Chris Ampfer
Professional Engineer
- Role
- Senior Engineer at WL Plastics
- Location
- Cincinnati, OH, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Chris Ampfer
With over 30 years of engineering work experience, I am a licensed Professional Engineer at WL Plastics, the largest manufacturer of high-performance HDPE pipe in North America. My mission is to provide engineering and technical support to sales team, suppliers, and customers, and to contribute to the development and revision of industry standards and best practices for polyethylene pipe applications.As an active participant and leader in various industry associations, such as AGA, PPI, ASTM, and CSA, I have written and presented multiple papers on topics such as pipe burial depth, qualification of gas distribution pipe, and scratch depth allowance. I have also developed technical documents and calculators for PPI Energy Piping Systems Division, and promoted changes to federal and plumbing codes for PE pipe. I am passionate about advancing the knowledge and innovation of pipeline engineering and polyethylene pipe technology.
Experience
Senior Engineer
Nov 2017 — Present · Cincinnati, KY, US
Provided engineering and technical support to sales team, suppliers, and customers• Actively participating in industry associations: AGA PMC & GPTC (vice-chair of Manufacturers Division and Design Task Group), PPI (EPSD Education Chair), ASTM, NGA, AWWA, APGA, ASME, CSA, API• Develop and revise standards for ASTM, AWWA, API, ASME, CSA • Promoted changes to Federal Gas Distribution code, ASME code, and plumbing code for PE pipe• Developed technical documents and calculators (gas flow calculator and test pressure calculator) for PPI Energy Piping Systems Division• Wrote and presented papers at AGA, NGA, APGA, SPE, and Plastic Pipes conferences. Topics include pipe burial depth, qualification of gas distribution pipe, PE pipe print lines, allowable scratch depth, squeeze-off isolation, allowable bending and deflection limits, above ground support spacing • Marketing to natural gas distribution, water, and sewer companies• Responsible for growing WL Plastics yearly gas distribution pipe sales from nothing to over 3 million pounds since 2018. • Providing tours of facilities to gas pipe customers
Education
Northern Kentucky University
Mathematics & Physics
University of Kentucky
MS & BS, Civil Engineering
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