Experts & Consultants

Robert SHANDRO

Principal Consultant

Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science – Specialist in Failure Investigation, Forensic Engineering and Condition Assessment with more than 30 years of consulting experience in Energy, Aerospace, Shipbuilding, Transportation and Public Works.

Member of the French delegation for ISO TC60 (Technical Committee), Expert in load capacity calculation of gears, terminologies, notation, strength and quality of materials for gears

Areas of Expertise

Failure analysis of a wide range of mechanical equipment/components and structural facilities
Expert witness for litigation and insurance claims
Expert consultant and technical support on patent litigations
Forensic engineering investigation of industrial failures and accidents
Design, verification and failure analysis of mechanical power transmission components
Condition and remnant life assessment of mechanical power transmission components
Standardization works (ISO TC60)

LIM Kie Yong

Operations Director

Specializing in the field of forensic engineering, failure investigation and condition assessment with more than 25 years of consulting experience in the oil and gas, petrochemicals, marine, manufacturing, utilities, building, pressure vessels, lifting equipment and aerospace industries.

Areas of Expertise

Failure analysis in mechanical equipment/components and structural facilities
Forensic engineering investigation of industrial failures, fires, explosions and accidents
Condition and remnant life assessment of pressure vessels, lifting equipment and structural facilities
Non-destructive inspection and evaluation
Expert witness for litigation and insurance cases

LIAM Kok Chye

Principal Consultant

Mechanical Engineer (PE) – Specializing in failure analysis and condition assessment work through integration of mechanical engineering and materials/corrosion expertise.

Expert Engineer (IES Engineering Expert Panel – Forensic Engineering and Materials/Corrosion)

Specialist Professional Engineer in Lifting Equipment and Cranes (PEB) Who’s Who in Engineering (Singapore), SrMIES, MNACE and MAPIEx

Areas of Expertise

Failure analysis of mechanical equipment/components and structural facilities
Condition and remnant life assessment of high temperature equipment/plants, lifting equipment
Forensic engineering investigation of industrial failures and accidents
Failure and damage mechanisms in oil and gas and petrochemical industries
Materials and corrosion consultancy
Expert witness for litigation and insurance cases

Carla CANTURRI

R&D Consultant

Carla is a R&D Consultant with Cetim Matcor in the field of mechanics and materials with a focus on polymer composites and polymer materials. Carla has over twelve years of Research and Development experience in the Oil & Gas, Aerospace, Energy and Transportation industries.

Areas of Expertise

Failure analysis of polymeric and polymeric composite components
Condition assessment of polymers and polymer composites
Non-destructive evaluation of composites
Mechanical characterisation of composite materials

Christophe DELCHER

Principal Consultant

Senior Technical Expert in Bolted Joint in Cetim.

Fields of interest:

Definition of characterization and qualification Tests
Design and development of innovative assembly-solutions
Expertise and failure analysis of bolted assemblies
Development and improvement of standard-documents

Areas of Expertise

Definition of characterization and qualification Tests
Design and development of innovative assembly-solutions
Expertise and failure analysis of bolted assemblies
Development and improvement of standard-documents
Training activities

Damien GUILLON

Principal Consultant

Since 2009: CETIM “polymer & composite engineering” team
2018-2021: R&D Manager
2015-2018: Composite design technical leader
2013-2015: Composite material laboratory manager
2011-2013: Automotive composite market lead engineer
2009-2011: Composite testing engineer
2004-2008: Airbus central research and technology
Master thesis: Cyclic hydric ageing mechanisms of composite material

Areas of Expertise

Design of composite materials
Knowledge of behavior laws and sizing criteria
Filament winding and Tape deposition process
Assembly and finishing process.
Composite process
Composite preforming process
Stamping-overmolding process
Experimental expertise on composite material
Standardized mechanical characterization tests
Impact and energy absorption tests, fatigue tests, and test/model correlation
Management of collaborative research projects
Setting up of multi-funded projects
Animation of partnership

Bruno DEPALE

Principal Consultant

Bruno is Structural Analysis Expert of CETIM (Technical Institute of the French mechanical industry). He works mainly in the fields of machine design, steel construction and has expertise in a wide range of machines, but with a focus on cranes. Since 2004, he has been French delegate in the working groups of CEN/TC147 and ISOTC96 dealing with Crane design.

His fields of interest cover structural analysis based on FEA (Abaqus), proofs and strength of structures or mechanical components.

