| BRYAN R. DURIG, Ph.D., P.E. Engineer: Mechanical , Metallurgical |
Email: bdurig@summitengr.com
Technical Investigations
Failure Analysis
Fire Investigations
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.C., 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; 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.
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