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Dr.
L. R. Cornwell holds a Ph. D. in metallurgy from McMaster University
in Canada. His main interest is in structure-property relationships,
particularly on the effects of deformation. He is experienced in
using x-ray diffraction and electron microscopy in the study of
microstructure of alloys following deformation. Dr. Cornwell
performs failure analysis from a metallurgical standpoint, and has
served as a consultant to several companies and organizations. He
retired from Texas A&M University in 1998 after teaching in
the Department of Mechanical Engineering for 28 years. |
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Dr. Roderic K. Stanley holds a Ph.D. in solid state physics from Florida State University, where he studied superconductivity. He spent several years working for Baker Tubular Services and NL McCullough in Houston, Texas, where he was involved with the development of magnetic and ultrasonic inspection techniques for oilfield tubulars. He holds 4 patents in electromagnetic inspection from this work. Also, he worked in the quality departments at Lone Star Steel and Quality Tubing, Inc, and is now the senior development scientist at the latter. Professionally, he is a member of the American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT), the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) and the British Institute for Non-destructive Testing (BINDT). He serves as co-chairman for the American Petroleum Institute Resource Group for Coiled Tubing. He holds Fellow membership rank in ASNT, and is certified at Level III in MT, UT and ET. He has over
45 published articles in NDE, and has co-authored one book with
Dr. Bray. He has consulted for several law firms in tubular inspection
matters, as well as various oil companies, and the Ocean Drilling
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Dr.
Clarence L. Hough, Jr.
has been performing engineering experiments for almost four decades.
He has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and started his career as
a Mechanical Test Engineer conducting functional and structural
tests on helicopters. After obtaining a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering,
he began to apply the principles of Statistical Design of Experiments
(DOE) in his research, teaching and advising. During the last two
decades in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Texas A&M,
Dr. Hough has conducted research in manufacturing, rock drilling,
instrumentation and other topics using these DOE principles (the
basis for Robust Design and Taguchi methods). He has regularly taught
senior and graduate courses in engineering experimentation, supervised
Ph.D., Masters and undergraduate experimentation projects and guided
other professors and their students on matters involving designed
experiments. Dr. Hough served as a consultant for National Institute
of Standards and Technology evaluating invention disclosures. He
has recently colaborated on designing and analyzing experiments
to evaluate new NDE applications with Dr. Don Bray. |
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Dr. Harry A. Hogan earned the Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M University in 1984. He also received degrees in Biomedical Engineering (B.S., 1979; M.S. 1981) and Mechanical Engineering (B.S., 1979) from Louisiana Tech University. He has served on the faculty of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University since 1986. Dr. Hogan's research interests have encompassed finite element modeling, composite materials, and biomechanics. He regularly teaches courses in the areas of stress analysis, design, and finite element modeling. He is a registered Professional Engineer and a member of ASME, the American Academy of Mechanics, and numerous other professional organizations. Dr. Hogan's consulting experience has focussed primarily upon finite element modeling in failure analysis and design. Some samples of recent consulting activity include:
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