Pierre-Jean Bibet
TOTAL E&P
Pierre-Jean Bibet is a senior rotating equipment Engineer at Total E&P in Paris, France, who has been working in the Rotating Machinery Department of the Technology Division since 2003. His work concentrates on subsea boosting projects, following 22 years of professional experience with pumps, and he has specific expertise in Multiphase Pumps (MPP).
James M. Blanding
DuPont Co.
James M. Blanding is a retired Principal Consultant for the DuPont Company. He received B.S. (1976), M.S. (1977) and Ph.D. (1985) degrees (Mechanical Engineering) from Virginia Polytechnic Institute, where he also served on the faculty teaching Mechanical Vibration and other undergraduate courses. Dr. Blanding’s expertise is in vibration and diagnostic testing using modal analysis, high-speed data acquisition, and experimental stress analysis. He specializes also in computer modeling and simulation of process fluid system pulsation and transients, as well as reciprocating compressor and pump check valve dynamics and performance. Dr. Blanding is an author of numerous reviewed publications in these areas.
Simon Bradshaw
ITT Goulds Pumps
Simon Bradshaw is the Global API Product Development Manager for ITT Goulds Pumps, in Seneca Falls NY. His responsibilities include the design and development of new products and processes for the oil and gas industry. Prior to joining ITT Goulds, he worked for both Sulzer Pumps and Weir Pumps, where he held various positions of engineering and contractual responsibility. Additionally, he has supported the Hydraulic Institute in the development of pump standards and best practice guides. Mr. Bradshaw has accumulated 24 years in the pump industry. He attributes this to having never exhausted the fun inherent in moving fluid between two improbable locations. He holds a Mechanical Engineering degree from Heriot Watt University. He is also a registered Chartered Engineer in the United Kingdom and a member of the Institute of Engineering Designers.
Eugene (Buddy) Broerman
Southwest Research Institute
Eugene (Buddy) Broerman is a Principal Engineer in the Machinery Program at Southwest Research Institute based in San Antonio, Texas. His professional interests are in the fields of acoustics, vibrations and piping design. During his 20 years at Southwest Research Institute, Mr. Broerman has conducted pulsation and vibration simulations for clients’ pump or compressor piping systems and led or assisted with research efforts that are related to pulsation and/or vibration control advancements. He was also the project manager for a Department of Energy-funded project to develop a linear motor reciprocating compressor (LMRC) for more efficiently compressing hydrogen gas. Mr. Broerman received his B.S.M.E. and Computer Science minor from Texas A&M University-Kingsville in 2001.
Morgan M. (Morg) Bruck
HMIC., LLC
Morgan M. (Morg) Bruck is an independent consultant with Hydraulic, Measurement, and Inspection Consulting, LLC of Dayton, Ohio. HMIC, LLC, provides consulting services for pipelines, refineries, and terminals in rotating equipment and measurements. Morg retired from Marathon Petroleum Company where he wrote standards and provided technical support for Marathon Pipe Line and Marathon Terminals. Prior to his position at Marathon, Morg worked in plant, project, and reliability engineering with The Dayton Power & Light Company and Sohio/BP Pipe Line Company. Morg is active on American Petroleum Institute Standards committees. Morg is Chairman of API 674/5/6 and a member of API 610, API 682 and API 687 task forces. Morg graduated from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (BSME 1969).
Ronald J. Carlson
Flint Hills Resources
Ronald J. Carlson is a Machinery Reliability Engineer with Flint Hills Resources in Corpus Christi, Texas. He has worked in the oil industry in maintenance for 18 years in various capacities including pumps, compressors and vibration analysis. Mr. Carlson has a B.S. degree (Mechanical Engineering) from the University of Nebraska, and a B.S. and M.S. degree (Aeronautical Engineering) from Wichita State.
Greg Case
Taco Comfort Solutions
Greg Case is a Chief Innovation Officer at Taco Comfort Solutions, a global leader in hydronic-based heating, cooling and plumbing solutions. Mr. Case has over 30 years of experience in pump engineering and new product development. Mr. Case holds degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Marine Engineering Technology from the California Maritime Academy and an Executive Certificate in Strategy and Innovation from MIT Sloan School of Management.
