Dr. Meherwan P. Boyce, P.E., Fellow ASME & IDGTE; has over 43 years of experience in the field of TurboMachinery in both industry and academia. His industrial experience covers 20 years as Chairman and CEO of Boyce Engineering International, and five years as a designer of compressors and turbines for gas turbines for various gas turbine manufacturers. His academic experience covers a 15 year period, which includes the position of Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University and Founder of the TurboMachinery Laboratories and The TurboMachinery Symposium, which is now in its thirty fifth year. He is the author of several books such as the Third Edition of the Gas Turbine Engineering Handbook (Elsevier), Cogeneration & Combined Cycle Power Plants (ASME Press), and Centrifugal Compressors, A Basic Guide (PennWell Books). He is a contributor to several Handbooks; his latest contribution is to the Perry’s Chemical Engineering Handbook Seventh and Eight Edition (McGraw Hill) in the areas of Transport and Storage of Fluids, and Gas Turbines. Dr. Boyce has taught over 150 short courses around the world attended by over 3500 students representing over 400 Companies. He is a Consultant to the Aerospace, Petrochemical and Utility Industries globally, and is a much-requested speaker at Universities and Conferences throughout the world.
Dr. Boyce's areas of expertise are power plants, process and offshore machinery, gas turbines, steam turbines, compressors, and pumps.
Background
Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:A: ∑ Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D.--University of Oklahoma, 1969
∑ Mechanical Engineering, M.S.--State University of New York at Buffalo, 1964
∑ Mechanical Engineering, B.S.--South Dakota School of Mining and Technology, 1962
Registered Professional Engineer: Texas No. 30135
Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:
A: ∑ American Society of Mechanical Engineers (Fellow)
∑ Institution of Diesel and Gas Turbine Engineers (Fellow)
∑ The Association of Energy Engineers
∑ International Gas Turbine Institute
∑ National Society of Professional Engineers
∑ Society of Automotive Engineers
∑ Sigma XI
∑ Pi Tau Sigma
∑ Tau Beta Pi
∑ Phi Kappa Phi
Q: Please list any teaching or speaking experience you have had, including subject matter:
A: LECTURES AND SHORT COURSES
ìCondition Monitoring for Advanced Gas Turbinesî Invited Lecturer, Department of Energy Sponsored Conference on Advancing The Gas Turbine Power Industry, December 4-6, 2000. Washington, D.C.
ìAdvanced Control System Technologyî, Invited Lecturer by the Department of Energy, at their sponsored Workshop ìThe Aerospace/Power Industry Control System Technology Transferî November 16, 2000, Orlando, Florida.
ìNew Techniques in Condition Monitoringî Department of Energy Sponsored Workshop, November 13, 2000 ñ Orlando, Florida.
TurboMachinery for the Energy Industry- Sole Instructor for a Two Day Short Course- November 2000 ñ Sponsored by PowerGen, Orlando Florida
TurboMachinery for the Energy Industry- Sole Instructor for the Five Day Short Course-October-November 2000 ñ Sponsored by the Institute of Diesel and Gas Turbine Engineers, - London U. K.
International Power and Petrochem Consortium- Chairman and Invited Lecturer October 2000 at DERA, Farnborough, U.K.
Gas Turbine Short CourseóOne Day, Sole Instructor, Texas A&M University sponsored course at the TurboMachinery Symposium September, 2000, Houston, Texas
ìCondition Monitoring of Large Combined Cycle Power Plantsî Invited Lecturer, Department of Energy, Power Producers and Petrochemical Users of Advanced Gas Turbines- Workshop, June 6-7, 2000, Washington D.C.
TurboMachinery for the Energy Industry- Sole Instructor for the Five Day Short Course-May 2000 - Sponsored by the Institute of Diesel and Gas Turbine Engineers,- London U. K.
TurboMachinery for the New Millennium- Chairman and Invited Lecturer May 2000 at DERA, Farnborough, U.K.
TurboMachinery for the Energy Industry- Sole Instructor for the Five Day Short Course-December 1999-Singapore.
Combined Cycle Power Plants-- Sole Instructor for the Five Day, Short Course September 1999-London, U.K.
TurboMachinery for the New Millennium ñKey Note Speaker TurboMachinery Symposium September 1999
New Developments in Gas Turbines- Invited Lecturer at the Naval Post Graduate School Monterey CA.-July 1999.
Optimizing Condition Monitoring, and Modeling of Plant Aerothermodynamics for Improved Plant Availability, Maintainability and Efficiency Short Course - March, 1999.
Combined Cycle Power Plant Operation, Berlin, Germany, December 1996.
Gas Turbines in Utility Service, Berlin, Germany, January 1996.
Gas Turbines and Centrifugal Compressors Operation and Maintenance, Warrick, U.K., May 1996.
