructure, supports and guard
rails, poorly fabricated parts and equipment. |
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Experienced
expert witness in metallurgy, materials selection, failure analysis, design
and corrosion-related issues. |
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Approximately
100 published technical papers and over 100 professional presentations,
including radio and television. |
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Specialist in
planning and presenting seminars and in-house training courses on materials, design and corrosion control for engineers, management,
designers, operators, inspectors and risk assessors. Presentations
include materials selection and design, corrosion engineering,
corrosion in the oil and gas industries, troubleshooting and failure
analysis. |
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MAJOR
PROJECTS
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Disbonding of coatings on Metro cars, Hong Kong.
SCC
failures in copper tubing condominiums, Chicago, Illinois.
Failure of power generator systems, BELCO, Bermuda.
Premature failure
of sliding doors in condominiums, Bethany Beach, Delaware.
Refinery fire, Syncrude, Canada.
Gas turbine
failures, Saudi Arabia; United Arab Emirates.
Ignitor failures in gas furnaces, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Chair failures
various, New York, New York; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Elevator cable
failures, New York, New York.
Boiler
tube explosion, Cadafe, Venezuela.
Failed
acid-carrying road tanker, New Jersey.
Urea Plant
explosion, Lake Charles, Louisiana.
Loss of coatings
on structures in the Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida.
Hydraulic cylinder
failures, Coal Mine, Price, Utah.
Explosion at
Kaisers alumina plant, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Fuel oil corrosion
in boiler, Dominican Republic
Gas cooler
failures in sulfuric acid plant, South Africa.
Coating failures
on generator panels, New York.
Failure of large
water main, New York City.
Materials assessments [FFP] after refinery fire, Mexico.
Steel cargo
damages following voyage, New York.
Resolving SCC in insulated copper tubing, USA - general, Mexico.
Condition survey
of aluminized steel in underground culvert, Fort Worth, Texas.
Duct work
evaluations following a fire in a luxury mansion, Dallas, Texas.
Dielectric coupling failure and flood
damage in high rise building, New York, New York.
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SPECIAL
EXPERTISE
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Stress corrosion
cracking of copper tubing under elastomeric insulation.
Formicary
(ant-nest) corrosion in ACR copper tubing.
Surveying
underground storage tanks
High temperature
oxidation and hot corrosion;
Elevated
temperature corrosion by molten salts, molten glasses, etc.
Seminars and
Information Transfer see below |
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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
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NACE
International |
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ASM
International |
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INSTITUTE OF
CORROSION (I.Corr)
(formerly
Institution of Corrosion Science & Technology) |
INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS, MINERALS & MINING
(formerly Institute of Metals)
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ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS |
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Author of
approximately 100 technical papers on:
materials performance
aqueous & general corrosion
high temperature corrosion
engineering design
risk assessment & awareness
corrosion technology transfer
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Over 100
presentations, including:
plenary lectures
invited lectures at international conferences and local professional
societies
radio and television presentations
video presentation on designing for corrosion control
high-temperature seminar for NACE (author and presenter)
corrosion control for food processing industries (NiDI
presentations) |
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EXPERT TESTIMONY |
Testified in trials and depositions, including End-Dispute and other
arbitrations in USA and overseas, including South Africa and Venezuela.
Court-qualified as an expert in metallurgy, materials engineering, failure
analysis and corrosion, etc.
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SEMINARS AND COURSES |
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Customized
presentations for clients worldwide, including seminars or short courses
held at universities, private companies and for professional societies.
Focused topics include:
Approach to
Failure Analysis
Materials
Selection & Design
Overcome the Challenge of Corrosion (University Wisconsin; IVEPE Greece)
Designing to
Minimize Corrosion
High Temperature
Corrosion (several for NACE International, e.g., GE)
(Past courses include: Industrial Corrosion, {CfPA}; Oil & Gas Corrosion, {CfPA};
Corrosion in Food & Beverage Industries, {NiDI USA and Mexico}; The
Utilization of Stainless Steels, {University of Madison, Wisconsin};
Overcome the Challenge of Corrosion, {University of Madison, Wisconsin;
IVEPE Greece}). |
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APPOINTMENTS |
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UK GOVERNMENT
Member, Committee
on Corrosion (1972-1982).
Technical Support,
Overseas Development Administration, (1981-1986); Mexico. IIE, Cuernavaca,
Mexico.
NICKEL DEVELOPMENT
INSTITUTE (NiDI).
Consultant. (1990-2000).
GUIDELINE (TELTECH)
Resource Network Corporation.
Expert. (1993 - present).
WHOS WHO Environmental
Registry.
(1992 present).
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