Staff:

Dr. Robin Gordon
President
robin@ewimicroalloying.com

Dr. Robin Gordon is a recognized expert in Fitness-for-Service and Reliability Technology. Dr. Gordon has participated in numerous national and international committees to develop Fitness-for-Service Codes and Recommended Practices for the Pipeline, Offshore, and Petrochemical industry sectors.

Dr. Gordon’s areas of expertise include:

Design Reviews
Strain Based Design
Fitness for Service / Reliability
Fracture Control Design / Assessment
Fatigue Design / Assessment
Failure Investigations
Residual Stresses
Distortion Management

Dr. Gordon has authored more that 60 papers on the development and application of Fitness-for-Service and Reliability design and assessment methods to offshore structures, pipelines and pressure vessels. He has managed a number of major research projects for PRCI on pipeline reliability and pipeline repair as well as several international Joint Industry Projects on Fracture and Fatigue Design. He has also provided design, materials, fabrication and ECA support to numerous offshore structure and pipeline project teams.

Dr. Malcolm Gray
Partner
jmg@ewimicroalloying.com

Dr. John Malcolm Gray is an internationally acknowledged expert in the metallurgy, manufacture and application of microalloyed (HSLA) steels. He has authored over 100 publications covering the physical metallurgy, testing, welding and fracture behavior of these steels in uses ranging from automobiles to pipelines, offshore structures and Naval vessels.

Dr. Gray has participated in the development of low carbon steels with yield strengths up to 120 ksi, steels for use in H2S (sour) or low temperature (Arctic) service, steels for application in deepwater pipelines and offshore structures as well as forgings, fittings, hot bends and other accessories. He was the organizer, or co-organizer, of over 20 technical conferences such as Microalloying 75. HSLA 85 (Beijing), Fracture in Pipelines (Moscow 1992) and currently provides technical advice to steelmakers, fabricators and end users in China, Korea, Brazil, Australia, Russia, India, Ukraine and Japan as well as steel producers in Europe and North America. He founded Microalloying International in 1976.

Dr. Bill Fazackerley
Principal Metallurgist & Partner
bill@ewimicroalloying.com

Dr. Bill Fazackerley is an expert in the field of materials and fabrication for offshore structures and critical pipelines. He has significant experience with the development of materials and fabrication procedures meeting the stringent requirements of ultra deep water developments.

Dr Fazackerley’s primary areas of expertise include:

Material development
Ferrous and Non-ferrous material specification development
Welding and Fabrication specifications
Fabrication procedure review and audits
Welding consumable development
Steel and pipe production facility audits
Failure investigation

Dr. Fazackerley has served on numerous domestic and international technical groups, including API and ISO, dealing with materials and joining. He has been actively involved in welding consumable development and in fabrication procedures aimed at eliminating delayed cracking in weldments, the main focus of his PhD thesis.