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- M.S. Materials Science, Stanford University
- B.S. Materials Engineering, San Jose State University
- Pipeline failures (metal and polymer)
- Corrosion
- Automobile accident reconstruction
- Weld analysis
- Glass fracture
- Metal failure due to processing defects
- Degradation of rubber composites
- Compositional analysis of industrial process effluent
- Compositional analysis of combustion products
- Construction defects
- Detection of blood evidence
- Faculty, San Jose State University, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering
- Manager of the Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) Laboratory at San Jose State University
- NASA Ames Research Center, Thermal Protection Materials Branch
- SRI International, Materials Research Laboratory
- United Airlines, Failure Analysis Group, SFO
- Failure Analysis from Fracture Patterns, American Academy of Forensic Sciences, presented at 61st Annual Meeting, February 16-21, 2009
- Materials Engineering and Science Aspects of Failure Analysis, in Encyclopedia of Forensic Science, Wiley and Sons, London, in press
- Fusen Bakudan — The Intercontinental Balloon Bombs of WW II, American Academy of Forensic Sciences, presented at 60th Annual Meeting, February 17-23, 2008
- Writing Program Improvements for a Materials Engineering Laboratory Course, American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Annual Conference, June 24-27, 2007
- The Crash of the USS Macon, American Academy of Forensic Sciences, presented at 59th Annual Meeting, February 19-24, 2007
- Plastic Welds and Metal Wedges — Failure Modes of Large Diameter Pipeline Joints, presented at the Society of Forensic Engineers and Scientists Winter Seminar, March 24-26, 2006
- The Crash of 13304 - Investigation of the First Airplane Bombing, American Academy of Forensic Sciences, presented at 58th Annual Meeting, February 20-25, 2006
- Inward Deformation Under Outward Pressure, American Academy of Forensic Sciences, presented at 57th Annual Meeting, February 21-26, 2005
- Genesis Candidate Heatshield and Penetration Materials Test in the Ames 60MW Interactive Heating Facility, NASA Technical Memorandum, April 2003
- Mars 2001 Heatshield Material Verification and Candidate Heatshield Penetration Concepts Test in the Ames 20MW Aerodynamic Heating Facility, NASA Technical Memorandum, April 2003
- Production of Substantially Monodisperse Phosphor Particles, U.S. Patent Number 6,039,894, March 21, 2000
- Removal of Hydrogen Chloride from Hot Coal Gas Streams, in High Temperature Gas Cleaning, Institut für Mechanische Verfahrenstechnik und Mechanik, Ed. E. Schmidt, 1996
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