ANMOL S. BIRRING, President and Consulting Engineer, MS., ASNT Level III

Education: MS, Engineering Mechanics, Iowa State University, 1980; B. Tech. Mechanical Engineering, IIT Delhi, 1978.

Certifications:
ASNT Level III (Cert. No. 27545): Ultrasonics, Eddy Current, Magnetic Particle, Liquid Penetrant. Visual, Acoustic Emission and Radiography Testing.

NAS 410 Level III: Ultrasonics. Eddy Current, Magnetic Particle and Liquid Penetrant Testing.

Consulting areas:
NDT Inspections
Level III services
Develop and conduct NDT Training programs
Conduct NDT Audits
Establish NDT Programs, written practices and inspection plans for companies
Prepare NDT procedures
Review NDT documents and procedures
Interpretation of Codes and Standards

Specialized in:
Ultrasonic Phased Arrays for weld inspections
Eddy Current testing of Heat Exchanger Tubing - Brass, CuNi, SS,titanium etc.
Remote Field ECT of Heat Exchangers - carbon steel tubing
Ultrasonic Time of Flight Diffraction (TOFD)
Ultrasonic inspection for detection of HTHA in petrochemical plants
ECT for surface crack detection

EXPERIENCE

NDE Associates, Inc., Houston, 1994-present, President.
Birring NDE Center, Inc., Houston, 2008-present, President.
NDT Consultant to several Fortune 500 companies to include Shell Oil, ExxonMobil,  NRG Energy, British Petroleum, Eastman,  Rohm and Haas, Total (Europe), and Chevron.  Conduct specialized eddy current and ultrasonic inspections for petrochemical plants and power plants.  This includes inspection of heat exchangers, vessels, piping systems, structural components etc. Develop NDT techniques and procedures for  plant inspections. Develop NDT techniques for plant inspections. Conduct audits and review NDT procedures.

Developed NDT Training programs for the Birring NDE Center. Conduct basic NDT and advanced training in eddy current, ultrasonic TOFD and Phased Arrays.  Conduct NDT training programs internationally in Korea, Japan, Taiwan, India, Pakistan, Canada, Mexico and Philippines.

Houston Lighting and Power Company, 1989-1994, Staff Engineer. Fully responsible for implementing the latest NDT technology for inspection of power plant components. These include boilers, steam turbines, condensers, feedwater heaters and piping systems. Implemented the state of the art automated ultrasonic and eddy current systems that include Tomoscan, UDRPS, ECT MAD4D, ISIS and Ferroscope.

Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, 1980-89, Group Leader. Developed and implemented inspection methods and systems for various applications that included measurement of corrosion, detection of underclad cracking, sizing of cracks, detection of hydrogen attack and measurement of wear. Developed software packages to store inspection data, and signal processing routines to analyze data. Some of the technology developed is currently being used by petrochemical plants and electric utilities. Awarded US patents on detection of High Temperature Hydrogen Attack and for ultrasonic measurement of wear. 

Promoted programs with potential clients, wrote proposals, managed projects, prepared final reports and made presentations. Managed contracts for more than twenty five different US companies, traveled nationally and internationally and gained diverse experience in NDT methods.

Memberships: American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT)
Publications: Seventy publications, twenty five final reports and two US patents.
US Patents: 
A. S. Birring, et al. "Method and Means for Detection of Hydrogen Attack by Ultrasonic Wave Velocity Measurements" US Patent, 4,890,496, January 2, 1990
A.S. Birring, et.al." Method of Wear Monitoring Using the Ultrasonic Phase Comparison", US Patent 4,711,120, Dec 1987.

Anmol S. Birring, President NDE Associates, Inc., President Birring NDE Center, Inc.

NDE Associates, Inc.
515 Tristar Drive
Webster, TX 77598
Phone: 281-488-8944    Fax: 281-488-8485