Consultant, Kevin Kennedy Associates Inc.
Providing mechanical engineering consulting, metallurgy consulting, failure analysis,
forensic engineering and related expertise to a wide variety of clients.
Metallurgical Evaluation, Mechanical Testing, Failure Analysis Consulting
Performed metallurgical evaluations, mechanical testing, failure analysis, and forensic metallurgy to solve industrial problems, insurance claims and to provide expert opinions. Served as
expert witness. Developed material performance criteria and selection. Engineered products for entrepreneurs to bring to market. Performed materials characterization including corrosion, wear, structural analysis, SEM / EDS. Performed Finite Element Analysis (FEA) to confirm stress-related assumptions in analyzing failures and in design of components or fixtures. Used statistical software packages to analyze data and model trends and performance. Conducted specialty short courses on Introduction to metallurgy and courses tailored to each particular company on all materials-related issues.
Sr. Research Scientist, Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE)
Provided metallurgical expertise regarding metallurgy, sample preparation, and evaluation of bulk materials and thin films. Established and maintained metallurgy laboratory.
Adjunct Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, North Dakota State University
Taught materials courses.
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, NDSU
Taught materials courses, performed research in materials related to surface engineering, corrosion, wear, surface modification.
Principal Engineer, Babcock and Wilcox, VA
Performed failure analysis, provided technical support in materials and manufacturing, studied manufacture and performance (corrosion, microstructure, diffusion bonding) of zirconium and nickel alloys, and surface modification techniques.
Resident Engineer, Babcock and Wilcox, OR, CA
Assisted Kaiser Engineers, Oakland, CA, in the design of underground waste storage tanks. Was responsible for material performance. Customer representative at Teledyne Wah Chang, Albany, OR. Resolved technical issues concerning process manufacturing deviations, examined microstructure and determined resulting affects on corrosion performance.
Engineer, Babcock & Wilcox, VA
Interface with materials vendors, solved technical problems, performed experiments characterizing materials at various process steps. Utilized statistical software package, SAS, to analyze large data bases.
