James D. Madden, P.E.

Experience

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  Monsanto Company and Union Carbide Corp [product manufacturing companies]

  Jan 1966 - Jan 1970

  Process Engineer and Project Engineer

  James D. Madden performed process / project engineering in industrial manufacturing facilities, which manufactured chemicals and plastics, and also in off-site engineering offices associated with manufacturing facilities. This engineering included the engineering of equipment, machinery, piping and control instrumentation, and the associated systems, to support these manufacturing facilities. The prime emphasis in the earlier years in this work included providing on-site technical assistance for the industrial operations, participating on-site in industrial operations, and conducting industrial operations studies and equipment operation studies on-site in the industrial facilities, with some design of equipment and facility improvements. The prime emphasis in later years shifted to designing more facility improvements, including equipment, piping, instrumentation, control systems, and facilities layout, with specification of materials of construction and the design requirements for safe and efficient operation of the equipment and facilities, including the use of safeguards and warnings. Continued work on-site within the industrial facilities included industrial operations studies and equipment operation studies in support of the primary design engineering work. The engineering design work in the off-site engineering office included designing additions to existing mnufacturing facilities and designing all new manufacturing facilities, including engineering design of all the components noted above.As part of the work, James D. Madden participated on-site in the commissioning of a new manufacturing facility, consisting of construction assistance as the construction was completed, and participated on-site in the start-up (initial operation) of this new manufacturing facility. Show less

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  MW Kellogg and Litwin Company [engineering and construction companies]

  Jan 1970 - Jan 1977

  Principal and Sr. Systems Engineer, Sr. Process Engineer

  James D. Madden supervised and performed engineering and safety design for industrial facilities and components, to applicable codes, standards and safety requirements, with design for appropriate materials, (safe)guards and warnings. The facility components included equipment, machinery, piping, piping systems, instrumentation, controls and safety systems. The work also included layout of equipment and machinery and control panels and annunciators for safe operation. James D. Madden's work included Construction Assistance, including several months onsite at an industrial complex under construction, providing solutions for engineering aspects of construction problems, designs for equipment and systems to be added or revised, and consultation on facility and equipment operation with the operations staff.James D. Madden's work included Operational Facilities studies, including studies of industrial operations, equipment operation, facility operation and design of operating manufacturing facilities to establish design parameters for use in revisions to the facilities and/or design of additional facilities.James D. Madden's work included performing engineering design in the safety and environmental area, including fire protection and suppression systems, flares and safety systems for flare fields, and pollution control systems; and leading a team of engineers conducting an extensive facility-wide safety operations study to design additional safety facilities for a refinery, manufacturing facility, and associated industrial facilities.James D. Madden also supervised, managed and participated with engineers writing Design Manuals for equipment, machinery, piping, piping systems, valves, instrumentation and control systems, to meet Codes and Standards, and also writing a Design Manual for Boiler Systems to meet the ASME Boiler Code and other Codes and Safety Standards.James D. Madden conducted courses in engineering design for the company's design engineers. Show less

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  Davy McKee International [engineering and construction company]

  Jan 1977 - Jan 1983

  Project & Project Engineering Manager; Equipment Section Manager, Supervising & Sr. Project Engineer

  In positions starting with Sr. Project Engineer and leading to Project Manager, James D. Madden supervised, managed, performed and participated in engineering design and safety design of manufacturing and other industrial facilities and facility components, including equipment, machinery, instrumentation and control systems. James D. Madden's work in Project Engineering included conducting technical review of the quality of engineering design and assuring the quality of the design, including equipment, machinery, instrumentation and control systems, other industrial components and materials of construction. This work also included assuring the safety design of the equipment, facilities, and instrumentation and controls, and assuring adherence to safety design requirements such as safeguards and warnings, and adherence to codes and standards. James D. Madden's work also included directing the efforts of the engineering disciplines in their engineering design work, and integrating the work of the engineering disciplines with the remainder of the project groups. As Equipment Section Manager, James D. Madden supervised, managed and participated in the engineering design and safety design activities of the Section in design and specification of pumps, compressors, turbines, furnaces, boilers, vessels, tanks, heat exchangers, heaters, and similar machinery and equipment. As part of managing the Section, James D. Madden assured the technical quality of the engineering design,including materials of construction, and the safety design including that of the equipment and its associated instrumentation and controls, assured adherence to safety design requirements such as safeguards and warnings, and assured adherence to codes and standards.As Project Manager James D. Madden also provided the overall management of the project and the administration of the project contract, and coordinated engineering, procurement and construction. Show less

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  Madden Accident Analysis & Forensic Engineering

  Jan 1983 - now

  Senior Forensic Engineer

  For over 30 years James D. Madden, P.E. has worked for Madden Accident Analysis & Forensic Engineering as a forensic engineer, specializing in investigation, engineering analysis, and reconstruction of mechanical accidents and chemical accidents and the engineering analysis of the safety of products, equipment and facilities involved in accidents.James D. Madden's forensic engineering work followed 17 years of work in engineering design of equipment, systems and facilities. This work started after receiving the Master's degree in engineering. 12 ½ years of this work was with Engineering Construction companies, and 4 ½ years was with Chemical and Plastics companies. The first 1 ½ years of work after receiving the Master's degree in engineering, and the work between receiving the Bachelor's degree in engineering and the Master's degree, had significant work in engineering research and industrial operations. Work in industrial operations continued intermittently following the initial 1 ½ years of this work after receipt of the Master's degree.In the last 30 years of forensic engineering work for plaintiffs and defendants, James D. Madden has:● completed over 1000 cases● written and issued over 600 expert reports ● written and issued over 60 affidavits● testified in over 100 depositions● testified in over 90 trialsFor additional information regarding the forensic engineering work, particularly the forensic specialties worked, see the Summary section above. More extensive information on the forensic specialties and employment is available on the company website: maddenforensicengineering.com.The company linked-in profile is: linkedin.com/company/madden-accident-analysis-&-forensic-engineering. Show less