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design, analysis, specifications, support design, mechanical system
requirements and documentation requirements. Areas of his technical
competence include ASME piping and pressure vessel codes, stress
analysis, field troubleshooting piping system support, vibration, and
expansion problems. An ASME member who has been involved in
the ASME B31.1 and ASME B31.3 Section Committees for over 35
years, he is currently chair of the ASME B31.3 Process Piping Section
Committee, chair of the ASME B31 Standards Committee, and serves
on the ASME Board on Pressure Technology Codes and Standards.
Meyer has also served as chair of ASME B31.1 Power Piping Code
Section Committee. Most recently, Meyer co-authored chapters in
the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Companion Guide, 4th Edition,
covering the ASME B31.1 Power Piping Code and the B31.3 Process
Piping Code.
Mahmoud Nagi Shatla, MSC, PhD, CEng FIMechE, is a chartered
mechanical engineer and has been elected as a fellow of the UK
Institution of Mechanical Engineers. At Shell UK Onshore Assets
Mechanical Division, Dr Shatla is responsible for the inspection,
maintenance, repair and assets startup/shutdown decisions relevant to
mechanical-static equipment for all Shell UK onshore assets. He is also including ASME B31.8, B31 Mechanical Design Technical Committee,
the director of Technical Integrity Solutions Ltd., Aberdeen, UK, which B31 Standards Committee, and the ASME Board of Pressure
specialises in consultancy jobs relevant to static equipment and piping Technology Codes and Standards.
risk based inspection (RBI), fitness-for-service and repair. Dr Shatla
has conducted/supervised mechanical design of hundreds of pressure
vessels, tanks, heat exchangers, and air coolers, per ASME VIII DIV.
1, ASME VIII DIV. 2, PD 5500, EN 13445, API 650, API 620, TEMA, API
660, API 661, and BS EN 14620. He earned his MSc in mechanical
engineering from the American University in Cairo and his PhD in
mechanical engineering from the Ohio State University.
David A. Osage, P.E., is internationally recognized for his expertise
in the design of new equipment and as an industry expert and leader
in the development and use of FFS (Fitness-for-Service) technology.
He is the President and CEO of The Equity Engineering Group, Inc.,
and has over 30 years of experience in the refining and petrochemical
industries. As the lead investigator and principal author of the new
ASME B&PV Code, “Section VIII, Division 2, Rules for Construction of
Pressure Vessels: Alternative Rules,” he developed a new organization
and writing style for this code and was responsible for introducing the more than 20 publications and was awarded two patents. Mr. Sims
latest developments in materials, design, fabrication, and inspection
technologies. These technologies include new models for materials
behavior suitable for use in a construction code, updated design-
by-rule methods, modern design-by-analysis procedures including
the introduction of elastic-plastic analysis methods, and a new
fatigue method for welded joints. Mr. Osage received a Certificate of
Acclamation from ASME for this work. He has served on several ASME
B&PV VIII Code Committees. Mr. Osage earned his Bachelor and
Master’s degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the Stevens Institute
of Technology in 1977. He is a registered professional engineer in
Ohio.
Daniel T. Peters, PE, is an internationally recognized expert in the
design and analysis of pressure equipment and pressure vessels,
specializing in high-pressure equipment. He is currently an Associate
with Structural Integrity Associates, Inc. and works in the area of
pressure vessel and piping design, analysis, fitness for service, and
asset management. He has applied engineering principles to the
in-service inspection of equipment and long term asset management.
This includes remaining life assessment utilizing fracture mechanics
and fatigue, flaw evaluation and practical application of NDE
techniques. Mr. Peters has collaborated extensively with ASME
BPV Code Sections II and VIII Divisions 1, 2, and 3 and ASME Post
Construction Committees. He has been a member of the Subgroup
on High Pressure Vessels (primarily responsible for Section VIII
Division 3) for 15 years and Chairman for the past six years. He is a
past Chair of the ASME Pressure Vessel and Piping Division’s High
Pressure Technology Committee and the Pressure Vessels and Piping
Division. He has authored or coauthored several papers in this area
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of cylinders. Mr. Peters earned his Bachelor degree from Penn State
University and his Master’s degree from Gannon University. He is
a registered Professional Engineer in eleven states including Ohio,
Pennsylvania and Texas. He is an ASME Fellow and has received
numerous awards for his contributions to both ASME Codes and
Standards and with the Pressure Vessels and Piping Division.
Michael J. Rosenfeld, PE, is Vice President and Chief Engineer at
Kiefner/Applus-RTD. His experience includes 25 years in the oil
and gas pipeline industry including design, stress analysis, failure
investigation, fitness for service assessment, maintenance and repair,
welding, and risk assessment. Prior to working in the pipeline industry,
Mr. Rosenfeld’s experience included the design and analysis of
power piping systems, and industrial and aerospace equipment and
components. He has conducted several pipeline industry-sponsored
research projects related to pipeline flaw and damage resistance,
reliability, and safety. He has published over 30 technical articles in the
public domain. Mr. Rosenfeld is active in pipeline standards activities,
J. Robert (Bob) Sims, is an internationally recognized authority in
risk-based technologies for optimizing inspection and maintenance
decisions, design and analysis of high pressure equipment, including
high pressure, high temperature (HPHT) equipment for oil and gas
exploration and production. He also has extensive experience in
mechanical integrity evaluations of existing equipment and Fitness-
For-Service analyses. Mr. Sims, an ASME Fellow and member of
the Industry Advisory Board, has been an active ASME volunteer
during his 35 years as a member. He held office as ASME President
from 2014-2015; and previously, has served in a variety of leadership
positions, including as a Board of Governors member, senior vice
president for Standards and Certification, vice president for the
Council on Codes and Standards, chair of the Board on Pressure
Technology, and in a variety of capacities in ASME Codes and
Standards boards, groups, committees and sub-committees. He has
is a frequent speaker and chairman for technical forums. He was
responsible for developing the ASME publication, Guide to Life Cycle
Management of Pressure Equipment Integrity. He has been recognized
by his peers throughout the industry as a leader, having received
the J. Hall Taylor Codes and Standards medal in 2004, and the
Melvin R. Green Codes and Standards medal in 2006. Prior to joining
Becht Engineering in 1998, he worked for more than thirty years for
Exxon (now ExxonMobil); the last ten years as a pressure equipment
specialist with Exxon Research and Engineering Company.
James C. Sowinski, P.E., is a Consulting Engineer for Equity
Engineering Group with 25 years of experience in the refining and
petrochemical industries. He is recognized for his expertise in the
use of Fitness-For-Service (FFS) technology throughout the industry.
Mr. Sowinski performs design reviews for pressure vessels as part of
major refinery capital projects, including expansions, revamps, and
de-bottlenecking projects. He provides FFS evaluations to extend
equipment life according to code, as well as design an analysis of
pressure-containing equipment to evaluate mechanical integrity. He
is currently the Vice-Chair of ASME BPV VIII Subgroup on Design
and is a member of various Code committees. He was involved in the
development of the 2007 ASME B&PV Code, Section VIII, Division 2.
He was a contributing author of ASME PTB–1, Section VIII–Division
2, Criteria and Commentary and the primary author of the Example
Problem Manuals for both ASME PTB-3, Section VIII – Division 2,
and ASME PTB-4, Section VIII – Division 1. Mr. Sowinski earned his
Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering at Cleveland
State University and is a registered professional engineer in Ohio
and Texas.
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