David Harding

Failure analysis of mechanical and materials systems from refinery, petrochemical, oil/gas production, and utility plant equipment including: gas turbines, pressure vessels, reactors, storage tanks, boilers, piping, heat exchangers, compressors, pumps, shafts, bearings, gears, cranes and valves

Determination of material properties using indentation and nanoindentation, mechanical testing, fracture toughness testing, electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy and x-ray diffraction

Computer data acquisition and analysis and computer code development

Ferrous and non-ferrous physical metallurgy, ceramics and glasses, thin films, fatigue and fracture of materials, high temperature metallurgy, welding and corrosion analysis

ASNT Level III nondestructive testing experience in ultrasonic, magnetic particle, penetrant, and visual inspection techniques

Engineering