Composite Pressure Vessel Expert
Nathanial Evans
Nathanial Evans
Plastic Pipe and Testing Expert - Nathanial Evans
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Nathanial's educational background is in mechanical engineering with an emphasis on business management and materials science. He has experience with project management and program management in laboratory and field-testing as well as R&D environments. He has established a strong knowledge in plastic pipe and other plastic materials. Nathanial has strong experience in quality, safety, standards, and has been a member of ASME, SPE, and ASTM. Nathanial is looking forward to helping complete your projects.
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- Managed product testing, materials testing, pressure testing, & mechanical testing.
- Has completed successful tests of PE, PEX, PVC, CPVC OPVC, PP, silicone, Al honeycomb, FG, and CF
- Ran compliance testing for: AASHTO, ASME, ASTM, AWWA, ISO, NSF, UL, and others standards
- Understands ISO compliance of composite pressure vessels
- Strong experience in HDPE and other related materials
- Capability to run tests based on ASTM standards
- Field experience in data collection/storage/distribution
Experience
BHC Associates
Feb 2019 – Present
Boulder, Colorado
Director of Testing Services
Contractor/Consultant
Jan 2019 - Present
Boulder, Colorado
Microbac Laboratories
Aug 2016 - Dec 2018
Boulder, Colorado
Project Manager
Infinite Composites Technologies (CleanNG)
Aug 2013 - Jul 2016
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Project Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, Engineering Intern
Helmerich Research Center, Next generation materials Lab OSU-Tulsa
Aug 2015 – June 2016
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Graduate Research Assistant
Sept 2014 - Feb 2015
El Reno, Oklahoma
Field Engineer
Jan 2013 - Aug 2014
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Education
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BHC Associates
Feb 2019 – Present
Boulder, Colorado
Director of Testing Services
- Project management
- Reporting results to testing partners
- Client Communications
- Soliciting Prices
- Assist company president
Contractor/Consultant
Jan 2019 - Present
Boulder, Colorado
- Laboratory operations
- Laboratory Equipment and layout assistance
- Client relations & sales support
- Mechanical & Materials R&D
Microbac Laboratories
Aug 2016 - Dec 2018
Boulder, Colorado
Project Manager
- Managed product testing, materials testing, pressure testing, & mechanical testing.
- Wrote & reviewed technical reports and Proposals for testing services
- Tested: Impact, tensile, compressive, pressure, thermal, polymer properties, and more.
- Products tested for: energy, pressure, medical, and aerospace applications.
- Materials tested: PE, PEX, PVC, CPVC OPVC, PP, silicone, Al honeycomb, FG, and CF
- Represented company at industry meetings and conventions.
- Participated in a High Impact Team (HIT) focused on client onboarding experience.
- Ran compliance testing for: AASHTO, ASME, ASTM, AWWA, CSA, DIN, ISO, NSF, UL, and others.
Infinite Composites Technologies (CleanNG)
Aug 2013 - Jul 2016
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Project Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, Engineering Intern
- Project Lead on ISO compliance of composite pressure vessel
- Project Lead on Composite fitting R&D
- Project Lead on Cryogenic Composite pressure vessel R&D
- Interviewed intern applicants & worked with interns on design projects
- Develop production process for pressure vessel manufacturing
- Designed high pressure composite vessels for aerospace and CNG applications
- Fabricated pressure vessel prototypes
- Designed and built processing equipment
- Reviewed and conducted testing procedures
- Focused primarily on process and product development as well as product testing
Helmerich Research Center, Next generation materials Lab OSU-Tulsa
Aug 2015 – June 2016
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Graduate Research Assistant
- Lead graduate researcher: NASA funded project using HDPE and nano additives in radiation shielding Carbon fiber enhancement: improvement of interlaminar shear properties using nano additives University Innovation Fellow: Hosted by Stanford University and VentureWell (2015-2016)
- Supervised 5 interns on projects
- Interviewed and hired interns
- Collaborated with multiple departments
- Wrote technical reports
- Ran characterization of HDPE with additives
- Conducted destructive & nondestructive tests
- Molded and Machined modified HDPE
- Ran testing per ASTM standards
Sept 2014 - Feb 2015
El Reno, Oklahoma
Field Engineer
- Well services
- Completed pre-job operations, job execution, and post-job operations
- Responsible for: safety; quality control; customer satisfaction; and data collection/storage/distribution during field operations
- Worked with clients to ensure client satisfaction in the field
- Attended Pre-job planning meetings
- Generated post job reports
- Pre-job “rigup” and post-job “rigdown"
- Crew provided approximately $10M in Services
- Managed mobile field laboratory
- Insured onsite quality control
Jan 2013 - Aug 2014
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Undergraduate Research Assistant
- Edited scientific articles
- Co-authored grant proposal
- Carbon Fiber & Fiber Glass layup
- Machine Shop Certification
- ASTM Materials Testing
- Ballistics testing & consulting
Education
- Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma
- BS Mechanical Engineering / Minor in Business Management
- Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma
- Coursework in Materials Science and Engineering (MS level)
- Tulsa Community College, Tulsa, Oklahoma
- AS in Mechanical Engineering
- ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers)
- SPE (Society of Plastic Engineers)
- ASTM
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