Leon I. Steiner P.E.

Piping Stress Engineer

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Pittsburgh, PA 15241

412-***-****

ado1k2@r.postjobfree.com

Veteran Status Two tours of duty U.S. Army Field Artillery 155 Howitzers

EDUCATION

BS, Mechanical Engineering, Penn State University (Pi Tau Sigma Honorary)

Ms, Ph.D., Mechanical Engineer Carnegie Mellon University (Westinghouse Fellow)

One-Year Associate Degree Program at Penn State, Drafting/Design

Classes at CCAC in AUTOCAD Design and C++ Computer Programming

COMPUTER PROGRAM PROFICIENCY

Vessel Programs - COMPRESS, COAD CALC

Piping Programs - CAESAR II, AUTOPIPE, TRIFLEX, ADLPIPE9, PIPEPLUS, & WESTDYN

Finite Element programs – ANSYS, Rev.4.3-8.1, ABAQUS, WECAN++, PAM-STAMP ALGOR

Other software programs - EXCEL, WORD PERFECT, WORD, AUTOCAD, SDRC- IDEAS

Systems - DOS, UNIX, WINDOWS

REGISTRATIONS & PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Professional Engineer License in Pennsylvania PE-024992-E,

ASME Member No.2238954 (Pressure Vessel and Piping Sections)

AWS Member (American Welding Society)

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

JACOB ENGINEERING- Greenville SC 8/2019– 11/2019

Contract Pipe Stress and Pipe Support Design Engineer

Using Benton AUTOPIPE for an Intel Plant in the Northwest (Computer Chips), completed the piping and pipe support design.

Used NAVISWORKS for support placement and piping re-routing.

All pipe models for AUTOPIPE where exported from the NAVIOSWORKS model.

Used the Benton systems for writing all reports.

CSD Engineers – Pittsburg, PA 7/2014-01/2016 & 05/2017-12/2017

Senior III Pipe Stress and Pipe Support Design Engineer

Using CAESAR for Oil/Gas Refinery plants in Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

Evaluating plant piping and Pressure Relief Valves.

Specializing in design of internal and external PSV supports and piping redesign for hot lines.

AREVA – Lynchburg, VA 02/2013 – 07/2013

Structural Pipe Support Design Engineer

Working on Pipe Supports using ANSYS and Spreadsheets for an old Nuclear Plant in Sweden.

Working from drawings and specifications in Swedish and German in International Units.

Reports include anchor bolt evaluation in concrete walls and ceilings.

Westinghouse – Cranberry, PA 01/2012 – 12/2012

Pipe Stress Engineer (Nuclear)

Working on the qualification and updating AP-1000 Containment Building.

Used PIPESTRESS/POSTR (PIPS4) for flexible frames.

Siemens – Warrendale PA 06/2011 – 12/2011

Pipe Stress Engineer (Waste Water)

Pipe Stress for Waste Water Skids using CAESAR II.

Analyzed pump nozzle loads per API 610 Appendix F or Vendors equations.

URS– Ft Mill SC 03/2010 – 11/2010

Pipe Stress Engineer (Nuclear)

Pipe Stress using CAESAR II for a dynamic analysis of a nuclear processing plant in Northern England.

Pipe support design and relocation.

SNC Lavalin – Pittsburgh PA 11/2008 – 12/2009

Pipe Stress Engineer (Refinery)

Pipe (Ducts) Stress using CAESAR II for the Valero Refinery in California.

Structural flexible Pipe support design and relocation was included.

D.C. Cook – Buchanan Michigan 03/2008 – 11/2009

Pipe Stress/Support Engineer (Nuclear Plant)

Pipe Stress using AUTOPIPE, including relocation of pipe supports during plant outage.

Structural redesign of pipe supports was included.

DCMOX – Shaw Management Savannah River SC 05/2006 – 12/2007

Lead Pipe Stress/Support Engineer (Nuclear Processing Plant)

Pipe Stress using CAESAR II, including supervision of all pipe support engineers.

Scoping and planning of all work.

Specification preparation for mechanical and piping equipment.

Assisted in interviewing and hiring of pipe stress engineers.

Westinghouse – Waltz Mill PA 02/2005 – 07/2005

Structural Engineer for Steam Generator Replacement for Comanche Peak, Unit 1

Finite Element Stress analysis using ANSYS Rev. 8.1of Manway nozzle.

Included was Primary, Thermal, Fatigue, Thermal Ratcheting and failure analysis.

Completed Calc Note CN-NCE-CP1RSG

Westinghouse Nuclear Center -Monroeville PA 06/2004 – 02/2005

Structural Engineer PWR Head Replacement

Performed preliminary model development for PWR Head Replacement Projects.

Included was Seismic, LOCA, lift loads, ANSYS (8.1) analysis, for all equipment such as Radiation shield, Shrouds, Seismic Support Platform, Seismic Shield, Lift Legs and Tripods.

Completed Calc Note CN-RVHP, 04-84 entitled, “Prairie Island HAUP Material Inventory Evaluation and contributed to sections in Material Inventory Calc Notes for other projects.

Framatone - ANP Lynchburg VA 02/2003– 01/2004

Structural Engineer Steam Generator Replacement

Reviewed specifications (functional, design, design input, etc.) and provided comments to Project Management and Engineering for the ANO1 (Arkansas One) Replacement Steam Generators.

