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Gordon A. Aaker, Jr., P. E.    Email

Mr. Aaker has twenty-five years of engineering experience in evaluating failures, nationally and internationally. Mr. Aaker has provided litigation support and expert witness testimony on a variety of causes, including identification of failures that are the result poor design, and misuse of materials.

Mr. Aaker combines his metallurgical background with mechanical design experience to accurately identify failures that are a result of poor design or incorrect use of materials. Mr. Aaker is an authority on construction methods, fabrication codes, and design codes. He is experienced in the use of laboratory equipment and other analytical tools required to evaluate construction materials and to test the design basis.

In addition to providing engineering consulting services to insurance companies and the legal community, Mr. Aaker is routinely staffed to major industrial projects. Clients include: Fortune 500 companies in the chemical, refining, oil & gas, pulp & paper, equipment manufacturer, and transportation.

Mr. Aaker has published numerous papers and is a contributing author in the American Society of Metal’s Failure Analysis Handbook. He has taught in industry and at the University level. Mr. Aaker has held elected office in various Professional Societies. Mr. Aaker is a registered Professional Engineer.

Recent litigation experience includes working for the United States Department of Justice, Environmental Enforcement Division, Expert Witness Unit, Washington, DC. Mr. Aaker has also appeared before a Congressional committee appointed by the President. (back to top)

Hal Earp Email

Mr. Earp has thirty years of experience in the oil and gas industry, beginning with design for onshore refinery plants, moving to offshore platforms and then floating exploration drilling, production and subsea systems. (more info)  (back to top)

Phil Ellenberger, P. E.

Mr. Ellenberger is a registered professional Engineer. He has over 40 years of engineering and manufacturing management experience. The last 28 have been involved with flow and pressure technology. He has experience in design, stress analysis and field diagnosis and repair of : Valves Pressure Vessels FCCU and Miscellaneous Petrochemical pressure equipment.

He is active in Codes and Standards , serving on B31.3 Process Piping B31 Mechanical Design Committee B31 Materials, Fabrication and Examination Committee B16 Sub committees on Fittings and on Flanges, MSS as Chairman of committee 113 and member of several others. Currently he is writing a book on B16 Standards and related standards that is scheduled to be published next year. (back to top)

S. H (Spense) Landes, P. E.

Mr. Landes is founder of and CEO of SH Landes, Inc. He has performed projects in the USA and 30 foreign countries. His experience includes business development, engineering, contracting, equipment fabrication, facilities commisioning, training, expert witnessing and safety related functions. Presently, Mr. Landes consults on the development of offshore productions systems, onshore gas and liquid processing and safety management. (back to top)

Dennis Neal

Mendal Nock, P. E.

Mr. Nock is a consulting structural and design engineer with 25 years experience in design, analysis, and construction. Structures have included tunnels, dams, barges, pipelines and offshore facilities. Failure investigations have included review of a buckled sewage outfall, an integrated tug-barge sinking, a drilling rig jacking mechanism, personal fall prevention equipment and barge mooring appurtenances. (back to top)

Michael E. Sawyer, P.E., CSP

Mr. Sawyer has 15 years international experience in the areas of system safety, hazard analyses, industrial loss control, risk assessments and regulatory compliance for industry. Specialist in conducting system safety analysis and risk assessments for process industries. Facilitated numerous process hazard analysis projects ranging from ammonia refrigeration to super critical water oxidation reaction. (back to top)

Lloyd E. Stahl

Mr. Stahl is a consulting marine geologist/geophysicist with 30 years of practical experience in support of engineering and construction projects in coastal and offshore areas worldwide. Investigations have included the site selection, construction support, and in some cases, failure evaluation for pipelines, platforms, nuclear power plants, and port developments. Operational experience includes all types of marine survey positioning and high-resolution geophysical systems. (back to top)

Clarke Weldon

James C. Towers Email

Mr. Towers has over 30 years of diverse experience in the development, construction, operation, and maintenance of crude oil, gas, chemical and products pipeline transportation systems onshore and offshore in the USA (specializing in cold regions), Canada, Azerbaijan, Russia and Kazakstan. His experience includes pipeline design, construction, start up, operation and maintenance, control systems, communications, safety and emergency response, environmental compliance, procurement and cost estimating. (more info) (back to top)