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BRYAN R. DURIG, Ph.D., P.E.Engineer: Mechanical , Metallurgical |
Technical Investigations
Failure Analysis
Fire Investigations
Property Loss Claims Consultation
Machinery & Equipment Accidents
Products Liability
Premises Liability
Education
| 1993 | Master of Business Administration University of South Carolina |
| 1988 | Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering University of South Carolina |
| 1985 | Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering University of South Carolina |
| 1984 | Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering University of South Carolina |
Experience
January 1994 to Present
Summit Engineering, L.L.P., Columbia , South Carolina . Consulting Engineer performing specialized consulting in the areas of: Accident Evaluation, Failure Analysis and Products Liability: (machinery, equipment and consumer products) analysis and evaluation of designs, component testing, controls, guards and warnings, standards and code compliance, and maintenance; Property Loss Claims Consultation: cause of the loss, repair or replacement analysis, scope of damage, estimate of repair, actual cash value, salvage value, and time to repair; Fire Investigations: industrial, commercial and residential.
April 1993 to December 1993
Laboratory Manager, Engineering Design & Testing Corp., Columbia, South Carolina. Responsible for management of the metallurgical laboratory including budgeting, personnel and reporting of results.
June 1991 to December 1993
Consulting Engineer, Engineering Design & Testing Corp., Columbia, South Carolina. Responsibilities included performing specialized consulting in the areas of design, engineering analysis, failure analysis and accident reconstruction. Clients included industrial manufacturing facilities, attorneys, insurance companies and adjusters.
June 1988 to May 1991
Research Engineer, Westinghouse Savannah River Company, Savannah River Laboratory, Aiken, South Carolina. Responsibilities included conducting thermal hydraulic research on SRS reactor assemblies and systems and analytical analyses of reactor hardware to support reactor operations.
January 1986 to May 1988
Research Assistant, College of Engineering, Columbia, South Carolina. Senior research assistant in a research group consisting of several graduate and undergraduate students working in the areas of biomechanics and fracture mechanics. Research consisted of Digital Image Processing and Computer Data Acquisition of fracture specimens and biological tissues.
June 1986 to July 1986
Scientist II, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory. Duties included setting up a digital image processing system (hardware/software) and finite element analysis.
January 1985 to December 1988
Administrative Assistant, College of Science and Mathematics, University of South Carolina. Primary responsibilities included general accounting of the College budget and transferring of the College budget to a Rainbow Personal Computer.
January 1984 to December 1984
Teaching Assistant, Engineering Department, University of South Carolina . Lab instructor for Microprocessor Lab. Duties included explaining and building of a circuit board using a Motorola 6801 chip for experiments such as controlling the speed of a motor and collecting data from a strain gage .
June 1980 to September 1983
(Summers)
Research Assistant, Chemistry Department, University of South Carolina. This research included the purification of chemical samples using a low pressure fractionation column, and performing chemical analysis on a Nicolet.
Courses and Seminars Presented
September 30 1994
Seminar to University of South Carolina Senior Machine Design class on Products Liability and Design Safety.
December 6 1994
Three-hour, State of North Carolina Approved Continuing Education Course entitled “Identification of a Products Liability Claim,” Charlotte, North Carolina.
July 9, 1997
Three-hour, State of North Carolina Approved Continuing Education Course entitled “Identification of a Products Liability Claim”, Charlotte, North Carolina.
May 3, 2003
The Absolute Litigators Conference VIII Course entitled “Fire Investigations”, Las Vegas, California.
Professional Organizations and Honorary Societies
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (Chairman 1992 – 1995)
American Society of Agricultural Engineers
AMS International
International Associations of Arson Investigators
National Association of Fire Investigators
National Fire Protection Association
National Safety Council
Publications
“Flow in a Rectangular Closed-Loop with Vertical Heat Transfer Passages,” Proceedings from A.S.M.E. Winter Meeting, Paper No. 86-WA/HT-78, 1986 (co-authored with M.A. Shadday).
“Conformational Studies Utilizing Asymmetric Torsional Frequencies,” J. Mol. Struct., 126, 83 (1985), (co-authored with J.R. Durig, D.T. Durig and J.F. Sullivan).
“Determination of Mixed Mode Stress Intensity Factors Using Digital Image Correlation,” Proceedings for Society of Experimental Mechanics, Spring 1988 Meeting (co-authored with W.H. Peters III, M.A. Sutton, S.R. McNeill and Y.J. Choa).
“Mechanical Testing of Soft Tissue,” Proceedings for Society of Experimental Mechanics, Spring 1988 Meeting (co-authored with W.H. Peters III, L. Terracio and T.K. Borg).
“Digital Image Correlation Measurements of Strain in Bovine Retina,” Optical Testing and Metrology, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Optical Engineering and Industrial Sensing (SPIE), Vol. 954, pp. 438-443, 1988 (co-authored with W.H. Peters III and M.E. Hammer).
