Failure Analysis Expert
— Michael Stichter, PhD, PE
Areas of Expertise: Failure Analysis
Dr. Stichter is a licensed professional mechanical engineer with extensive experience in automotive, recreational, transportation, agricultural, commercial and industrial equipment and systems.
He has more than twenty years of experience in industrial manufacturing engineering; including gas turbine blades and vanes coatings, box trucks, hot aerospace structures, and gas generation equipment. His experience also includes design of manufacturing operations and specialized equipment such as machine guarding for personnel safety.
He has extensive experience inspecting and commissioning industrial gas generation systems at customer sites around the world (EMEA, Asia, Australia); including metals processing, glass manufacturing, and electrical power plants. He has engineered PEM Fuel Cell stacks and balance of plant, and related testing equipment; sensors, valves, pumps, humidification, phase separation, electrical load, and control systems.
areas of specialty
| § Failure Investigation and Analysis of: § Mechanical Components § Electrical Components § Hydraulic Components § Engines § Machine Guarding, Lock out/Tag out § Industrial and Construction Safety § Forensic Engineering § Oxygen Safety | § Mechanical Engineering § Consumer Appliance Failure § Accident Investigation § Battery Failure/Fire § Codes and Standards § Piping/Plumbing/HVAC § Power Tools § Laser Safety § Hydrogen Safety § Automobile Restoration – standards, and process |
LICENSES & CERTIFICATIONS
- Licensed Professional Engineer (PE)
- Pennsylvania, PE # PE089115; Maryland, PE # 47945; Delaware # 22096; Massachusetts # 53988; New York # 099396; Colorado # PE.0054684, New Jersey # 24GE05471500, Texas # 134597, Alabama # 38527-E, California # M 42066, Connecticut # 37454, North Carolina # 57608, Nevada # 032765
- Certified Fire and Explosion Investigator (CFEI), NAFI# 22271-12997vi
- Certified Vehicle Fire Investigator (CVFI)
- Certified Fire Investigation Instructor (CFII)
- Diplomate in Forensic Engineering (DFE)
- Private Pilot, ASEL, FAA 4369186
- Remote Pilot, Small Unmanned Aircraft System, FAA 4043459
- Swagelok Installation
- Fork Lift Operation, Scissor Lift Operation, Aerial Lift Operation
- Bosch CDR Technician
- Certified Marine Investigator (CMI), #179 – IAMI #4304