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ROBERT McCABE, PE
(CV in PDF)
Mr. McCabe has 25 years experience in the materials, failure analysis, metallurgical, welding, and forensic
engineering fields. He has solved materials engineering problems and performed failure analysis on components
from petrochemical plants, oil and gas transmission pipelines, offshore structures, ships, pharmaceutical plants,
food processing equipment, gas turbine engine components, aircraft, aerospace vehicles, and weldments.
Mr. McCabe investigates the available physical evidence, and performs the necessary tests to develop the most
probable accident scenario. Mr. McCabe simplifies complex engineering theory into easy to understand
and useable concepts. He uses simple analogies, every day examples, and laymen’s terms to explain data and findings
so clients, attorneys or jurors may easily understand engineering concepts.
EDUCATION
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1981 Master of Science, Metallurgy
Thesis: "Creep Crack Growth in Rene 95 at 650 and 760 ° C"
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
1979 Bachelor of Science, Materials Engineering
HONORS
Graduated Magna Cum Laude
Tau Beta Pi (Engineering)
Alpha Sigma Mu (Materials
Science and Engineering)
LICENSE
Registered Professional Engineer State of Florida
INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE
| • Failure analysis |
• Gas turbine engine components |
| • Oil and gas pipe lines |
• Welding and weld evaluation |
| • Mechanical testing |
• Forensic documentation |
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Ships |
• Weld procedure qualification |
| • Heat treatment |
• Nondestructive evaluation |
| • Pharmaceutical plants |
• Metallurgical engineering |
| • Aircraft / Aerospace |
• Fracture mechanics evaluation |
| • Quality assurance audits |
• Materials selection & processing |
| • Petrochemical plants |
• Food service industry |
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Acted as metallurgical and welding technical consultant to corporate engineering and construction fabrication
facilities worldwide. Conducted metallurgical failure analyses of ships, industrial equipment, as well as oil and
gas transmission pipe lines. Established welding procedures and provided technical direction for mechanical and
nondestructive testing of weldments. Evaluated welding consumables and automated welding equipment. Developed welding procedures for both pipelines and offshore structure construction. Performed mechanical
testing and metallurgical evaluation of offshore structures and pipelines. Responsible for dye penetrant, magnetic
particle, ultrasonic, and radiographic inspection of offshore structures and pipelines. Responsible for
characterizing and optimizing metallurgical and mechanical properties for the prototype flash butt welding
project. This also included enhancing the mechanical properties and nondestructive inspection capability of flash
butt welds.
Provided technical leadership for failure analysis, fracture mechanics assessment, welding, nondestructive
inspection and testing. Developed welding procedure qualifications for critical welds including attachment points
for aircraft stores. Provided expertise and technical support in evaluation and selection of materials, welding, heat
treatment, soldering, brazing, plating and surface coatings, mechanical testing,
materials
and process design changes, manufacturing engineering,
metallurgical processing, and related areas. Problem identification and solutions for failures, stress corrosion
cracking, fatigue, dissimilar metal corrosion, galling, wear, weld cracking, and evaluation of various weldment or
component defects effects on remaining useful life. Served as consultant and worked closely with customer and
contractors’ engineering representatives. Nondestructive inspection of aircraft and aircraft stores, including
radiographic, ultrasonic, magnetic particle, fluorescent particle, dye penetrant, visual and eddy current inspection
of components. Evaluated and solved material problems on castings, forgings, powder metals,
weldments, fiber reinforced metal matrix composites, polymeric materials, fiber reinforced polymer matrix composites, electronic
boards and solder joints of aerospace and ground support equipment. Developed alternatives to materials and
processing procedure issues in production, and maintenance. Fracture mechanics analysis of critical airframe
components and weldments.
Managed division's heat treatment facilities, and metallurgical analysis laboratory, as well as dimensional and
nondestructive inspection staff. Developed welding procedures and heat treatment procedures for titanium,
stainless steel and nickel base super alloy components for jet engines. Project assignments included enhancing
brazing, thermal spraying, forming, electrodischarge machining and chemical milling of components. Acted as
technical liaison with customers’ engineering representatives to assure product met metallurgical requirements for
aircraft engine components. Conducted metallurgical failure analyses and acted as metallurgical consultant for the
corporation.
Characterized material properties of adhesives, polymers, and metallic materials at the Corporate Materials
Research and Development Division. Evaluated metallic and nonmetallic materials for use in wide range of
manufactured components produced at multiple plant sites.
Contact Information
Please feel free to contact us by any of the methods listed below:
- Telephone
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407-880-4945
- FAX
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425-962-2959
- Postal address
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AMC
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931 N. State Road 434
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Suite 1201 - #189
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Altamonte Springs, FL 32714
- Electronic mail
- General Information:
consulting@ForensicInvestigation.com
Customer Support:
bob@ForensicInvestigation.com
Webmaster:
help@ForensicInvestigation.com
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