Scott G. Davis, Ph.D., P.E., CFEI

President

Explosion and Fire Safety

Dr. Scott Davis specializes in mechanical and aerospace engineering, and the engineering analysis and testing of combustion, thermal, and fluid processes. Dr. Davis applies his expertise to the investigation, prevention, and risk assessment of fires, explosions, and dispersion hazards such as flammable vapors and carbon monoxide exposures.  He is responsible for fire and explosion related consulting activities, which include post-incident investigative work as well as performing risk assessments and safety studies for offshore Oil & Gas installations, petrochemical facilities, and various other industries.  These studies include explosion risk assessment, blast and venting analyses, assessment of combustible dust explosions and ignition, toxic and flammable gas releases and dispersion, hydrogen safety, ventilation, detector placement, and carbon monoxide dispersion with the assistance of the world-leading FLACS software developed by GexCon.

Contact Information for Dr. Scott Davis

Phone: +1 301-915-9922

Cell: +1 617-407-3300

Email: sgdavis@gexcon.com  (Download CV)

 

 

Filippo Gavelli, Ph.D., P.E., CFEI

Head of Dispersion Consulting

Dr. Filippo Gavelli is the Head of the Dispersion Consulting group at GexCon US, Inc and specializes in the analysis of heat transfer and fluid flow phenomena, including multiphase flows and cryogenic fluids. He applies his expertise to modeling the atmospheric dispersion of hazardous gaseous releases, and has extensive experience modeling Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) vapor cloud dispersion. Dr. Gavelli is responsible for GexCon US’ dispersion modeling activities, which include dispersion related risk assessments and consequence modeling for chemical and petrochemical facilities, offshore installations, hazardous materials transportation and various other applications. Dr. Gavelli’s work has also been applied to accident investigations and in the forensic arena. GexCon US’ dispersion modeling studies are performed  using the world-leading FLACS software, developed by GexCon. Dr. Gavelli is the lead author of several LNG safety-related papers. He is also member of several LNG related technical committees and expert panels.

Contact Information for Dr. Filippo Gavelli

Phone: +1 301-915-9925

Cell: +1 301-335-8885

Email: fgavelli@gexcon.com  (Download CV)

 

 

Olav Roald Hansen, M.Sc.

Product Director - FLACS Consulting and Support

Olav Roald Hansen started GexCon US Inc. in September 2008 in order to provide similar services to American customers that are provided globally by the Norwegian parent company. This includes FLACS CFD-software sales and support, risk and safety studies (dispersion, explosion, fire), accident investigation, R&D services as well as experimental testing.  Prior to starting GexCon US, Mr. Hansen was GexCon's R&D Director and Manager of the Software department and was responsible for R&D, validation and sale of the FLACS CFD simulator. FLACS is a world-leading CFD-tool for gas dispersion and explosion analyses for offshore safety, as well as other application areas like hydrogen safety.  Mr. Hansen has been actively involved in joint industry projects, which included experimental R&D work in the areas of explosion and dispersion (e.g. offshore safety, aerosol explosions, transformer safety, hydrogen safety) as well as validation efforts to develop FLACS into a leading CFD tool for process safety.

Contact Information for Mr. Olav Hansen

 

Phone: +1 301-915-9921

Cell: +1 310-312-7629
Email: olav@gexcon.com (Download CV)

 

Peter C Hinze, Ph.D.

Managing Engineer

Peter C. Hinze, Ph.D. is a Managing Engineer at GexCon US Inc. He specializes in the application of mechanical engineering principles to the analysis and investigation of automotive systems, industrial processes, fires, and explosions. He has investigated fires and explosions involving vehicles, industrial and manufacturing processes, and residential appliances. Dr. Hinze has particular experience investigating fires associated with automobiles, heavy equipment, motorcycles, and trucks, where common fire scenarios include post-collision fires, vehicles involved in fires in garages and other structures, and fires that occur while the vehicle is being operated. Dr. Hinze also applies the CFD software FLACS for consequence modeling.

Contact Information for Dr. Peter Hinze

Phone: +1 301-915-9924

Cell: +1 508-380-4565

Email: pchinze@gexcon.com  (Download CV)

Derek Engel

Engineer

Derek Engel is an engineer within the Explosion and Fire Safety group at GexCon US.  Mr. Engel is responsible for fire and explosion related activities as well as safety studies for various industries.  He specializes in mechanical, thermal and fluid engineering.  Derek uses GexCon’s world leading FLACS to aid in cause and origin investigations as well as explosion risk analysis and toxic gas distribution studies.

Contact Information for Derek Engel

Phone: +1 301-915-9923

Cell: +1 301-961-1949

Email: derek.engel@gexcon.com 

 

 

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