Dag O. Calafell, II
GPLNG Consultant
Technical Opus Solutions LLC
Dag has 46 years of experience in management, engineering, projects, and operations in O&G with Exxon, Praxair, Koch Industries, ExxonMobil, and key machinery OEMs. In 2017, he retired as the Chief Machinery Engineer at ExxonMobil Upstream. Dag has his B.S. and M.S. from Clarkson University and post-grad studies at Columbia University. He is the Chair of Asia Turbomachinery & Pump Symposium (ATPS) since 2017, serves on the TPS Advisory Committee since 2023, and the TAMU TEES Advisory Board. He has been on TAMU’s Multi-Phase Pump Users Group Advisory Board and on American Petroleum Institute (API) committees for machinery standards. Dag has served as Associate Editor for the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE), as a member of the Hydraulic Institute (HI), the Society of Reliability Engineers (SRE), the Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals (SMRP), and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). He has published papers on machinery and flow phenomena and holds several patents. He was a keynote panelist at the 2017 ASME Turbo-Expo and a panelist at the Global Power & Propulsion Forum in 2018.
Dr. Dara W. Childs
Dr. Dara W. Childs (Emeritus Member) was Director of the Turbomachinery Laboratory from 1984 to 2018 and held the Leland T. Jordan Chair in Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University. He received B.S. and M.S. degrees (Civil Engineering, 1961, 1962) from Oklahoma State University, and his Ph.D. (Engineering Mechanics, 1968) from the University of Texas. He was named ASME Fellow Member in 1990, and received ASMEs Henry R. Worthington Medal in 1991. Dr. Childs’ expertise is in dynamics and vibrations, with an emphasis in rotordynamics. He has conducted research and engineering projects for NASA, DOD, and private firms. Current research includes high-pressure testing honeycomb and hole-pattern gas damper seals; testing high-pressure laminar oil seals; force measurements in magnetic bearings using fiber-optic strain gauges. Dr. Childs has authored numerous reviewed publications related to rotordynamics and vibrations, and the book, Turbomachinery Rotordynamics. He is presently completing a new dynamics book entitled, Dynamics in Engineering Practice.
Adolfo Delgado
Texas A&M Turbomachinery Laboratory
Dr. Adolfo Delgado is an associate professor of mechanical engineering. His research focuses on rotordynamics, structural vibration, energy dissipation mechanisms, thin film lubrication and fluid-structure interaction applied to the design, modeling and improvement of rotating machinery systems and components. Prior to joining Texas A&M, Delgado was a research engineer at the General Electric Global Research Center where he led and worked on multiple initiatives involving improvement of existing rotating equipment and development of new rotor-bearing system architectures and turbomachinery components, such as variable geometry bearings, annular seals, dampers and oil-free bearings.
Peter Gaydon
Hydraulic Institute
Mr. Peter Gaydon is the Director of Technical Affairs for the Hydraulic Institute, where he provides technical management and oversight for all standards, guidebooks, and program guidelines of the HI, as well as management of technical and certification programs. Mr. Gaydon serves on several pump and pump system standards committees published by ASME, AWWA, CSA and the U.S. DOE. Prior to joining HI, Mr. Gaydon held design, development, test and assessment engineering positions with major pump manufacturers. Mr. Gaydon obtained his B.S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Alfred.
Patrick Green
LyondellBasell
Patrick Green is a senior engineer in LyondellBasell’s Global Projects & Engineering organization in Houston. He is responsible for the specification, evaluation, installation, and start-up of rotating equipment on major global projects and turnarounds. His ten years of experience encompasses operation, maintenance, and failure analysis of existing installed machinery to specification, assurance, and installation of new machinery in the refining and petrochemicals industries. Patrick is a 2008 graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (BSME), a registered professional engineer, and a member of ASME. He joined the Pump Advisory Committee in March of 2018.
Robert F. (Bob) Heyl
Chevron
Robert F. (Bob) Heyl is a Senior Staff Engineer with Chevron Energy Technology Company in Houston. He is also the team leader of the Chevron Machinery and Mechanical Systems Technology Network, coordinator of the Rotating Equipment Facilities Engineering Organizational Community, and leader of the Mechanical Equipment RoundTable attended by Chevron’s mechanical equipment personnel from around the world. Mr. Heyl has been with Texaco and Chevron for 36 years and is responsible for the design and troubleshooting of mechanical equipment internationally. His responsibilities include equipment application, specification, selection, installation, troubleshooting, and the development and promotion of new technologies throughout the company. Mr. Heyl has a B.S. degree (Engineering Science) from Hofstra University and attended Columbia University. He is a Steering Committee member of the API Subcommittee on Mechanical Equipment and is Chairman of API 674, API 675, and API 676 Task Forces. He has participated in API 610, API 614, and API 682. After decades on the Pump Advisory Committee, Bob became an emeritus member in Spring, 2014.