Performed ANSYS (Rev 7.0) Finite Element Stress, Thermal and Fatigue Analysis for the Primary Inlet Nozzle of the Enhanced-One Through Steam Generator Replacement.

American Electric Power - Columbus Ohio 09/2001 – 02/2003

Lead Pipe Stress Engineer for the DOW Co-Generation Plant in Plaquemine La

Led group with pipe designers, and Civil engineers to reroute pipe as needed and locate steel for pipe supports and hangers.

Lines included were the High Pressure, Low Pressure, Intermediate Pressure and all Steam Turbine/nozzle piping,

Using CAESAR II (4.3), designed the Circulating Water System on a sinking foundation (no foundation piles on very loose soil in Louisiana). This included expansion joints that have to be readjusted as the foundation sinks.

Grey Pilgrim – Germantown MD 12/2000– 04/2001

Design and Stress Engineer Robotic Material Handling Project

Performed design calculations as project required.

Assisted owner of this small company on project decisions.

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Weirton Steel Technical Center – Weirton W. VA 01/2000– 09/2000

Design and Stress Engineer to Optimize Steel Can Design

SDRC IDEAS was used to design and mesh model a can, then exported to a NASTRAN file.

The file was then converted to a PAM-STAMP model to determine the feasibility of using thin steel to stamp out the can.

Westinghouse NSD – Monroeville PA 01/1999– 12/1999

Pipe Stress Engineer for the Harris Plant Steam Generator Replacement Project

WESDYN was used for pipe stress evaluations per ASME Section III, 1974 criteria, support load and deflection, nozzle load and valve acceleration calculations for evaluation and acceptance.

Some presentations were required at occasional meetings with customer and weekly status meetings on progress.

Received a Performance Award from CDI/Westinghouse Energy Center for this work.

Weirton Steel Technical Center – Weirton W. VA 01/1998– 12/1998

Design and Stress Engineer to Optimize Steel Can Design

An ABAQUS finite element buckling analysis was performed to design thinner cans for Weirton Steel using the Unix system.

The cans were first designed and Meshed using SDRC IDEAS. By reducing cans by one-gauge size, one penny/can is saved for an industry that produces 100 billion cans annually.

ICF Kaiser Engineering – Pittsburgh PA 01/1997– 12/1997

Pipe Stress Engineer for Three Acid Plants

Pipe design and analysis using AUTOPIPE for three acid plants, including steam lines per ASME B31.3 and B31.1.

Worked with Process Engineers for final P&ID’s.

Eichleay Engineering – Pittsburgh PA 03/1995– 12/1996

Senior Mechanical and Pipe Stress Engineer

Served as Lead Mechanical Task Force leader to produce a bid package for over 300 pieces of equipment for a new $300M chemical plant. Task completed on time and within budget.

Completed piping design and stress analysis for several steam power plant systems using CAESAR II. These piping designs were per ASME/ANSI B31.1 Power Piping, and include the placement and design of pipe supports and foundations and anchors.

Served as lead pressure vessel engineer. Vessels were designed per ASME Section VIII, Div-1, or API 650/620. Horizontal saddle design was performed using the Zick and modified Zick analytical methods, along with the COAD CALC PC program.

Mechanical Equipment specification writer for Steel Mill, Waste Water and other equipment.

Miles/Bayer Corporation – Pittsburgh PA 09/1994– 3/1995

Senior Mechanical Engineer

Performed specification preparation and design calculations for pressure vessels, heat exchangers, condensers, coolers per TEMA, ASME and API code requirements.

Follow-up of specification issue for bid analysis and drawing/calculation reviews prior to construction of equipment by vendors.

Served as lead pressure vessel engineer. Vessels were designed per ASME Section VIII, Div-1, or API 650/620. Horizontal saddle design.

DOE Assignment – Washington DC 01/1994– 6/1994

Senior Mechanical Engineer

Performed in a feasibility study for a future DOE Production Nuclear Reactor.

Performed a DOE evaluation summary of various government plants in the U.S.

Rizzo Engineering – Pittsburgh PA 01/1993– 11/1993

Senior Mechanical Engineer

Performed a seismic analysis using the ALGOR finite element program for a nuclear reactor building that stores expended fuel rods in IDAHO for Naval Reactors.

The building was analyzed and a recommendation was made to reinforce with additional steel beams.

ICF Kaiser Engineering – Pittsburgh PA 06/1990– 12/1992

Senior Mechanical and Piping Engineer

Completed several projects as the lead pressure vessel designer and stress analyst. Numerous vertical and horizontal vessels were designed from initial calculations to final drawings for construction as part of the Benzene emission control program.

Performed a piping analysis of underground power piping at high temperatures using TRIFLEX. The analysis was completed by using the soil flexibility data as part of the pipe program input to insure thermal pipe stresses were within allowable design limits per ASME/ANSI B31.

Westinghouse MTD – Pittsburgh PA 02/1984– 06/1990

Principal Piping Engineer

Performed numerous piping analyses of Naval submarine piping systems subjected to high impact shock loads per a load history analysis. This study confirmed the structural integrity of Naval submarine piping in the event of an explosion by a device at sea in the vicinity of the submarine

Performed numerous Navy Sub Safe Design Reviews to insure sufficient pipe support and flexibility for submarine piping.

Performed piping analysis using the ANSYS computer program for the thermal stratification problem in PWR surge lines per NRC requirements. This effort involved the model development for numerous Westinghouse PWR plants in the United States using the ANSYS pipe run and elbow elements for thermal stratification.

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