Baotong Lu

***** ******* ******, *** *******, TX, 78255

210-***-****

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Summary

Expert with over 15-year experience on R&D and consultancy for oil/gas industry. Proven successes in modeling structure-property-environment relationships of materials to assess the performance under various environmental/ loading conditions using analytical/computational/ experimental approaches. Expertise in lab testing for QA/QC of materials used in oil/gas production, transportation and processing in accordance with industry codes/standards, legislation, accreditation, and procedures. Highly skilled in designing and executing target experiments for root cause/failure analysis or fitness-for-service assessment using fundamental knowledge of materials science, corrosion engineering, electrochemistry, metallurgy and fracture mechanics. An independent thinker working efficiently in a multidisciplinary team. Proven ability to deliver projects on time and on target with quality and sustainability.

Skills and Expertise

Model development for the material failure processes including

oCorrosion fatigue crack growth

oStress corrosion cracking (SCC)/sulfide stress cracking (SSC)

oHydrogen embrittlement

oAqueous corrosion of corrosion-resistant alloys at high temperature high pressure

oCorrosion in single- and multi-phase fluids

oErosion corrosion

oCorrosion initiation of rebars in infrastructures

oFatigue and fracture of ferrous/nonferrous metals and non-metallic materials.

Numeric analysis with commercial software including COMSOL, FlawPro and NASGRO.

Statistical data analysis and statistics-based model development.

Material characterization with various experimental methods, including metallography, SEM, EDX, hardness, tensile, compression, wear, corrosion, fatigue and fracture.

Corrosion/electrochemical testing in sour environments/under HTHP conditions.

Root cause/failure analysis.

Fitness-for-purpose and fitness-for-service assessments.

Develop, coordinate, manage and deliver projects.

Provide best services to customers via good communication, time management, analytical and problem-solving skills

Working Experience

Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX

Senior Research Engineer 2009-2019

Responsibility: Act as principal investigator (PI) of R&D programs and consultancy projects sponsored by industry and government. Create new technologies or propose technical solutions in response to the requests for external clients, and validate these ideas/concepts via internal research programs. Develop, coordinate, manage and deliver the R&D programs.

Accomplishments:

Software development for offshore structure design based on original models of corrosion-fatigue crack growth in sour environments (ExxonMobil, Shell, Chevron).

Identified the root cause for rapid failures of subsea pipelines using an original model of structure-property-KISSC-environment relationship (ExxonMobil, Shell).

Improved ECA methodology via implanting the predictive model for JR curve of offshore flowlines/ pipelines in sour environment (ExxonMobil, Shell, Chevron).

Improved methodology for risk assessment of buried pipelines based on the physics-based SCC models and field inspection data (PHMSA, DOT).

Full-scale pipe testing in sour environments (ExxonMobil).

Prototype corrosion sensor for rebar in infrastructures (FHWA, DOT).

Electrochemical device for controlling single pit development (ExxonMobil).

University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Research Associate 2009-2009

Responsibility: Execute and deliver the assigned projects. Publish research results in journals.

Accomplishments:

Improved water-management strategy of steam generators to reduce forced shutdown of nuclear power plants (Atomic Energy Canada Ltd).

Alberta Research Council, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Research Scientist 2007-2009

Responsibility: Act as the PI of R&D and consultancy programs. Develop new technologies and deliver the programs. Report/present the results to clients and at conferences.

Accomplishments:

Established strategy to assess integrity of thermal well casings (C-FER Technologies).

KISSC database for material selection in downhole casing design (C-FER Technologies).

Improved downhole casing integrity via quantifying impact of fatigue damage generated in drilling process on remaining service life (C-FER Technologies).

Innovative statistics-based model to assess corrosivity of blackish water (Syncrude).

Patented smart-pig for on-line cleaning of refinery system (On-Stream Technologies).

Prototype sensor for on-line assessment of intergranular attack susceptibility of welded stainless steel tubing (DOW).

Experimental facility for determining hydrogen permeability in sour environment under high temperature/high pressure conditions (ARC).

University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Research Associate 2007-2000

Responsibility: Act as the PI to execute R&D programs. Prepare technical proposes. Deliver results to sponsors and publish papers. Assist supervisor to guide research of graduate students.

Accomplishments:

Prototype sensor to monitor naphthenic acid corrosion in refinery systems (Syncrude).

Root cause identification for rapid failure of internally hardened slurry pipe (Syncrude).

Material selection diagram for hard surface overlay alloys used in oil-sand production (Syncrude).

Innovative models of erosion corrosion to assess slurry-pipe performance (Syncrude).

Improved method to assess fluid-assisted corrosion in pipelines (Syncude)

Improved method to assess SCC/pitting susceptibility of welded stainless steels (DOW).

Diagram of SCC susceptibility vs. microstructure for QA/QC of pipeline steels (IPSCO).

Reduced risk of forced shutdown of nuclear steam generator via improved methodology to characterize SCC susceptibility of CRA tubing alloys (Atomic Energy Canada Ltd.)

Education

Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China 1991

Ph.D. Materials Science & Engineering

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