Judith E. (Judy) Hodgson
JE Hodgson Consulting
Judith E. (Judy) Hodgson, P.E., is an independent consultant and president of JE Hodgson Consulting Enterprises, LLC. She was previously with DuPont and Westinghouse, gaining more than 20 years of hands-on experience troubleshooting pumping systems and seals at chemical and nuclear plants worldwide. For 10 of those years she was a DuPont corporate pump consultant and for five years a principal R&D engineer in Westinghouse’s Reactor Coolant Pump (RCP) group focused on RCP seals. In her current role, besides offering consulting in pump reliability and computer modeling of system flow (incompressible, compressible, and water hammer), Judy also provides pipe stress analysis consulting. Ms. Hodgson has a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering and is a registered professional engineer in the State of Delaware.
Michael B. Huebner
MBHuebner LLC.
Michael B. Huebner is a Staff Engineer in the Flow Solutions Division of Flowserve Corporation, in Deer Park, Texas. He has more than 20 years of experience in the design of mechanical seals, centrifugal and positive displacement pumps, and fluid conditioning equipment. For Flowserve, he has served in design, testing, and application functions in both the U.S. and Europe. Mr. Huebner received his B.S. degree (Engineering Technology) from Texas A&M University. He is a member of the International Pump Users Symposium Advisory Committee and the API 682 Task Force.
Jacek M. Jarosz
Flint Hills Resources OPS
Jacek M. Jarosz is a Global Rotating Equipment Leader at Flint Hills Resources (FHR) Co. He supports and provides leadership for machinery reliability, capital projects and specs and standards across FHR refining, chemicals and pipeline operations. Previously Mr. Jarosz was with Celanese Ltd. Global Manufacturing Excellence Group providing technical support for reliability, selection, and procurement of the machinery for Celanese Corp. Mr. Jarosz’s other past experience includes a variety of maintenance, reliability and project engineering roles with DuPont Co. Mr. Jarosz received a BSME from the University of Delaware in 1990. He is a member of ASME and Vibration Institute.
Michael W. Johnson
NRG Energy
Michael W. Johnson is a Pipe Stress Engineer in the Reliability Engineering Department of Reliant Energy in Houston. He has more than 20 years of experience and is responsible for high energy piping and ISI programs at Reliant. Mr. Johnson graduated from the University of North Dakota (1980) and is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Texas.
Brian Kalfrin
John Crane
Brian Kalfrin is a Regional Engineer in the South District of the United States for John Crane Inc. in Pasadena, Texas with over 17 years of experience with mechanical seals and related systems. In his current role, his responsibilities include application, design, and troubleshooting of mechanical seals along with assistance in the installation of seals for critical services and conducting customer specific training in specific sealing technology topics. Mr. Kalfrin received his B.S. degree (Mechanical Engineering) from Drexel University in Philadelphia. He is a member of the International Pump Users Symposium Advisory Committee and a participant in instructing the Symposium’s short course on mechanical seals. He joined the PAC in May 2014.
Enver Karakas
Ebara Elliott Energy
Enver Karakas is a distinguished fellow engineer with over 20 years of experience in the design and development of turbomachinery for oil and gas applications. He has been working for Ebara Elliott Energy Company since 2003 and specializes in centrifugal pump and hydraulic turbine technologies. Enver leads the custom pump and hydraulic expander development division at Ebara, with responsibilities including design, product development, testing, and troubleshooting of pumps and hydraulic turbines. Enver holds a Master of Science and a Doctorate Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Nevada, Reno. He has also been a research associate at the University of Nevada, Reno, and led the Turbomachinery Laboratory, where he studied and investigated the cavitation performance of pumps and multiphase flow in cryogenic turbines.
Vernon Maddox
Carmagen / Becht
Hideaki Maeda
Torishima Pump Mfg. Co., Ltd.
Hideaki Maeda is presently the general manager of pump engineering’s first department, engineering division with Torishima Pump Mfg. Co., Ltd. in Osaka, Japan. He joined Torishima in 1993 and worked in the R&D department until 2015. He mainly researched in regard to the improvement of pump performance, the vibration issue due to cavitation in mixed flow pump and the impulse turbine performance improvement for wave power energy conversion. He received his Doctorate of Engineering degree for the research result of the improvement of impulse turbine performance for wave energy conversion in 2002. From 2009 to 2015, he organized R&D’s department as a general manager and developed several high-performance pumps.
