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Michael Brinker, PE, CFEI, CVFI, is a mechanical engineer with over twenty years of domestic and international engineering experience. Mr. Brinker has worked in forensic failure analysis, power plant operations, pollution control systems, mining and mineral production, and chemical production facility design. Areas of experience include HVAC, boilers, plumbing and piping, process heating and cooling, fire protection systems, fertilizer production, backup power generation, conveying systems, and building energy management systems. His equipment and systems involvement includes CNC machines, commercial and consumer appliances, diesel-powered equipment, elevators, heat exchangers, kilns, mills, metal recycling, scrubbers and reactor vessels, turbines, wastewater treatment, and water purification.
Mr. Brinker has performed several origins and causes analyses of equipment and system failures. These evaluations use industry-standard protocols and methods to assess component failure(s), deficiencies, or alterations from the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) specifications. He has investigated multiple fire and explosion incidents related to equipment, appliances, and vehicles, both at the scene of the event and in non-destructive and destructive laboratory examinations as needed. Additionally, Mr. Brinker has conducted, directed, and/or participated in numerous investigative and failure evaluations of losses stemming from water leaks originating in plumbing, appliances, and fire protection systems, as well as vehicle accidents, lightning strikes, above-ground and underground storage tanks ruptures, and control system malfunctions.
He has assessed flood, wind, freeze, fire, and explosion-related damage and conducted a post-disaster analysis of equipment and systems to determine means of restoration. Mr. Brinker has experience with international and local mechanical, plumbing, fuel gas, and fire protection building codes, as well as NFPA, ASTM, ASME, UL, and FM standards.
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