“Experimental Mechanics in Biomechanics,” Proceedings for Society of Experimental Mechanics Spring 1989 Meeting (co-authored with W.H. Peters III, M.A. Sutton, J.L. Turner, T. Borg, L. Terracio and E. Berg).
“A Study of Mixed Mode Fracture in Photoelasticity and Digital Image Analysis,” Optics and Lasers in Engineering, Vol. 14, pp. 203-215, 1991 (co-authored with W.H. Peters III, F. Zhang, S.R. McNeill and Y.J. Choa).
“Mechanical Stress Relaxation of the Retina,” submitted to Journal of Investigative Ophthalmology, April 1989, (co-authored with W.H. Peters III and M.E. Hammer).
“Fracture of Wire Rope Drum Shaft Due to Fretting Fatigue,” Proceedings from A.S.M.E. Winter Meeting, Paper No. 93-WA/DE-9, 1993 (co-authored with T.A. Jur).
Materials for Department of Insurance, State of North Carolina, Approved Continuing Education Course entitled “Identification of a Products Liability Claim”, Course Number 03489, Provider Number 0445, Date Approved: September 29, 1994.
Registration
Registered Professional Engineer in South Carolina, #14877)
Registered Professional Engineer in North Carolina, (#22737)
Continuing Education
December 1991 – Attended ASM International Seminar on “Principals of Failure Analysis”
May 1993 – Algor Finite Element Training
October 1993 – Richardson Engineering Services “General Construction and Process Plant Estimating”
December 1993 – Mitchell International’s Seminar on Ford Diagnostics
January 1996 – Electrical Fire Investigations, International Association of Arson Investigators, Inc.
July 1996 – Sprinkler System Design Compliance, Society of Fire Protection Engineers
May 1997 – Boiler Efficiency Institute, HVAC Plant Improvement
May 1998 – Vehicle Fires, S.C. Chapter IAAI
August 1998 – Sponsored and attended “Fire Dynamics-Small Group Seminar”, Lilly & Association
October 1998 – Investigation of Electrical Appliance Related Fires, IAAI/Associates of Home Appliance Manufacturers
July 1999 – Sponsored and attended “Appliance Fires -Small Group Seminar”, Jack Sanderson
September 1999 – IAAI Annual Seminar; Beckley, West Virginia
September 2000 – Sponsored and attended “Electrical Fires -Small Group Seminar”, Jim Finneran
November 2000 – Investigation of Vehicle Fires, Lee S. Cole & Associates, Inc.
April 2001 – Basic Industrial Electricity, Lewellyn Technology, Inc.
September 2001 – Electrical Fire Investigation, Tom R. Bradshaw, CFI and Jim Elkins, CFI
October 2001 – Sponsored and attended “Electrical Fire Causes – Small Group Seminar”, Chris W. Korinek, P.E.
September 2002 – DRI Fire and Casualty Seminar, New Orleans, Louisiana
June 3003 – Sponsored and attended “Fire Explosion – Small Group Seminar”, John DeHaan, Ph.D.
October 2003 – 7th Annual Fire Investigative Approaches; “Practical Aspects of Fuel Gas Explosions”, Dave Lilley.
October 2003 – 7th Annual Fire Investigative Approaches; “Gas Appliance Failure – Product Liability”, Jack Sanderson.
April 2004 – Sponsored and attended “The Physics of Electrical Fires”, Vytenis Babrauskas, Ph.D.
November 2004 – NFPA Certified Fire Protection Specialist; Certification Number: 2100
September 2005 – Inspection, Testing and Maintenance of Fire Alarm Systems Seminar, NFPA, Charlotte, North Carolina
November 2005 – DRI Fire and Casualty Seminar, Chicago, Illinois
June 2006 – Sponsored and attended “Flammable Gas Explosions”, John L. Schumacher, MChE, PE, CFI
June 2006 – International Symposium on Fire Investigation Science and Technology, Cincinnati, Ohio
June 2007 – Sponsored and attended “The Ignition of Gases, Liquids and Solids by Hot Bodies”, Vytenis Babrauskas, Ph.D.
March 2008 – South Carolina Association of Arson Investigators & South Carolina Insurance Fraud Investigators 1st Quarter Training, Monks Corner, SC
September 2008 – Sponsored and attended “Understanding Post-Flashover Fires – Small Group Seminar”, Carman & Associates
November 2008 – DRI Fire and Casualty Seminar, Chicago, Illinois
June 2009 – Sponsored and attended “Residential and Electrical Fire Safety – Small Group Seminar”
June 2010 – Postflashover Fires, CFI Trainer
June 20120 – Arc Mapping Basics, CFI Trainer
(Rev. 9/13/2010)