Areas of Expertise

Expertise of failure modes
Design support and optimization of machines
Standardization
Training (cranes design, RLA, fatigue)
Management of professional working groups

Benoit VERQUIN

Principal Consultant

Additive Manufacturing experience : 18 years
Additive Manufacturing processes : L-PBF, MBJ, WAAM
Metal AM machines : EOS, SLM Solutions, TRUMPF, 3D Systems , Digital Metal, Add-Up, Desktop Metal
Software : Magics, 3-Matic, Simufact

Areas of Expertise

Pilot of multipatenarial R&D projects : AM sharing platforms
Materials : titanium alloys, Co-Cr, Stainless-Steel
Consulting in Strategic diagnostic, Design for AM and Industrialization
Technical and economic feasibility studies

Yan-Ming CHEN

Principal Consultant

Senior Technical Expert in Tribology in Cetim.

Fields of interest:

Tribological design improvement of mechanical system
Expertise and wear failure analysis
Development of new tribological tests
Training activities

Areas of Expertise

Surface roughness optimization
Contact stress analysis
Lubrication optimization
Wear mechanisms, abrasion, adhesion, fretting, surface fatigue analysis
Material and surface treatments solutions
Design of specific test for engines, compressors, pumps, bearing and other machine parts

Tayeb AIOUAZ

Principal Consultant

Expert in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and numerical simulations of particulate flow (DEM).

Fields of interest:

Design and conception support, engineering review & failure analysis
Development of modeling approaches adapted to industrial problems
Analysis and numerical characterization
Standardization, Training, consulting and knowledge transfer

Areas of Expertise

Hydraulic equipment: pipe, bend, valve, pump, mixing tank, nozzle
Calculation: Flow and pressure field, pressure drop, sizing, scaling, etc
Free surface flows: pumping stations, sumps, channels, pipes, weirs, anti-vortex systems
Multi-phase flow: Bi-fluid, Charged-fluid, Sedimentation, erosion, CFD-DEM
R&D : Fluid-structure interaction, Numerical methods, Meshing

Xavier HERMITE

Principal Consultant

14 years experimented engineer in data management and safety analysis (RAMS) for mechanical industry.

Fields of interest:

Workgroup animation
Durability test specification
Probabilities & Statistics, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning

Areas of Expertise

Reliability Analysis (provisional, experimental, operational)
Sampling / Resampling strategy, process monitoring
Applied statistics (fitting, comparison, classification, modeling, etc.)
Artificial Intelligence
Programing / Software development, embedded software
Database assessment (data quality, data structure, feasibility of analysis, etc.)
Support to technological options

Stephane SOYER

Principal Consultant

In charge of studies and services within Cetim’s NVH, NDT & IIoT pole in Senlis (France) with over 20 years of experience in the vibratory and acoustic field. R&D studies and technical expertise on the analysis of the dynamic behaviour of installations and multi-physics measurement.

Assistance and advice to Cetim’s industrial customers on the topic of measurement engineering and expertise. Technical referent in vibration failure analysis within Cetim and for various external commissions since 2015.

Areas of Expertise

Vibration diagnostics
Failure analysis of complex machines and recommendations for solutions
Design and installation of vibration monitoring
Analysis of the dynamic behaviour of structures (EMA, OMA, ODS)
Recalibration of measurements and calculations

Johann CATTY

Principal Consultant

Project Senior Engineer in NDT techniques specialized in Acoustic Emission controls.

Fields of interest:

Expert Engineer in Non Destructive Testing techniques
Advanced knowledge on all Non-Destructive Techniques
Advanced knowledge of Pressure Equipment.
Knowledge on API 579 (Fitness For Service) and RBI

Areas of Expertise

Commercial and technical management of NDT projects
Interventions on customers sites
Extensive experience in conducting on-site projects and team management
Research Project in the field of Ceramic Materials, Acoustic Emission, …
Expertises of Pressure vessels (Hydrocracking Reactor; Gas Storage tanks; Nuclear reactors, …)
Expertise of Reactors (VALE – New-Caledonia) using different NDT Techniques like Ultrasonic TOFD and Phased Array, Magnetic particle testing, Acoustic Emission

Dr M. BENNEBACH

Principal Consultant

Mohamed is a structural analysis engineer, expert in fatigue of components and structures, with 28+ years’ experience in this field. He works mainly in the fields of components and structures design, life and residual life evaluation, fatigue testing.

He is involved in private and R&D projects, training and standardization working groups (CEN/TC 147, UNM05) where he develops specific fatigue calculation methodologies.

Areas of Expertise

Fatigue testing and material characterization
Fatigue design and calculation of structures
Standardization: participation in national and international working groups
Training: creation of training material and animation of several courses

Christophe GROSJEAN

Principal Consultant

Christophe Grosjean is Metallurgy Expert at Cetim (Technical Institute of the French mechanical industry). He works mainly in the fields of metallurgy, characterization, heat treatment… He has an expertise in a wide range of metals, treatments, coatings and processes such as additive manufacturing.

