Gerald Zamiski

Vollmer-Gray Engineering Labs
2421 Palm Drive
Signal Hill, CA 90755

Telephone: (562) 427-8435
Facsimile: (562) 427-8434

Areas of Expertise

• Material Failure Analysis
• Metallurgical Failure Analysis
• Mechanical Failure Analysis
• Fire and Explosion Analysis
• Electrical and Gas Appliance Fire Analysis
• Water System Component Failure Analysis

Registration 

Professional Engineer, California Number MT1851

Education 

Ph.D. in Mechanical Metallurgy, University of California, Los Angeles (1990)
Master of Science in Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1980) 
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Southern Illinois University (1978)
Electrical Fires: Causes, Investigation and Prevention, University of Wisconsin Extension (1984)
Investigation of Gas and Electric Appliance Fires, Fire Findings (1999)
Plastics Fracture Analysis Workshop, Bodycote Polymer / Society of Plastics Engineers (2004)

Work Experience

President, Vollmer-Gray Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (January 2000 to present); Staff Engineer, Vollmer-Gray Engineering Laboratories (November 1982 to December 1999). Material, metallurgical, and mechanical engineering failure analysis including metals and plastics, fire and explosion analysis, electrical and gas appliance fire analysis, and water system component failure analysis.

Failure Analyst, Consumer Product Safety Commission (1997). Metallurgical and fire analysis investigation of forced air furnaces.

Lecturer, UCLA (Spring 1992, Spring 1996). Graduate course in Fracture of Structural Materials. CSULB (Spring 1997). Graduate course in Fatigue and Creep.

Mechanics and Materials Engineer, Northrop Aircraft, Advanced Systems Division (September 1981 to November 1982). Materials selection and characterization, materials testing (fatigue, toughness), corrosion, fracture mechanics, material processing. Mechanical and Materials Engineer, Douglas Aircraft Company (September 1980 to September 1981). Failure analysis of commercial aircraft landing gear parts, fracture mechanics, test programs, fatigue, processing requirements.

Research Engineer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (August 1978 to August 1980). Fatigue analysis and characterization, microstructural analysis, electron microscopy, vacuum systems, environmental testing, corrosion.
Research Engineer, Argonne National Laboratories (May 1977 to August Fracture mechanics, mechanical testing, SEM analysis.
Teaching Experience 
Lecturer, University of California, Los Angeles, 1990 - 1992

Professional Memberships / Registrations

Registered Professional Engineer, Metallurgical, State of California (MT1734)
Registered Professional Engineer, Mechanical, State of California (M27880)
Member, American Welding Society
Member, ASME International (formerly American Society of Mechanical Engineers)
Member, ASM International (formerly American Society for Metals)
Member, ASTM (formerly American Society for Testing and Materials)
Member, Independent Metallurgical Engineering Consultants of California
Member, NACE International (formerly National Association of Corrosion Engineers)
Member, TMS (formerly The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society)


Papers

Survey of Current Problems (Including Residual Stresses, Heat Treatment, and Reheat Cracking), and Their Effects/Solutions Dealing with the Welding Construction of Large, Thick Walled Coal Gasification Vessels Using the Proposed 2114 Cr 1Mo Steel, Department of Mechanical Engineering, MIT, December 1978.

An Investigation Into the Mechanisms of Hydrogen Assisted Crack Growth in Steels, Department of Mechanical Engineering, MIT, May 1979.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATlONS American Society of Mechanical Engineers
American Society for Metals
American Society for Testing Materials
Society of Automotive Engineers
American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical & Petroleum Engineers
National Fire Protection Association
California Conference of Arson Investigators
Society of Plastics Engineers
International Association of Arson Investigators
National Association of Corrosion Engineers