Robert VECCHIO
Chief Technical Officer, Technical Consulting & Advisory
New York, NY
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Robert VECCHIO
Professional Licenses
Professional Engineer (PE)
Expertise
CommercialCultural & EntertainmentEnergy / PowerGovernmentIndustrial & ManufacturingInfrastructureOil & GasTransportationConstruction DefectsExpert Witness TestimonyForensic EngineeringInternational ArbitrationLitigation SupportConcrete PanelsConstruction Engineering & ScienceConstruction Site Analysis & Supervision/InspectionsDemolitionMetal PanelThermal ImagingTunnelingUnitized / Pre-Fabricated Building AssembliesAerospace EngineeringGeotechnical EngineeringIndustrial EngineeringMechanical EngineeringMetallurgical EngineeringStructural EngineeringCivil EngineeringExplosionsFabrication & InstallationFood ServiceHeat Exchanger ProblemsIndustrial PlantsIndustry Standards / ComplianceLarge Expansion ProjectsMaintenanceManufacturingMechanical EngineeringOperabilityPipingPiping and Component StressPiping RupturesPlant OperationsPressure VesselPulp and PaperSteam and Gas TurbineConstruction Materials TestingCrane Accident & Collapse AnalysisDegradationDynamic LoadingDynamicsFatigue & Failure AnalysisFeasibility StudiesFlow AssuranceFluid Transient AssessmentFracture MechanicsGeotechnicalMaterial & System AgingMaterial DegredationMaterial Related Building problemsMaterial TestingMechanical DesignMechanical FailuresMock-UpsNon-Destructive Testing (NDT)Pressure TestingRadiographic InterpretationShop MonitoringSite MonitoringSpecial Inspection / Threshold InspectionsStrain Gauge TechniquesStress AnalysisStructural EngineeringThermo-HydraulicsWire Rope FailuresDisaster RecoveryEarthquakeFireFloodGeothermalHurricane / Wind / TornadoInsurance Claims Due to DisastersSeismic DesignChemical & Processing PlantsDrillingFERCFPSO / SubmersiblesMarine / Maritime / OffshoreMarine/OffshoreMining (Mineral Exploration)Natural Gas (LNG, NGL, GTL)Oil and GasPetrochemicalPipeline (O&G Midstream) Operations, Transmission, DesignRefinery / RefiningGeothermalHydro-electricNuclearPower / EnergyWind Farm / Solar PowerAccident InvestigationsCode/Accessibility Compliance & ConsultingPersonal InjuryQA/QCSafety / OSHAChilled Water CoolingHVACHydro-electricHygrothermal EvaluationLeak Detection / Moisture Intrusion / InvestigationMEP Systems/EquipmentOceanography TechnologyWelding / MetalMetallurgyPipefitting / WeldingWeld ExaminationsWeld Structural Failures
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About Robert VECCHIO
Dr. Vecchio has been with SOCOTEC Engineering, Inc. since 1985, currently as CEO, where he specializes in the fitness-for-service, probabilistic, and risk-based assessment of structures and systems. In addition to day-to-day company management, over the past 40 years, Dr. Vecchio has made significant contributions to the understanding of a wide range of structural and system issues. His responsibilities include remaining life and degradation assessment, fracture mechanics, fatigue, stress corrosion cracking, creep, structural, and root cause failure analyses, as well as oversight of mechanical behavior testing and engineering computer software development and application.
Dr. Vecchio is also an assistant professor at Manhattan College where he teaches a graduate course in fracture mechanics and fatigue analyses.
Professional Experience
39+ YEARS WITH FIRM | 42+ YEARS IN INDUSTRY
Robert VECCHIO is the Chief Executive Officer at SOCOTEC Engineering, Inc. and serves as the President of Technical Consultancy & Advisory. He has held various other positions within the organization since 1985. Prior to his current position, Dr. VECCHIO was the Chief Executive Officer at LPI, Inc. which was acquired by SOCOTEC in 2019.
