Dudley J. Benton
Principal Engineer (semi-retired)
Email: dudley.benton@gmail.com

Summary: I have been working in the power and process industries since 1980. During this time I have successfully completed projects for many power-producing utilities in North America and around the World, working with coal, oil, and gas fired conventional plants, combined cycle plants, nuclear plants, and alternative fuel plants, as well as in such process industries as paper mills and air separation plants. I have also completed many projects in the associated environmental areas, including thermal and hazardous materials transport, for the Department of Energy, the Department of Defense, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Army Corps of Engineers.

Education: University of Tennessee-Knoxville: Ph.D. Heat Transfer 1982; Florida Atlantic University: M.S. in Ocean Engineering (not oceanography) 1977, B.S. in Ocean Engineering (with Honors) 1974; Activities and Societies: Pi Tau Sigma (Engineering Honor Society) Phi Kappa Psi (Scholastic Honor Society).

Experience: Principal Performance Engineer at McHale & Associates November 2007 - present:  Power plant performance testing, analysis, optimization, and diagnosis; also responsible for writing and reviewing of test procedures and models; also responsible for technical direction of less senior engineers (for a variety of clients in the power and process industries) Engineer/Computer Model Developer at Dynamic Solutions July 1999 - October 2007: Surface water, sediment transport, contaminant transport, power plant thermal discharges, cooling towers, 3D interactive graphical interfaces for training and integral secure inventory management of radioactive material as well as an interactive walk-through tour of the proposed Manhattan Project Museum (for the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Army Corps of Engineers) Engineer/Computer Model Developer at P-Squared Technologies January 1994 - June 1999:  3D finite element models, surface water flow, groundwater flow, and contaminant transport, including technically correct animations of hazardous materials migration (for the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, and the Environmental Protection Agency) Engineer/Computer Model Developer at TVA May 1980 - December 1993: Nuclear and coal-fired power plant operational simulation and optimization, long-range environmental impact studies, heat and mass transfer in cooling towers, chemical reactions and combustion processes.

Skills & Expertise Endorsements: Gas Turbines, Steam Turbines, Power Plants, Power Generation, Boilers, Performance Testing, Excel, Instrumentation, Word, PowerPoint, C, Engineering, Software Development, Windows, Testing, Software Engineering, Programming, Problem Solving, Operating Systems, Microsoft Excel, Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer, Turbines, Microsoft Word, Mechanical Engineering, Steam, Cogeneration, Project Engineering, Thermal Power Plant, Energy, Combined Cycle, Combustion, Thermal, Turbomachinery, Cooling Towers, DCS, Nuclear, Power Distribution, Energy Management, Commissioning, Steam Boilers, EPC, Pumps, Plant Operations, Fluid Mechanics, Factory, Plant Maintenance, Engineers, Solar Energy, Fuel. (competencies ascribed to me by associates on Linked-In)