About Us

Pittsburgh Technical Consultants

Paul Fischbeck Ph.D.

Ph.D. Engineering Stanford Univ.
MSc. Operations Research & Systems
BSc. Architecture

Performed predictive risk assessment of shuttle accident before Columbia accident in 2003
Advisory consultant to US Government on Deep-Water Horizon Oil Spill in Gulf of Mexico
Chair of several National Academies panels on energy infrastructure risk management
Professor, Engineering and Public Policy / Social Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University

Sola M. Talabi Ph.D.

Ph.D. Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
MSc. Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
MBA Carnegie Mellon University
BSc. Engineering, University of Pittsburgh

Developed advanced risk management program to improve cost and schedule delivery for nuclear projects in China and US with total project scope over 30Billion USD
Over 17 years experience in nuclear industry

Tevfik Gemci Ph.D.

Ph.D. Engineering, Kaiserslautern University, Germany
MSc. Engineering, Istanbul Technical University
B.Sc. Engineering, Istanbul Technical University

Computational Fluid Dynamics expertise applied to aerosols, photovoltaics and heat exchangers
Experimental expertise applied to sprays, atomization and laser measurements
Academic teaching experience in Mechanical Engineering
Published and presented academic research for more than 30 conferences and journals

Susan Chang Ph.D.

Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh
MSc. Civil Engineering, Beijing Polytechnic University
B.Sc. Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University

Westinghouse AP1000 structural consultant and design authority
Thermal-hydraulic and fluids expertise.
Multi-physics expertise applied in finite element analysis for ANSYS software.
Equipment qualification and testing expert.

Kenneth Redus PhD. ABD

Ph.D. (ABD), Operations Research and Statistics, University of New Mexico
M.S. Operations Research, University of Alabama
B.A., Mathematics, Texas A&M University

Expertise in nuclear waste characterization and management
Expertise in mathematical modeling of phenomena for predictive analytics
Expertise in uncertainty analysis using statistics with applications in programmatic, project and safety risk assessments
Published and presented several academic and peer reviewed scientific works.

Rohan Biwalkar

M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
MSc. Energy Technology, Indian Institute of Technology
B.Sc. Mech. Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology

Thermal-hydraulics and computational fluid dynamics expertise
Experimental test plan development
Experience in automotive and nuclear industries

Felicia Hutchinson

AAS Web Applications Option, Web Technology

Certification, Graphics and Web Design

Certification, Technical Support

Experience in project management, data management and analytics, as well as technical support for QSR locations and technicians.