Engineering Resumes

Contact Information:

Education:

B.S. Mechanical Engineering, 1980, University of New Hampshire
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, 1982, University of New Hampshire

Employment:

Colorado Engineering Experiment Station, Inc., 1990 - present

Principal Engineer
Engineering Measurements Company (EMCO), 1987 - 1990

Research Engineer
The Foxboro Company, 1982 - 1987

Professional Societies:

* American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
* ASME Standards Committee on Fluid Flow Measurement Uncertainty
* American Gas Association Transmission Measurement Committee
* American Petroleum Institute
* National Conference of Standards Laboratories
* Measurement Science Conference
* Instrument Society of America

Technical Accomplishments:

* Began to establish a program at Foxboro to develop multiphase flow products. Designed and developed a wet steam measurement test capability and obtained considerable test data on several flow meter products. The effort included research of existing state-of-the-art to identify potential future products and market needs.

* Design, commissioning, and operation of the newest CEESI Primary Flow Facility ("Primary C"). This facility can be operated with a combustible gas which added a unique capability to CEESI calibration and test services.

* Prepared the calibration process uncertainty analyses required to achieve Federal Government accreditation of the CEESI calibration facilities. These analysis included instrument performance, process stability, calibration histories and inter-laboratory comparison programs.

* Responsible for the development and maintenance of a multiple agenda technical training program. Course agendas are designed to cover the wide range of CEESI client industries as well as student experience. Training has been delivered to clients worldwide as well as within the CEESI Colorado facility.

* Provided an uncertainty analysis of a wet gas production allocation process. Orifice meters provided allocation of gas and condensate volumes based on custody transfer measurements at a separator. The analysis scope included daily flow computer data representing seven years of production from nearly 100 wells.

* Completed an engineering analysis of an oil production allocation process. Turbine meters provided allocation of production volume measured by a LACT unit and barge sales. The analysis resulted comparing several allocation algorithms.

* Provided testing and consulting services to characterize the behavior of a rich gas offshore production system. The potential for retrograde condensation raised concerns regarding the measurements and calculation of gas density. The CEESI solution included wet gas testing and an uncertainty analysis.

* Developed a statistical calibration process control algorithm for laboratory and field applications. The results of the algorithm allows an operator to easily monitor measurement system performance.

* Prepared an uncertainty analysis of the mass balance in a gas processing plant based on combining individual component uncertainties. The plant measured unprocessed gas using an ultrasonic meter; liquid products and intermediate measurements were made with turbine and orifice meters.

* Providing contributions to flow measurement standards (AGA, API, ASME) describing uncertainty analysis. Currently leading effort to develop an API MPMS Chapter devoted exclusively to measurement uncertainty.