He is in charge of failure analysis on metallic materials and proposal ofimprovement solutions. He also develops and carries out training sessions on his areas of expertise.

Areas of Expertise

Expertise of failure modes
Heat treatment
Characterization of metals
Additive manufacturing
Standardization

Fan ZHANG

Principal Consultant

NDT expert of Cetim, Fan ZHANG is engineer from INSA of Lyon and PhD in materials science.

She works on the development and the qualification of acoustic emission to detect leaks in the primary circuit of nuclear power plants, but also in non-destructive characterization of materials, and detection of stress corrosion masked by geometric discontinuities on nuclear piping using innovative ultrasonic techniques.

Areas of Expertise

Materials Physics
Non-Destructive Testing : acoustic emission, ultrasonic techniques, electromagnetic methods
Signal and data processing

Jeremy VIALE

Principal Consultant

Jeremy VIALE is a Polymer and Composite Processing Expert at CETIM. He works for 15 years for Polymer Industry mainly on plastics forming and
composite part manufacturing for Aeronautics, Automotive, Energy and Piping Systems.

He is focused on polymer material behaviour during forming processes, relationship between manufacturing parameters and part performances. His fields of interest cover major processes as injection, extrusion, rotational moulding for plastics and reactive processes as pultrusion.

Areas of Expertise

Polymer rheology
Reactive processes
Plastics forming processes
Thermoset part Manufacturing
Training (polymers, composites, forming processes)

Laurent JUBIN

Principal Consultant

Laurent JUBIN is International Welding Engineer at Cetim (Technical Institute of the French Mechanical Industry) specialised on three aspects of welding (metallurgy, process, fitness for service).

Areas of Expertise

Design, manufacturing and inspection of assemblies obtained by welding, brazing and welding
Failure analysis: identification of root cause and support in re-design
Welding metallurgy: selection of filler materials, welding conditions, and support in implementation
Drafting of technical welding instructions.

Nadege DUCOMMUN

Principal Consultant

Nadege DUCOMMUN is corrosion and corrosion protection expert at Cetim (Technical Institute of the French mechanical industry).

She works mainly in the fields of metallic materials, and has expertise in working conditions analysis, knowledges of the mechanism, morphological characterization, materials and corrosion protection choice and failure analysis. She has an electrochemical formation, and she is specifically certified in cathodic protection in the marine environment.

Areas of Expertise

Expertise of failure modes
Residual life assessment
Corrosive environment analysis
Materials and corrosion protection choice
Cathodic protection dimensioning
Training (corrosion, protection choice, cathodic protection)

Olivier CHEMINAT

Principal Consultant

Olivier CHEMINAT is an automation and robotic welding expert at CETIM (Technical Institute of the French mechanical industry). He works mainly in
the field of welding industrialization.

After 15 years in the production of components with welding robots, he assists, since 10 years, entreprises to invests and put into operation robotic welding installations.

Areas of Expertise

Automation and robotic welding specialist (In technical, economic and organization)
Technical assistance in production and process optimization
Robotic expert for different investments assistance programs for SMEs
Design and manufacturing method for component for robotization.
Design improvement solutions proposals
Technical assistance for the research and development on the customer projects.

Hubert LEJEUNE

Principal Consultant

Hubert LEJEUNE is a Sealing Technologies expert of Cetim. His fields of interest cover sealing system testing, modeling and design as global leakage management.

He works mainly in the fields bolted flange joints and valve packing. Since 2005 he has been the French delegate in the CEN/TC74 WG8: Gasket and WG10: Calculation,cand is the convenor on a dedicated working group on bolted flange joint & gasket testing for the French nuclear code RCC-M®.

Areas of Expertise

Global knowledge of Sealing Technologies
Sealing phenomena modeling
Sealing products testing in representative environment
Bolted joints design and modeling (flange connections, valve packing,…)
Training on gasketed bolted joints (available technologies & calculation)
Multi-partner, Industrial/Academic projects development and management
Management of professional working groups (including standardization groups)

Some of our experts and consultants in this region:

Singapore

Malaysia

Robert SHANDRO

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LIM Kie Yong

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LIAM Kok Chye

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Carla CANTURRI

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Christophe DELCHER

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Damien GUILLON

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Bruno DEPALE

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Benoit VERQUIN

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Yan-Ming CHEN

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Tayeb AIOUAZ

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Xavier HERMITE

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Stephane SOYER

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Johann CATTY

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Dr M. BENNEBACH

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Christophe GROSJEAN

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Fan ZHANG

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Jeremy VIALE

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Laurent JUBIN

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Nadege DUCOMMUN

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Olivier CHEMINAT

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Hubert LEJEUNE

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