Dr. Anderson specializes in the areas of fire and explosion investigation fluid mechanics fire cause and origin mechanical engineering analysis including characterizing gas or liquid flows fuel handling and distribution equipment and analysis of electrical and chemical energy sources. Dr. Anderson’s expertise also includes failure investigations of heating cooling and refrigeration equipment in residential commercial industrial and transportation sectors as well as accident reconstruction and hazard investigation of equipment operation. His investigations have included items ranging from household appliances and equipment (toasters stoves ovens dishwashers coffeemakers furnaces water heaters garage door openers) to much larger systems (boiler/steam turbine systems industrial air conditioning and refrigeration systems chemical process equipment pneumatic conveyors semi-conductor industry processes vehicles railroad and aircraft equipment and pipeline accidents). |