Vita/John S. Morse

VITA/JOHN S. MORSE

Education Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Louisiana State University, 1988 BS. Mechanical Engineering, John Brown University, 1984

Short Courses Taken Traffic Accident Reconstruction, February & March, 1998 Industrial Hydraulics, Ozark Fluid Power, April & May, 1998 Design for Safety, November & December, 1998 Building Code Compliance, South Carolina, 1996 Teaching/Research Experience Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 8/88 - 1/95

Ph.D. Student, Mechanical Engineering Department, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 8/84 to 8/88 Industrial Experience Engineer Ryan Engineering, Siloam Springs, AR 8/96 to present

Vice President/Mechanical Engineer Esslinger Company, Inc., Lexington, SC 1/95 to 7/96

Machine Design Engineer Franklin Electric, Siloam Springs, AR 10/83 to 8/84

Courses Taught

Senior Design I & II Combustion Thermal System Design Heat Transfer Thermodynamics I & II Fluid Mechanics Graduate Thermodynamics Physics I & II

Seminars Taught Eight Criteria for Design of Warnings, John Brown University, Division of Engineering, Senior Design II, 2/26/99 EIT Review Classes: Electrical engineering, Thermodynamics, numerous times, 1989- 1994. VITA/JOHN S. MORSE

Licensed Professional Engineer South Carolina North Carolina New York Publications 20 refereed journal & conference papers-topics include hazardous waste combustion, computational fluid dynamics, internal combustion engine cycles, waste minimization, and hazardous waste bioremediation. 17 non-refereed conference presentations, papers, & poster sessions 2 appearances in network televised news magazine reports, (Inside Edition, May 1998 & 20/20, Feb. 1999), on shopping cart design defects.

Research Experience Over 10 years in basic & applied research including hazardous waste incineration alternate fuels for internal combustion engines, bioremediation of hazardous waste, waste minimization, & computational fluid dynamics. Procured over $300,000.00 in grant & contract money for research. Constructed two laboratories; designed, built, & tested numerous bioreactor prototypes & test devices.

Design/Analysis Experience

Agricultural rotary cutter Extension ladder false Industrial presses Alternative fuel treatment, locking Injection molding machine storage and delivery Extension ladder slideout Laboratory acid flue gas system Floor burnisher test stand scrubber Aluminum step ladder Floor sander Lamination Splitter Angle-Rite ladder angle Floor truss Miter saw meter Flue gas sampling system Motorcycle fire Articulated ladders-hinge Furnace explosion MRI magnetic quench failure Gauging fixtures Orchard ladder Asbestos removal Gear box failure Overhead hoist 2-block ATV Hawser stopper Poultry waste digester Bioreactor foundations Quarters package Brakes- air and hydraulic Hazardous waste substructure Carbon monoxide generation and Roof truss/roof framing dispersion - floor minimization Roofing systems: built-up, burnisher Hazardous waste licensing membrane, metal Chain saw Hip waders Rotary kiln incinerator Chairs Hitch pin/cotton trailer Semi-trailer ladder Concrete block maker Hot asphalt delivery Shopping carts Control panels system SPM floating platform Conveyors Hot oil vat porch padeye Dynamometer Hydraulic lift system Steel mill-rolling stand Engine hoists IC engine conversion to Stepladders-racking failure alternative fuel Stepladder-step failure String trimmer Thrust bearing resistance weld tooling Tractor/trailer accident Tractor-cooling system failure Warnings Wire roll material handling machine