USMAN CHAUDHRI

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/usmanchaudhri

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Asset Integrity / Reliability Engineer at MISTRAS Group, Inc. Houston, TX February 2015 - Present

Provide mechanical engineering and consulting services to clients in:

Identifying potential threats to the pipelines, vessels and tanks.

Involve in the selection of NDT methods best suited to disclose the discontinuities on service-related issues, such as fatigue crack, corrosion, and other damage mechanisms that the technician may encounter.

Selecting and validating methods of assessment.

Work with Maintenance and Inspection Group in evaluating defects and providing rehabilitation solutions consistent with the integrity management plan.

Conduct Post-Assessment analysis to recommend future action plans and safe assessment intervals.

Investigate Incidents and develop comprehensive repair and modifications plan to address areas of concern and to provide high level of safety for plant operations.

Asset Integrity Projects:

Performed Integrity analysis of Kettles and Cooking Reactors installed at Lubrizol Production Center.

Fitness for service assessment of vessels installed at Marathon Galveston Bay Refinery.

Fitness for service assessment of PSA Adsorber vessels for Qatar Fuel Additives Corporation.

API 579 Level 3 suitability for service assessment for vessels installed at Chevron Corporation Facility.

Technical Lead Engineer at Sep-Pro Systems, Houston, TX December 2013 – February 2015

Provided technical support to design engineers in Pressure vessel and Heat exchanger design.

Assisted with technical support for Piping Engineers in Piping Design and Piping Stress Analysis.

Provided technical support for rotating equipment engineers in sizing of pumps, compressors, and electric motors.

Technical Support for operations manager in welding processes and welding procedures for Pressure vessels.

Technical Support for testing personals in hydrostatic and pneumatic testing of Heat exchangers and vessels.

Scheduled, executed and managed all engineering and technical tasks for the following projects:

300 BPD Topping unit

200 ton/day Urea Production

Static Equipment Design Engineer at Keystone Engineering, Houston, TX December 2010- April 2013

Designed Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers, Chillers, Boilers, and Air coolers.

Designed Pressure Vessels.

Experienced with TEMA standards for Heat Exchangers, Pressure Vessel calculations, Vessel weld procedures, Vessel ASME Codes, Welding ASME Codes, and Materials ASME Codes.

Experienced with the specifications of Compressors, Control valves, Distillation columns, Separators, Absorption columns, and Adsorption columns.

Designed and integrated pressure vessels and heat exchangers for the following projects:

10,000 BPD Crude oil topping unit

4.4 MM SCFD LPG Production

Intern at Attock Refinery Limited, Islamabad, Pakistan June- August 2007

Assisted in modeling analysis for design of crude oil storage tanks.

Installed, Integrated, Tested and Maintained: distillation towers, chillers and cooling towers.

Designed small tanks as per UL 142, Storage tanks (API 620 & API 650)

SOFTWARE EXPERTISE:

PRO-MAX (Bryan Research and Engineering)

VMG (Virtual Materials group)

HTRI (Heat Transfer research Institute)

CODEWARE COMPRESS

Intergraph PV Elite

Intergraph Tank

CAESAR II

SOLIDWORKS

API Plant Manager (Marathon Refinery)

Proficient in Microsoft Office tools, FORTRAN, C++, MATHCAD, MATLAB and ANSYS.

CODES AND PROCEDURES:

Fully versed and experienced with ASME Pressure vessel and Boiler Code.

Knowledge and Experience with TEMA, NACE and API-510, 570, 571, 579, 580, 620, 650, 653.

CERTIFICATIONS:

Six Sigma Black Belt Professional (SSBBP) by Management and Strategy Institute

Reciprocating Compressors Certification by Ariel Corporation.

Marathon Refinery Environment and Safety procedures certified.

Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Certification by Emerson Climate Technologies.

Professional Engineering Certification. (In Progress)

EDUCATION:

Lamar University, Beaumont, TX, USA

Doctor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering GPA: 3.8 December 2014

National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan

Master of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering June 2010

National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan

Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering July 2008

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