About this Candidate
DAVRON CV: Candidate 1918869
MECHANICAL & METALLURGICAL ENGINEER | WELDING, NDE, HIGH‑TEMPERATURE FILTRATION
Core Expertise
- Materials selection and welding procedure review ensuring ASME and AWS code compliance.
- Design of high-temperature radiological filtration systems and sealing strategies for ceramic filter elements.
- Metallographic sample preparation and TEM/SEM microstructural characterization of metals and oxides.
- Welding inspection and NDE oversight including procedure qualification witnessing and vendor document review.
- Mechanical design of piping, tanks, pump systems, and process optimizations for field deployment.
- Automation and manufacturing engineering delivering a robot cell that reduced defects by over 90%.
Project Background
- Supported nuclear and conventional power projects through welding, materials selection, and NDE documentation review.
- Led research and design of hot gas filtration systems at a national laboratory pilot plant.
- Designed pump truck piping systems for sealing abandoned wells using biomineralization processes.
- Developed sealing strategy to attach ceramic filters to nickel‑based alloy tube sheets in waste processing.
- Implemented mechanical and piping improvements to increase operability and constructability of a waste treatment facility.
- Delivered vendor procedure reviews and witnessed ASME procedure qualifications for pressure piping applications.
Key Skills
- CAD & FEA: SolidWorks | Pro‑Engineer | Autodesk Inventor | AutoPIPE | Star CCM+ expertise
- Materials characterization: TEM | SEM | XRD | metallography | advanced sample preparation techniques
- Welding codes and NDE: ASME Section III, B31 piping code familiarity | AWS standards application
- Process and mechanical design: piping systems, tanks, pump systems, filtration, and sealing solutions
- Data analysis and programming: Matlab (advanced) | Python (novice) | SAS familiarity | image analysis
Education
- B.S., Mechanical Engineering — University of New Mexico
- M.S., Nanoscience Microsystems Engineering (Metallurgical focus) — University of New Mexico
- M.S., Materials Science — North Carolina State University
Awards & Recognition
- Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) — Machine Design and Materials
- Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) — Mechanical
- AWS Certified Welding Inspector (CWI)
Why Interview this Candidate?
A licensed mechanical and metallurgical engineer who combines welding code expertise, advanced microscopy, and mechanical design experience for nuclear and industrial projects. Demonstrated impact includes designing filtration sealing strategies for radiological environments and delivering a $250K automation cell that cut defects by over 90%. Well suited to drive code‑compliant materials selection, NDE oversight, and complex mechanical design solutions.
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