Expert Credentials: Donald
D. Rager, P.E.
RAGER
CONSULTING, INCORPORATED
P.O.
Box 200, Coles Point, VA USA 22442-0200
Phone
804-472-5742, FAX 804-472-4680, e-mail: ddrager@ragerconsulting.com
Highlights
of Qualifications
Extensive
background in aluminum manufacturing and fabrication
Revisionary responsibility in Committees for
AWS Structural Welding Codes
Excellent problem analysis skills
Flawless interface with your team or
independent research and findings
Power computer user with extensive database
experience
5-Year BWE (Bachelor's in Welding Engineering) from Ohio State University
Professional
Experience
Professional
Credentials
Registered
Professional Engineer in Virginia
and Ohio;
Current Chair and member of
American Welding Society’s Structural Welding Committee which controls
fabrication of all non-pressure vessel welded construction in the United States
and throughout the world. Examples are buildings, bridges and offshore oil
platforms.
Member of Technical
Activities Committee, an oversight for all standards published by AWS.
Past-Chair of the Committee for Aluminum Structures and Qualification
Subcommittees.
Consulting
and Analysis
On-site contractor oversight of several Canadian fabricators for steel building
and bridge projects in the United States;
Failure analysis study of welds for a large electronics firm;
Writing
of welding procedures for welding both steel and aluminum with various welding
processes, joint configurations and welding positions;
Providing
recommendations in response to inquiries regarding welded structures;
Writing
of
Quality Manuals for several fabricators seeking AISC Certification;
Resolving
arc-starting problem on automated robotic line by working with power supply
vendor to modify control circuitry.
Leadership
Managed
software development designers in implementation of project planning and cost
reporting system for corporate research and development organization;
Directed
Reynolds Metals’ participation in jointly sponsored Gas Research
Institute/Babcock & Wilcox/Reynolds project to develop and test an immersion
tube melting furnace concept;
Managed
welding, machine shops, foundry and building services for Reynolds Metals
Experimental Research Division.
Project
Engineering
Project Manager, multi-million-dollar plant expansion, increase production
capacity by one-third, major manufacturer of transformer wire;
Project
Engineer, $33M production expansion, Reynolds plate manufacturing facility;
Scheduling
Manager, $65M cold rolling mill re-powering project;
Welding
Engineer for team that built only all-aluminum Corvette prototype.
Research
& Development
Basic
research using direct current, straight polarity gas-tungsten-arc welding
process to join up to half-inch plate from one side using square-butt joint
without filler metal additions;
Developed
advanced spot welding electrode to improve tip life in aluminum spot welding;
Co-developed
method for joining stranded oil impregnated aluminum electrical cable used in
the San Francisco BART mass transportation system.
Employment History and Education
2000-Present: Rager Consulting, Incorporated
1968-2000: Reynolds Metals Company, Richmond,
VA
1967-1968:
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA
1962-1967:
BS in Welding Engineering (5 year degree), The Ohio State University
Contact Information
TELEPHONE
804.472.5742 FAX 804.472.4680
P. O. BOX 200, COLES POINT,
VIRGINIA, US 22442-0200
E-MAIL:
DDRAGER@RAGERCONSULTING.COM
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