Marcus Souza
Sulzer Pumps
Marcus Souza is the Head of Vertical Pumps for Sulzer Pumps, located in Houston, TX. He currently leads the product engineering team for the vertical pumps, and is responsible for the product development of vertical pumps and globally support to the sales and tendering teams with vertical pump solutions. He has long-standing pump-related experience. Marcus holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical technology from FATEC/UNESP and a Degree in Industrial Management from Fundação Vanzolini University of Sao Paulo. He worked for Sulzer in Brazil as Product Engineer responsible for Multistage pumps, Advance Engineering Supervisor and Sales & Tendering Manager for the Oil & Gas Market Segment. Marcus also brings his experience with Grundfos as Tendering Manager as well as experience with Flowserve as District Sales Manager – Offshore for the Oil & Gas Market Segment.
Bill Marscher
Mechanical Solutions Inc.
Bill Marscher, P.E., is President and Technical Director of Mechanical Solutions, Inc., where he and other staff perform design, analysis, testing, and troubleshooting of pumps and miscellaneous turbomachinery. Bill has over 40 years of hands-on as well as design experience with rotating machinery in the aerospace, power, and process industries. Bill is presently one of the US representatives to the ANSI/ ISO Machinery Acoustics and Vibration Standards Committee ISO TC108/S2, is past Board Chair of the Society for Machinery Failure Prevention Technology (MFPT), and is past President of the Society of Tribologists & Lubrication Engineers (STLE). He is a Hydraulic Institute Standards Partner and is a ten year veteran of the TAMU Pump Symposium Advisory Committee.
Todd R. Monroe
LyondellBasell
Todd R. Monroe is a Machinery Consulting Engineer with LyondellBasell. In his current position, he serves as the Machinery Lead in the Global Projects & Engineering Support group. In this role, he is responsible for the specification, evaluation, installation, and start-up of rotating equipment on major global projects. Prior to this role, he spent over 25 years at the plant level, involved in the maintenance and reliability of rotating equipment.Mr. Monroe received his B.S degree (Mechanical Engineering, 1984) from Texas Tech University and is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Texas.
Michael (Mike) Moore
KSB Pumps
Michael (Mike) Moore is the Vice President of Market Development for KSB for the Petrochemicals & Chemicals end markets. During his career, Mr. Moore has worked for many leading centrifugal and positive displacement pump OEMS (Flowserve, Circor, ITT, and PSG Dover) focusing on the selection, design, and commissioning of API and non-API fluid-handling technologies. Michael has served as the task force secretary for API 676 – positive displacement pumps, rotary. Mr. Moore received his education in Mechanical Engineering at McMaster University and the Mohawk Technical Institute, both located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Kristo Naudé
NRG Energy
Kristo Naudé is a Senior Engineer with NRG Energy, responsible for all pumps in the extensive power plant fleet. He joined NRG Energy in 2008 and is based in the corporate office in Houston, TX. Kristo has more than 24 years pump-related experience in consulting engineering, pumps manufacturers and power utilities in South Africa, Canada, and the USA. All power plant work has centered on pump problems, root cause analysis, pump system reliability and system enhancement. Kristo obtained a B.Sc. (Mechanical Engineering) from the University of Pretoria in 1986, and an MBA through the University of Stellenbosch Business School in 1998.
Nikolaus Necker
EagleBurgmann
Nikolaus Necker is a Lead Expert for Engineered Mechanical Seals at EagleBurgmann´s Headquarter in Germany. He is responsible for the application engineering in all kinds of Oil and Gas international projects. His job includes sales and application engineering for mechanical seals and supply systems in high energy pumps installed On- and Offshore and Subsea since he started with Burgmann in 1990. Nikolaus has a Master of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering, 1989) from the Munich University of Applied Sciences and has a Pump Engineer Graduation from the University of Graz (Austria)/Berlin (Germany).
