Representative Expert Engagements
Intellectual Property
- Volatile fuel vapor recovery system using automated variable speed motor
- Non-weather environmental remote monitoring system
- PC based underwater Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) simulator
- UPS electrical power management for computers via direct data link
- Computer physical environment monitoring system
- Electronic flow measurement and remote telemetry devices
- Dual coil low voltage solenoid operated latched switching valve
- Automated PLC to spreadsheet interface and data transfer
- Trademark registration for industrial remote telemetry system
- High speed data transfer for networked LED matrix display boards (wallboards)
- Electronic bed-patient monitoring systems using motion and position sensors
- PC-based mainframe computer monitoring and alarming system
- Automated self-powered pharmaceutical dispensing and tracking system
- Networked transaction processing simulation system
- Online interactive gaming and scoring system
Accidents & Damages
- Ground fault on variable speed drive on 8000HP motor at steel rolling mill
- PLC controlled band strapping machine on large paper roll handling conveyor
- Electrically operated, steam powered soot blower on power boiler in paper mill
- Boiler puff damage with DCS-Based Burner Management System (BMS)
- Lockout-Tagout (LOTO) procedure for hydraulically powered foundry conveyor
- Current-Pneumatic I/P valve positioner on steam boiler air inlet at cogen power plant
- PLC control failure on automated steel tube manufacturing equipment
- OSHA control reliability for Heim power press at metal manufacturing facility
- Variable speed drive failure during power dip at sewage lift station
- Control panel design for screed control on asphalt paving machine
- Inoperative safety devices on combine harvester
- Elden Rasper automated tire recycling equipment
- Arc flash on high voltage electrical disconnect during routine service
- Steam release from DCS controlled industrial cleaning process
- Lockout-Tagout for programmable logic controller (PLC) for raw lumber processor
- Oilfield diesel generators and SCR variable speed drives
- PLC controlled pneumatic ram on metal recycling system
- Electronic control circuit failure in 10 MW gas turbine
- PC & PLC based benzene pipeline leak detection system failure
- Handheld voltmeter arc flash at 480 volts
- SCADA production monitoring system malfunction on remote production facility
- Fuji CP-6 integrated circuit and chip placement equipment misalignment
- Control panel gas venting for hazardous area in offshore gas explosion
- Electrically controlled lead-acid battery recycling system
Commercial Matters
- Purchase and performance for CNC metal machining equipment
- Marketing agreement and practices for patented offshore drilling technology
- Design and installation of PLC automated blow molding equipment
- Wrongful termination of electrical subcontractor at power plant
- Development of nuclear cancer treatment device (after-loader)
Engineering and Technology
- Pipeline SCADA and leak detection system testing procedures
- Modbus protocol data transfer for Quantum Coriolis Mass Flowmeter
- Skill assessment tests for EE power and electronics
- Technology assessment for automated prescription dispenser
- Analysis of large construction project responsibility matrix
- Contract reviews for manufacturing, construction, and field service