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INSTRUCTOR PROFILES Ted Anderson, Ph.D., P.E., chief technology officer at Quest Integrity
Group, is a world-renowned expert in fracture mechanics and fitness-
for-service methods. He is the author of a best-selling book on fracture seminars and workshops throughout the United States, Canada,
mechanics, which has been adopted as a required text in over 100
universities worldwide. He was instrumental in the development of
the original API 579 Fitness-for-Service document and continues
to be active on the joint API/ASME Fitness-for-Service Committee.
He founded Structural Reliability Technology (SRT) in 1995, which
was acquired by the Quest Integrity Group in 2007. Previously,
he was a member of the mechanical engineering faculty at Texas
A&M University. Prior to that he was a senior research engineer at
The Welding Institute in Cambridge, England. He received a PhD in
metallurgy from the Colorado School of Mines.
George Antaki, P.E., Becht Engineering, is internationally recognized
for his expertise in design, analysis and fitness-for-service evaluation BA, PM, PMP-prep classes, and ACP-prep classes internationally. Cline
of pressure equipment and piping systems. Antaki is chair of ASME
B31 Mechanical Design Committee, chair of ASME III Working Group
Piping Design, member of the ASME III Subgroup Component Design,
ASME QME and ASME Operation and Maintenance Subgroup Piping.
He is the author of three textbooks on pressure equipment design and
integrity evaluation, including Fitness-for-Service for Piping, Vessels, was a lecturer at Ohio State University, and the AVP of Nationwide’s
and Tanks. Antaki earned his degree in nuclear engineering from the
University of Liege, and was awarded an MS in mechanical engineering
from Carnegie Mellon University.
John Blanton is chief consulting engineer, Heat Transfer, for GE Energy. Associates, a training and development consulting firm, dedicated
With over 30 years’ engineering design and analysis experience in
industrial and aircraft engines with GE Research, GE Aviation and GE
Energy, his work has included leadership of industrial gas turbine
alternative fuels research programs, including industrial gas turbine
compressor design and SCRAMjet propulsion system studies. For the
past 20 years his work has focused on gas turbine heat transfer and
thermal management. He is an active member of ASME and AIAA and
serves on several IGTI technical committees.
Robert D. Blevins, Ph.D., is a member of the ASME Special Working
Group on Structural Dynamics and the Pressure Vessel Research
Council’s Committee on Dynamic Analysis of Pressure Components.
Blevins has more than 25 years’ experience in flow-induced vibration.
Having earned a Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology, he is co-managed the Mechanical Tolerancing and Performance Sigma
a frequent consultant to government and industry. Blevins is the author
of three books and over 30 papers on fluid flow, structural dynamics
and flow-induced vibration.
Greg W. Brown, Ph.D., is principal consulting engineer and general
manager of Advanced Engineering for the Quest Integrity Group. In
2001, he joined Ted Anderson at Structural Reliability Technology,
which later became part of Quest Integrity Group. Previously, he
developed algorithms to update industrial finite element models
using experimental measurements and performed flutter analyses
of F16 and F18 fighter aircraft. Anderson, Brown and the engineers
at Structural Reliability Technology performed much of the work that
was incorporated into API 579. He currently performs computational
mechanics and CFD analyses, specializing in litigation and failure
analysis. His group performs Fitness-for-Service assessments for a
variety of industries using API 579. Brown also develops specialized
software and methodologies for structural analysis and life assessment.
Bruce Chehroudi, Ph.D., is an award-winning engineer/scientist/R&D
manager. He has nearly twenty years experience in automotive,
aerospace, energy, environment, nanotechnology and medicine. He
has worked at Raytheon STX, Ford, Air Force Research Laboratory,
Princeton University, General Motors and NASA. He has been a
technical and R&D consultant for organizations such as Honda R&D,
Honeywell, NASA, GE, Boeing, TRW, General Motors, Amgen and
GlaxoSmithKline. Chehroudi earned a Ph.D. in mechanical & aerospace
engineering, and was a post-doctoral fellow at Princeton University
and was awarded an MS in mechanical engineering from Southern
Methodist University and an MS in economics and management from
Swiss Finance Institute. He has more than 150 publications and patents.
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Derrick Chevalier is an internationally acclaimed consultant with
more than 21 years’ experience who has facilitated hundreds of
Mexico and elsewhere. He has consulted and worked with engineers,
technical professionals, project managers, and business development
executives from a wide range of disciplines and areas, including
electrical, mechanical, bridge maintenance, aerospace, transportation,
manufacturing, Information technology, bio-chemistry, pharmaceuticals,
nutrition, real estate, finance and accounting.
Alan Cline, PMP, PMI-ACP, is a consultant and agile iteration coach,
and president of Carolla Development, a project management
consulting company. He has been in the software industry for about 35
years. He holds an Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) and a Project
Management Professional (PMP) credential from the PMI. He teaches
is currently writing a book on agile practices for those new to agile so
that they can deliver software predictably with unusually low defect
rates. Previously, Cline was the director of Software Engineering for
Flairsoft Federal. He was the software engineering lead and iteration
coach for a $3.3M agile project at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. He
Requirements Center of Excellence. He earned his MS in physics and
BS in mathematics.
Gary Dichtenberg is the president of Professional Development
to assist organizations and individuals achieve their highest level
of performance excellence. Previously he was vice president of
training and development for Citicorp and also served as manager of
management development at Consolidated Edison, where he directed
a broad developmental strategy. He is a member of the commercial
panel of the American Arbitration Association, the Network of
Organizational Development practitioners and the American Society
for Training and Development. He holds a BA degree in history from
Hofstra University. He holds a M.S in organizational psychology from
Columbia University and an MSW from Yeshiva University.
Paul Drake developed the successful application of Six Sigma
mechanical processes at Raytheon Systems Company, where he
Center for Excellence. Drake is an ASME certified senior level
geometric dimensioning and tolerancing professional, a registered
professional engineer and has earned a Six Sigma black belt.
Philip D. Flenner, P.E., has spent nearly 40 years in welding
qualifications and training, engineering training, power plant
maintenance and performance assessment. He has developed several
guidelines on material control, repair methods and the use of codes
and standards for the power industry. He participates significantly on
several piping codes, welding qualification codes and materials codes,
and has gained the honor of being named an ASME fellow. Flenner
has participated in industry research on the effects of PWHT on ASME
materials, and has played significant roles in sponsoring changes in
ASME Code requirements covering preheating and PWHT
Joe Frey, staff consultant at Stress Engineering Services, Inc. (SES), is a
licensed engineer who previously spent 24 years at Houston Lighting
& Power and Reliant Energy where he was responsible for providing
engineering support for the FFS program for all boilers, pressure
vessels and high energy piping. Since joining SES in 2004 he has
worked several emergency repairs, including eight fire assessments in
the last four years. He is currently chair of the ASME B31.1 Power Piping
Code Committee.