Eric Petersen
Turbomachinery Laboratory
Eric Petersen is the Director of the Turbomachinery Laboratory at Texas A&M University. Petersen has been with the Turbo Lab for 10-plus years and is the Nelson-Jackson Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. His research encompasses gas dynamics, propulsion, combustion, shock waves, chemical kinetics, optical diagnostics and spectroscopy, laminar and turbulent flames, and rocket combustion. He has authored more than 400 journal and conference papers in these areas. He is vice-president of the Institute for Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems (IDERS) and an associate editor of the Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power and the Journal of Propulsion and Power. He is a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and a member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), The Combustion Institute and the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). Petersen holds three degrees in mechanical engineering: a bachelor’s from the University of Central Florida (1988), a master’s from the University of Florida (1990) and a doctorate from Stanford University (1998). Before coming to Texas A&M, Petersen taught at the University of Central Florida. Prior to becoming a professor, he was an analytical engineer in the combustion group at Pratt & Whitney for three years, and a research scientist in the propulsion science group at the Aerospace Corporation for four years.
Nicolas Péton
Baker Hughes – Bently Nevada
Nicolas Peton has been leading the Machinery Diagnostic Services (MDS) group since 2006 for the Bently Nevada business. He has spent the last 13 years with the MDS team as is now the Global Director, leading the team and instructing the advanced machinery dynamics courses worldwide. Previously, Nicolas worked for Alstom Steam turbine and Cryostar expander/compressor where he oversaw on-site startup activities globally. Prior, he worked as an operation and maintenance engineer at PPG and as Free Lance for startup activities worldwide, and served as a mechanical/acoustical research engineer in research institutes at Technion, Haifa, and TU Berlin. Nicolas is currently a PhD candidate and holds an Engineering Degree from the Université de Technologie de Compiègne in France (1997) and is a European Professional Engineer (Eur-Ing).
Dr. Luis San Andres
Retired – Texas A&M Turbomachinery Laboratory
Dr. Luis San Andrés is the Mast-Childs Chair Professor of Mechanical Engineering. He conducts research in fluid film bearings and seals for turbomachinery, gas foil bearings for high temperature oil-free turbomachinery, hybrid fluid film bearings for turbopumps and squeeze film dampers for aircraft jet engines. His computational codes, benchmarked against test data, are standards in the rotating machinery industry. San Andrés and his students have authored over 160 journal papers and 80 conference papers, several of which have earned Best Paper awards. San Andrés is a fellow of ASME and STLE.
Hemanth Satish
TransCanada Corp.
Hemanth Satish is a Team Lead and corporate Rotating Equipment Subject Matter Expert within TransCanada’s liquid pipeline systems engineering. He has over 13 years of Engineering experience working mainly in the area of Rotating Machinery, Heat Transfer, and Stress Analysis. He is a registered Professional Engineer with APEGA (Alberta, Canada) and holds a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering. He has professional background working in the areas of large centrifugal pump – motor specification, operation and troubleshooting, vibration troubleshooting of rotating machinery, gas turbine & centrifugal compressors, root cause failure analysis of rotating machinery, pulsation and vibration analysis of reciprocating compressors, design & operation of heat transfer equipment & high performance aerospace materials. Hemanth has published journal papers and presented at a number of conferences. He currently sits on the PRCI (Pipeline Research Council International) compressor and pump technical committee and is part of API 610 12th Ed Technical Taskforce.
Bruno Schiavello
Flowserve Corporation
Bruno Schiavello has been Director for Fluid Dynamics at Flowserve Pump Division, Applied Technology Department, in Phillipsburg, New Jersey, since 2000, and previously served in the same position with Ingersoll Dresser Pump Company. He started in the R&D Department of Worthington Nord (Italy), joined Central R&D of Worthington, McGraw Edison Company, and then Dresser Pump Division.Mr. Schiavello was co-winner of the H. Worthington European Technical Award in 1979. He has written several papers and lectured at seminars in the area of pump recirculation, cavitation, and two-phase flow. He is a member of ASME, has received the ASME 2006 Fluid Machinery Design Award, and has served on the International Pump Users Symposium Advisory Committee since 1983.Mr. Schiavello received a B.S. degree (Mechanical Engineering, 1974) from the University of Rome, and an M.S. degree (Fluid Dynamics, 1975) from Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics.
Cameron Self
SPXFlow
Cameron Self, P.E., is the Lead Hydraulic Engineer in the Americas for BB1 and BB2 pumps with ClydeUnion Pumps in Houston, TX. He is responsible for the design and development of new and modified hydraulics, as well as supporting aftermarket hydraulic re-rates and product development. He has held various positions with ClydeUnion in design, testing and aftermarket engineering centered on problem-solving and root cause analysis. Previously he worked for Sulzer Pumps as a test engineer. Cameron received his B.S. degree (Mechanical Engineering, 2005) from Texas Christian University in Fort Worth and is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Texas. He is also a member of the API-610 task force.
