Chris M.

About Chris M.

Professional Engineer and Consultant with 24+ years experience in the Refinery/Petrochemical, Aviation/Aero Test, Nuclear/Non-Nuclear Power, Industrial, Food/Pharmaceutical, Distillery, Specialty Chemical, Microchip, and Paper industries. Specialties Include: Pipe Stress Analysis using AutoPIPE, Caesar II, and PIPESTRESS, Piping to Equipment Interfaces (Tanks, Vessels, Heat Exchangers, Rotating Equipment, etc.), Pressure Vessel Design and Evaluations using Compress, PVElite, and NozzlePro (API 579/FFS, ASME Section Div. 1 and 2, ASME Section Finite Element Analysis (FEA) & Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) analysis using Ansys, Vibration Analysis, Forensic Studies, General Problem Solving, and of course providing great Customer Service. Some interesting recent projects include-Section Div. 2 evaluation of a Square Heat Exchanger using Ansys to determine remaining Life -FFS Evaluation and Retrofit design of in-service vessel to address weld failures (used ASME Section Div. 2 Design by Analysis in Ansys Mech.)-Root Cause Evaluation of a Chemical Reactor Vessel Failure -Retrofit of piping in a High Temperature Catalyst Module (piping operating in the Creep range at 1200+F)-Stress Analysis of Large Diameter, Refractory Lined Ducts -Design of Square Pressure Vessels with Explosion Vents -High Temperature/Pressure/Vibration piping for Aero Combustion Test Rigs -CFD Evaluation of Contaminate Dispersions from Exhaust Stacks, Leaks, Relief Valves -Design of wet well for Firewater Pumping Station (including CFD modeling of river water flows at intake)-Vibration and Seismic resistant designs for large bore piping.

Experience

1. Sr Consultant Analytical Services Team Lead

   Matrix Technologies, Inc.

   Jan 2018 — Present · Cincinnati, KY

   Sr. Consultant for the Process Solutions Group and Team Lead for the Analytical Services Group. Professional Engineer and Consultant with 23+ years experience in the Aviation/Aero Test, Refinery/Petrochem, Nuclear/Non-Nuclear Power, Industrial, Food/Pharmaceutical, Chemical and Paper industries. Very proud to be leading the Analytical Services group which provides Piping, Pipe Stress, Fitness for Service, Vibration, Pressure Vessel, Finite Element Analysis, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Heat Transfer, Troubleshooting and Forensic services to Matrix and the Matrix client base.