Dr. Elliott is president and principal consultant of Corrosion and Materials Consultancy, Inc. He is an internationally recognized metallurgical consultant and corrosion specialist with over 30 years experience.

Professional independent engineering services and technical support in metallurgy, corrosion and high-temperature materials performance for all sectors of industry

Special Expertise

• Stress corrosion cracking of copper tubing under elastomeric insulation
• Underground storage tank surveys
• Formicary (ant-nest) corrosion in copper tubing
• High temperature oxidation, hot corrosion and corrosion by molten salts, molten glasses
• Specialist in planning and presenting seminars and in-house training courses

Expert Testimony

• Design appraisals, inspections, site surveys, failure investigations, cause and origin assessments, testing and simulation studies
• Experience with major plant failures – including process plant, refineries, gas turbines boilers, pipelines and buildings following explosions, fires, flood damage and structural collapse
• Assess malfunctioning equipment, component breakdowns, electrical failures, cargo condition surveys, buildings and infrastructure, pipelines, water mains, underground storage tanks, supports and guardrails, poorly fabricated parts and equipment
• Independent advise on materials, design and corrosion control for engineers, management, designers, operators, inspectors and risk assessors
• Approximately 100 published technical papers and over 100 professional presentations, including radio and television

President, Corrosion and Materials Consultancy, Inc. Colts Neck, NJ, 1987- present
Senior Consultant, Director, Independent Consulting Companies, UK and Houston, TX, 1985 – 1987
Professor, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, Manchester, England, 1968 – 1985
Senior Consultant, Corrosion And Protection Centre Industrial Services, Manchester, England, 1973-1985
Research Project Officer, Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd., Birmingham, UK, 1965 - 1968

• BSc, Metallurgy, University of Manchester, England – 1962
• MSc, Metallurgy, University of Manchester, England – 1963
• PhD, Metallurgy, University of Manchester, England – 1965

• Licensed Chartered Engineer, CEng #371093, 1988
• Fellow, Institute of Corrosion, FICorr #1141, 1981
• Fellow, Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining, FIMMM #87718, 1997
• Corrosion Specialist, NACE International, #4964, 1994
• NACE International Fellow, 1999

• NACE, International  - Member since 1982, Corrosion Specialist 1995, NACE Fellow 1999
• ASM International - Member since1986
• Institute of Corrosion - Member since 1974-present, Chairman (1984-1986), Fellow 1997
• Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining - Member (1963-1995), Fellow 1995

• UK Government, Member, Working Party on Education & Training - Committee on Corrosion (1972 - 1982). Technical Support, Overseas Development Administration (1981-1986), IIE, Cuernavaca, Mexico.
• Nickel Development Institute (NiDI).  Consultant. (1990 - 2000).

Author of approximately 100 technical papers on: materials performance, aqueous & general corrosion, high temperature corrosion, engineering design, risk assessment & awareness, and corrosion technology transfer. Below are selected titles (complete listing available upon request):

“Gallery of Corrosion Damage”, Metals Handbook, 13B, ASM International, p.629-646, 2005

“Designing to Minimize Corrosion”, Metals Handbook, 13A, p.929-939, ASM International, 2003

“Ant-Nest Corrosion – Exploring the Labyrinth”; “Ant-Nest Corrosion – Digging The Tunnels”(with R.A. Corbett), Corrosion Reviews, 19-1, p1-14, 2001; 20-2, p51-66, 2002

“High Temperature Alloys Meeting the Corrosion Challenge of the New Millennium”, Corrosion 2002, paper 2123, NACE International, 2002

“Choose Materials for High-Temperature Environments”, Chem. Engineering Prog. Vol 97, No. 2, p. 75-81, 2001

“Overcome the Challenge of Corrosion”, Chem. Eng. Progress, p 33-42, 1998

“Design for Corrosion Resistance”, (with F. Peter Ford and Peter l. Andresen), Metals Handbook Vol. 20, p.545-572, ASM International, 1997

“Materials Performance in High Temperature Waste Combustion Systems”, Materials Performance, 32, p82-87, NACE, 1993

“Catch 22” and the UCS Factor. Why Must History Repeat Itself?” Materials Performance, 28-7, p75-78; 28-8, p70-76, NACE, 1989

“Practical Guide to High- Temperature Alloys”, Materials Performance, NACE International, 28, p57-66, 1989

“The Corrosion of Metals in an Oxidizing-Chloridizing Environment at High Temperatures”, (With F.H. Stott and R. Prescott), Werks und Korros, 39, p401-405, 1988

“Process Plant Corrosion: Recognizing the Threat”, Process Engineering, 65, (11), 1984

“Corrosion in Agriculture and Horticulture”, Guide to Practice, (With G. C. Wood, C. M.  Fowler and J. B. Johnson), No. 15, UK Government, Dept. of Industry, 9pp. 1982

Over 100 presentations, including: plenary lectures, invited lectures at international conferences and local professional societies, radio and television presentations, video presentation on designing for corrosion control, high-temperature seminar for NACE (author and presenter), corrosion control for food processing industries (NiDI presentations)

Customized presentations for clients worldwide, including seminars or short courses held at universities, private companies and for professional societies.

Topics include:

• Approach to Failure Analysis
• Materials Selection & Design
• Overcome the Challenge of Corrosion
• Designing to Minimize Corrosion
• High Temperature Corrosion

Courses included:

• Industrial Corrosion, CfPA – USA and overseas
• Oil & Gas Corrosion, CfPA – overseas
• Corrosion in Food & Beverage Industries, NiDI – USA and Mexico
• The Utilization of Stainless Steels, University of Madison, Wisconsin
• Overcome the Challenge of Corrosion, University of Madison, Wisconsin; IVEPE, Greece