Leslie Thilagan
Independent Pump Consultant
Leslie Thilagan is a Rotating Equipment Engineer at S&B Engineers and Constructors, Ltd in Houston, Texas. He has over 30 years of experience in design, hydraulics, applications including evaluation and order execution, testing, troubleshooting, technical sales, and management in the pump manufacturing industry in both the UK and the USA. His experience includes working at David Brown-Bingham pumps in Sheffield UK for 20 years, David Brown-Union Pumps, Rhurpumpen, and Sulzer Pumps in Houston, Texas. His experience also includes working as Rotating Equipment Engineer at KBR Houston for six years and Bechtel Houston.He obtained his degree in mechanical and production engineering at the University of Huddersfield UK. He is a registered professional engineer with State of Texas. He was a Charted Mechanical Engineer with the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in the UK and European Engineer with FENAI Belgium.
Scott Ure
ConocoPhillips Alaska
Scott Ure is a Field Lead rotating equipment Engineer for ConocoPhillips Alaska. He has worked in Alaska Oil and Gas industry for the past 19 years. His primary areas of focus and responsibilities include; operation, maintenance, vibration analysis, performance monitoring and troubleshooting & failure analysis for a variety of large process rotating equipment totaling over 150,000 HP, of which are process pumps with 2,000+ HP, and field of smaller API and ANSI pumps. Mr. Ure received a B.S.M.E. from Montana State University in 2004.
Bruce Weber
Champion Hi-Tech Mfg. Co.
Bruce Weber is responsible for the technical support of the mechanical seal division at the Champion Group in Houston, Texas. In this capacity, he supports customers during preliminary selection, design, installation, and operation of sealing systems. Mr. Weber’s other major role with Champion is customer training. In addition to mechanical seals, this training includes rotating equipment; selection, operation and other associated support systems.Previously, Mr. Weber was the Operations Manager for Best Equipment. His duties included supervision of the pump repair facility, consulting with clients concerning pumping systems, and pump troubleshooting. Prior to that, Mr. Weber was associated with Koch Hydrocarbon, in Medford, Oklahoma, for 18 years. His responsibility as Maintenance Supervisor included 10,000 miles of pipelines that employed 2300 pumps. He also served as a rotating equipment consultant for Koch’s four Gas Liquid fractionators.Mr. Weber is currently enrolled at the University of Houston, working toward a B.S. degree.
Daniel W. (Dan) Wood
The Chemours Company
Daniel W. (Dan) Wood is a Pump Consultant with the Chemours Company, in Wilmington, Delaware where he provides pump, mechanical seal, and pumping system technical support. Mr. Wood participates on committees within the Hydraulic Institute and is a voting member for 3-A Sanitary Standards for ANSI pumps. He was previously employed for 15 years in various engineering and training roles at Flowserve. Mr. Wood graduated from the University of Cincinnati (BSME, 1991). He is a Level III Vibration Analyst certified through Technical Associates of Charlotte.
Howard G. Wright III
ITT Goulds Pumps
Howard G. Wright III is Executive Director of North American PRO Services for ITT Goulds Pumps, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. His responsibilities include oversight of all PRO Services aftermarket repair facilities and field services in the US and Canada. Prior to his current position at ITT Goulds, he was an Engineering Specialist, Upgrade Engineer, Facility Manager, and Western Regional Operations Manager. He holds a BSME from The University of Louisiana at Lafayette is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Louisiana.
Sheifeng Wu
A.W. Chesterton Company
Sheifeng Wu currently holds the position of Director, Research and Analysis with A.W. Chesterton Co., directing and performing product research, design, and analysis. Prior to joining AWC in 1996, he was employed by John Crane Inc. in the capacities of Development Engineer, Consulting Engineer, and Senior Consulting Engineer for five years. He has over twenty-five years’ experience in product research, development, and analysis in the fluid sealing industry. Dr. Wu has authored over twenty technical publications and presentations and was the co-recipient of ASME’s Journal of Tribology Best Paper Award in 1990. He also has seven patents relating to mechanical seals. Dr. Wu received his BS degree (1982) from Xi’an Jiaotong University; MS (1986) and Ph.D. (1990) degrees from Northwestern University, all in Mechanical Engineering. He has membership in both ASME and STLE. He served as an Associate Editor of ASME’s Journal of Tribology for seven years and is currently an Associate Editor for Tribology Transactions of STLE.
