Corrosion and Wear Failures Analysis Expert Witnesses

Sean Brossia, PhD, is a Corrosion, Materials, Mechanical Integrity, Reliability, and Industrial Equipment Failure expert with more than 30 years of experience across chemical, refining, pharmaceutical, paper, pipeline, manufacturing, and industrial facilities. He also has experience in aerospace, ground vehicle, agricultural and industrial equipment, biomedical implants, consumer packaging, and infrastructure assets. Through Vulcan Integrity, he provides expert witness and litigation support for matters involving corrosion damage, materials degradation, inspection adequacy, risk-based inspection, mechanical integrity, maintenance and reliability practices, material selection, and equipment failure causation.

Litigation Support - Dr. Brossia's litigation support includes case merit review, technical document review, failure analysis review, causation analysis, inspection and maintenance program evaluation, standard-of-care assessment, expert reports, rebuttal support, deposition testimony, and trial testimony. He has testified and been deposed, has supported both defense and plaintiff matters, and has never had his opinions excluded.

Dr. Brossia’s opinions are grounded in engineering principles, available data, physical evidence, operating history, inspection records, industry standards, and recognized and generally accepted good engineering practices. He is experienced with API, ASME, ASTM, AMPP/NACE, PHMSA, OSHA, EPA, PIP, and RAGAGEP-related expectations, and has participated in standards development activities.

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Dr. Brossia is known for explaining complex corrosion, materials, reliability, and mechanical integrity issues in clear, practical terms that attorneys, judges, arbitrators, and juries can understand. His background includes leadership roles in engineering, maintenance, reliability, corrosion management, fixed equipment integrity, research and development, asset integrity consulting, and corrosion monitoring technology. He is a NACE/AMPP Fellow, has over 80 publications and book chapters, and holds multiple patents related to corrosion monitoring and sensing technologies.