Coating Expert Witnesses

Weston, Massachusetts

Chemical Engineering, Failure Analysis - polymer, plastic, rubber, coating, materials, material science, material engineering, thermoplastic, thermoset, composite, design, manufacturing, adhesive, ink, automotive, medical device, aerospace, packaging, accident, defect

Dr. Chris E. Scott is President of Material Answers LLC. He specializes in material structure, properties, and processing. His work emphasizes thermoplastics, thermosets, blends, composites, and multicomponent formulations. He has extensive experience with manufacturing, product development, product design, and failure analysis. Systems investigated include plastics, composites, coatings, paints, adhesives, rubbers, fibers, suspensions, emulsions, and pastes. In particular, Dr. Scott has published extensively on the topics of polymer processing and structure relationships, compounding and mixing in multiphase polymer systems, and structure and morphology development during polymer processing. He is the inventor on 11 U.S. patents, author of more than 30 articles in peer reviewed journals, author of 40 conference proceedings, and has presented more than 50 seminars to industry and government organizations. Dr. Scott has conducted failure analysis investigations and developed p...

Bridgeton, New Jersey

Engineering, Oil and Gas - Corrosion, Mechanical Integrity, Materials Engineering, Corrosion Engineering, Root Cause Analysis, Industrial Equipment, Failure Analysis, Inspection Adequacy, Risk-Based Inspection Expert, RBI Expert Witness, Piping, Pressure Vessel, Tank, Pipeline, Refinery, Chemical Plant, Coating, Material Selection

Dr. Sean Brossia is a corrosion, materials, mechanical integrity, reliability, and industrial equipment failure expert with more than 30 years of experience in chemical, refining, pharmaceutical, paper, pipeline, manufacturing, and industrial facilities. He provides expert witness and litigation support through Vulcan Integrity for matters involving corrosion damage, materials degradation, inspection adequacy, risk-based inspection, mechanical integrity, maintenance and reliability practices, material selection, and equipment failure causation. Dr. Brossia has experience with piping, pressure vessels, tanks, heat exchangers, boilers, cooling water systems, pipelines, coatings, linings, stainless steels, specialty alloys, polymers, gaskets, glass-lined equipment, PTFE-lined systems, corrosion sensors, and corrosion monitoring technologies. He evaluates damage mechanisms including pitting, general corrosion, localized corrosion, erosion-corrosion, corrosion under insulation, microbio...