Brian R. Macejko, P.E.: About the Author
Consulting Engineer II, The Equity Engineering Group, Inc.
Brian Macejko, P.E. is a Consulting Engineer II in the Mechanical and Structural Engineering Team of The Equity Engineering Group, Inc. (E2G). He is also an active member of the ASME/API Joint Committee on Fitness-For-Service, API 579-1/ASME FFS-1. He is the task group leader for Part 3 of API 579 Assessment of Existing Equipment for Brittle Fracture. Mr. Macejko brings approximately 20 years of experience as both an owner-user and consultant providing engineering support to refining, oil and gas, specialty chemical, and petrochemical facilities. The primary focus of his experience has been Fitness-For-Service, equipment design (including advanced design by analysis methods), maintenance and repair, failure analysis, and remaining life assessments for fixed equipment. He is a registered Professional Engineer in four states and has authored or co-authored more than a dozen technical publications. His broad experience with all stages in the full life cycle of fixed equipment allows Mr. Macejko to be a valuable consulting resource to the industry.
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Published Articles
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May/June 2020 Inspectioneering JournalBy Phillip E. Prueter at The Equity Engineering Group, Inc., Brian R. Macejko, P.E. at The Equity Engineering Group, Inc., and Seetha Ramudu Kummari, Ph.D., P.E. at The Equity Engineering Group, Inc.This article provides an overview of brittle fracture, details on several industry failures, and a summary of deficiencies and concerns with current published methods for screening susceptibility of equipment to potential brittle fracture failures.