Combined Cycle Power Plant and High Technology Gas Turbines, For National Power, November, 1995. Swindon U.K.
Combined Cycle Power Plants, Arnhem, The Netherlands, September 1995.
Gas Turbines and Centrifugal Compressor Technology, Dubai, April 1995.
Gas Turbines for Utilities ñ Arnhem, The Netherlands, September 1995.
Gas Turbines and Compressors for the North Sea, Oslo, Norway, Short Course presented annually from 1991-1994.
Gas Turbine and Centrifugal Compressor, Margarita Island, Venezuela, April 15-18, 1991.
Gas Turbines and Centrifugal Compressors, United Kingdom, presented annually 1990-1996.
Operation and Maintenance of Gas Turbines. Cranfield School of Mechanical Engineering, January 8-12, 1990, Cranfield, England.
Design Operation and Maintenance of TurboMachinery, Aberdeen, Scotland, May, 1988.
Design, Operation and Maintenance of TurboMachinery Short Course, Dubai, U.A.E., February, 1988.
Gas Turbine-Centrifugal Compressor Short Course, Norway, November, 1987.
General TurboMachinery Course, London, England, June, 1987.
New Developments in On-line Diagnostics for TurboMachinery. Lecture at Cranfield University, Cranfield, England, 1987.
Short Course on TurboMachinery, Anchorage, Alaska, March 1987.
Operation and Maintenance of Gas Turbines and Centrifugal Compressors, Boyce Engineering/Nico International, DUBAI, U.A.E., January, 1987.
Gas Turbine and Centrifugal Compressor Short Course, Houston, Texas, November, 1986.
Gas Turbine and Centrifugal Compressors, Houston, Texas, May, 1986.
Gas Turbine and Centrifugal Compressor Course, London, England, May, 1986.
Rotating Machinery Short Course. Short Course, Anchorage, Alaska, February, 1986.
New Developments in TurboMachinery Design, Lecture at University of Houston, 1986.
Gas Turbine and Centrifugal Compressor Short Course, Houston, Texas, November, 1985.
Short Course on Centrifugal Compressors, London, England, October, 1985.
Gas Turbine and Centrifugal Compressor Short Course, Houston, Texas, - October 1984.
General TurboMachinery Short Course, Houston, Texas, April, 1984.
Maintenance and Reliability Improvement Short Course, Houston, Texas, April, 1984.
Gas Turbine Short Course, S.A. Meneven, Caracas, Venezuela, October, 1981.
TurboMachinery Short Course, Boyce Engineering International, Inc. facilities, Houston, Texas, September, 1981.
Maintenance of Rotating Machinery Short Course. Boyce Engineering International, Inc.
facilities, Houston, Texas, July, 1981.
Short Course on Gas Turbines and Centrifugal Compressors, Phillips 66, Stavanger, Norway, March 1981.
Gas Turbines Short Course, S.A. Meneven, Caracas, Venezuela, October, 1980.
Surge Characteristics in Centrifugal Compressors sponsored by ASME Houston, Chapter, September, 1978.
Spectrum Analysis for Surge Control. A Lecture sponsored by the Engineering Foundation at New England College, Hoenecker, New Hampshire, July, 1978.
Spectrum Analysis, A Look in TurboMachinery Maintenance. Invited Lecturer, Nicolet Scientific, June, 1977.
Cavitation Problems and Pump Sizing. Invited Lecturer at Pump Symposium sponsored by Chemical Engineering, January, 1977.
Q: Have any of your accreditations ever been investigated, suspended or removed? (if yes, explain)
A: No
Q: On how many occasions have you been retained as an expert?
A: over 50
Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?
A: : I have been retained as an expert in various mechanical engineering cases. My expertise is in Power Plants and Petrochemical Industries. I am considered to be the authority in Turbines in this area I have written several books.
Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the plaintiff?
A: 50%
Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the defendant?
A: 50%
Q: On how many occasions have you had your deposition taken?
A: over 25
Q: When was the last time you had your deposition taken?
A: 2006
Q: On how many occasions have you been qualified by a court to give expert testimony?
A: All cases
Q: On how many occasions have you testified as an expert in court or before an arbitrator?
A: about 5
Q: For how many years have you worked with the legal industry as an expert?
A: over 30
Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)
A: I offer Consulting Services, failure Analysis, Testing of power plants, Site audits, and Performance audits.
Q: What is your hourly rate to consult with an attorney?
A: 300.
Q: What is your hourly rate to review documents?
A: 300.
Q: What is your hourly rate to provide deposition testimony?
A: 325.
Q: What is your hourly rate to provide testimony at trial?
A: 325.
Q: Please list any fees other than those stated above (E.g.: travel expenses, copy fees, etc.)
A: Phone calls and other expenses will be at cost. Travel will be First Class.
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