Damage Control: Q&A with Phil Prueter - Engineer, Author, and Lifelong Learner

Over the last 4 ½ years, Phil Prueter has published 27 articles with Inspectioneering Journal as the author of Damage Control, a regular column offering practical insights into various damage mechanisms affecting equipment in the O&G, petrochemical, chemical, power generation, and related industries. This column has been one of our most popular series in the Journal’s 30-year history, with each article providing unique insights into the detection, assessment, or mitigation of a particular damage mechanism.

Phil has 14 years of experience providing technical engineering support to owner-operators in a variety of industries. Specializing in fitness-for-service, explicit dynamics, thermal-mechanical fatigue analysis, elevated temperature creep, seismic and natural frequency analysis, fracture mechanics, root-cause failure analysis, damage mechanism reviews, and high-temperature hydrogen attack, Phil has helped clients around the globe solve their most complex engineering challenges. Additionally, he is a member of the ASME Working Groups on Design by Analysis and Elevated Temperature Design and has authored or co-authored more than 50 technical publications.

Inspectioneering recently had the opportunity to sit down and chat with Phil to learn more about his background and the impetus behind Damage Control. We hope you enjoy the exchange.