Qualifications
Education
- PhD in Metallurgical Engineering, Lehigh University -1985
- Master of Science in Civil/Structural Engineering, Manhattan College -1990
- Master of Science in Metallurgical Engineering, Lehigh University –1983
- Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering, Supplement in Materials Science, University of Southern California -1981
Registrations
- Professional Engineer in: AZ, CO, FL, GA, HI, KS, LA, MA, MD, MN, MO, NV, NY, NC, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA
Professional Affiliations
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers –API/ASME FFS Post Construction Committee and Sec. II Committee, SG Toughness
- Pressure Vessel Research Council –Chairman Division on Materials & Fabrication, Committee on Failure Modes, Fatigue Coordinating Committee (Chairman), Steering Committee for Nuclear Power Plants, and Executive Committee
- American Society for Metals
- American Society for Testing and Materials (Committees E-8)
- American Society of Civil Engineers
- American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- American Welding Society
- Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society
Practice Areas
- Root Cause Analyses
- Fitness for Service Analyses
- Failure and Material Evaluation
- Engineering Design Consulting
- Expert Witness Testimony
Representative Projects
- Root Cause Assessment of KMCO Chemical Plant Isobutylene Explosion, Crosby, TX
- Damage and FFS Assessments of SWLRT Tunnel and CICA Building, Minneapolis, MN
- Root Cause Assessment of Arecibo Radio Telescope Observatory Failure, Puerto Rico
- FFS and Fatigue Assessment on the Tappan Zee Bridge Cable Anchor Pipes, New York
- Root Cause and Fitness-for-Service Assessments of Fractured Girders – Salesforce Transbay Transit Center, San Francisco
- FFS and Fatigue Life Assessment of Wind Turbine Towers, Turkey
- Root Cause and Fitness-for-Service Assessments of Fractured Girder – SoNo Mall, Norwalk, CT
- FFS and Fatigue Life Assessment of Honolulu Area Rapid Transit (HART)
- Railcars Flatiron (NYC) Steam Main Rupture / Water Hammer Evaluation and Mitigation
- Creep and Short Crack Fatigue Growth in Aircraft Engine Rotor Disk Ni-Based Superalloys
- Probabilistic Risk/FFS Analyses of Cape Cod High Pressure Gas Transmission Piping
- CGS BWR NPP Core Shroud Crack Growth Refueling-Life Evaluation
- Creep Crack Growth Evaluation of High Energy Piping systems
- National September 11th Memorial Artifact Damage Assessment
- FFS and Risk-Based Assessment of New World Trade Center Transportation Hub
- 4 Times Square Scaffolding Collapse, New York City
Contact
Robert VECCHIO
Professional Licenses
Professional Engineer (PE)
Expertise
CommercialCultural & EntertainmentEnergy / PowerGovernmentIndustrial & ManufacturingInfrastructureOil & GasTransportationConstruction DefectsExpert Witness TestimonyForensic EngineeringInternational ArbitrationLitigation SupportConcrete PanelsConstruction Engineering & ScienceConstruction Site Analysis & Supervision/InspectionsDemolitionMetal PanelThermal ImagingTunnelingUnitized / Pre-Fabricated Building AssembliesAerospace EngineeringGeotechnical EngineeringIndustrial EngineeringMechanical EngineeringMetallurgical EngineeringStructural EngineeringCivil EngineeringExplosionsFabrication & InstallationFood ServiceHeat Exchanger ProblemsIndustrial PlantsIndustry Standards / ComplianceLarge Expansion ProjectsMaintenanceManufacturingMechanical EngineeringOperabilityPipingPiping and Component StressPiping RupturesPlant OperationsPressure VesselPulp and PaperSteam and Gas TurbineConstruction Materials TestingCrane Accident & Collapse AnalysisDegradationDynamic LoadingDynamicsFatigue & Failure AnalysisFeasibility StudiesFlow AssuranceFluid Transient AssessmentFracture MechanicsGeotechnicalMaterial & System AgingMaterial DegredationMaterial Related Building problemsMaterial TestingMechanical DesignMechanical FailuresMock-UpsNon-Destructive Testing (NDT)Pressure TestingRadiographic InterpretationShop MonitoringSite MonitoringSpecial Inspection / Threshold InspectionsStrain Gauge TechniquesStress AnalysisStructural EngineeringThermo-HydraulicsWire Rope FailuresDisaster RecoveryEarthquakeFireFloodGeothermalHurricane / Wind / TornadoInsurance Claims Due to DisastersSeismic DesignChemical & Processing PlantsDrillingFERCFPSO / SubmersiblesMarine / Maritime / OffshoreMarine/OffshoreMining (Mineral Exploration)Natural Gas (LNG, NGL, GTL)Oil and GasPetrochemicalPipeline (O&G Midstream) Operations, Transmission, DesignRefinery / RefiningGeothermalHydro-electricNuclearPower / EnergyWind Farm / Solar PowerAccident InvestigationsCode/Accessibility Compliance & ConsultingPersonal InjuryQA/QCSafety / OSHAChilled Water CoolingHVACHydro-electricHygrothermal EvaluationLeak Detection / Moisture Intrusion / InvestigationMEP Systems/EquipmentOceanography TechnologyWelding / MetalMetallurgyPipefitting / WeldingWeld ExaminationsWeld Structural Failures
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Expert Witness/Diligence/ConsultingFailure InvestigationsForensic InvetsigationsSite MonitoringCommissioning and Retro-CommissioningAdvanced Engineering AnalysisEngineering Design ConsultingFitness for Service EvaluationsModeling & Simulation (FEM, CFD)Fracture Mechanics and Fatigue AnalysisGeotechnical EngineeringMaterials AnalysisMetallurgyNondestructive EngineeringRoot Cause & Failure AnalysisStructural Analysis
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