Resume

PAUL ROBERT PASLAY

EDUCATION:

EXPERIENCE:

2007 - Affiliated with Manatee, Inc.

1991 - 2000 Adjunct Professor, Rice University Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

1985 - President of Techaid Corporation
Mechanical Engineering Consulting

1979 - 1985 Adjunct Professor, Rice University Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

1978 - 1985 President of Paslay, Incorporated
Mechanical Engineering Consulting

1976 - 1978 Dean of Engineering and Professor of Materials Engineering
University of Illinois at Chicago

1973 - 1976 Dean of Engineering and Professor of Engineering
Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan

1. Courses taught:
Computer and Information Science (Freshman)
Fluid Mechanics (Junior)
Introduction to Engineering (Freshman)
Mechanical Design (Senior)

2. Outside activities:
Engineering consultant to Burroughs Corp. and to
Bendix Research Laboratory
Detroit Mayor's Management Advisory Council
Engineering Society of Detroit's Executive Council

1965 - 1973
Professor of Engineering, Brown University

1. Principal investigator for several research projects ranging from 5 to 50 thousand dollars per year. These projects have been in the areas of engineering materials behavior, vibrations and muscle dynamics. Sources of funding were General Electric Foundation, ARPA, NIH, Easter Seal Research Foundation, and Whitehall Foundation.

2. Courses taught:

Engineering Physics (Freshman)
Mechanics of Materials (Sophomore)
Bioengineering (Junior)
Fluid Mechanics (Junior)
Soil Mechanics (Junior)
Advanced Strength of Materials (Senior)
Machine Design (Senior)
Engineering Continuum Mechanics (First Year Graduate)
Dynamics of Structures (Second Year Graduate)

3. Outside activities and appointments:

Engineering consulting with numerous companies including Burroughs Corp., Bendix Research Laboratory, Pratt and Whitney Co. Materials Engineering and Research Laboratory, Sylvania Electric Company Research Laboratory, and Trane Corporation.

Engineering Division.

Co-Technical Editor (with J. Kestin and W. Prager) of the Journal of Applied Mechanics (until 8/71).

Faculty Resident in Brown co-ed dormitory 1970-1973. Part of the responsibilities was counseling with the 155 students.

1959 - 1965
Mechanical Engineering Department, Rice University

1959-1961 Associate Professor - Teaching and Research
1961-1962 NSF Senior Post-Doctoral Fellow and
Guest Professor, Technisch Hochschule, Stuttgart, Germany
1962-1963 Associate Professor - Teaching and Research
1963-1964 Professor and Chairman
Administration and Teaching
1964-1965 Professor (1/2 time appointment) and Consultant Teaching and Consulting
The research was either university or NSF sponsored during this period. Research topics were flow of Bingham materials, vibrations, buckling, lubrication and continuum mechanics.
Courses taught:
Mechanics (Sophomore)
Kinematics (Junior)
Vibrations (Senior)
Continuum Mechanics (Graduate)
Vibrations (Graduate)
Outside activities and appointments:
Engineering consulting with numerous companies including General Electric Co. Advanced Technology Laboratory, Shell Development Laboratories and Brown and Root Construction Company.
Taught NASA sponsored summer course on Continuum Mechanics at University of Houston one summer.

1955 - 1959
Vibration Engineer, Advanced Technology Laboratory, General Electric Company, Schenectady, New York.

Principal investigator for many engineering projects in stress and vibration analysis and trouble shooting. These projects were sponsored by various departments within G.E. and ranged in size from $500 to $80,000 per year. Departments dealt with were Missile and Space Vehicle (Philadelphia), Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion (Cincinnati) and Jet Engine (Cincinnati).
Member of California Ph.D. Recruiting Team (2 weeks/year).
Completed first level management training program.

1954 - 1955 Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

1953 - 1954 Dupont Fellowship in Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

1952 - 1953 Teaching Assistant in Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

1950 - 1952 Instructor in Mechanical Engineering, Rice University

SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS:

Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi, ASME

REGISTRATIONS :

Texas No. 44278

PAUL ROBERT PASLAY
PUBLICATIONS

"Design of Shrink Fits", Transactions of ASME, v. 75 (1953) pp. 1199-1202. (with R. Plunkett) - 1

"Optimale Auslegung von Salomon-Schwingungstilgern", IngenierurArchiv, v. 24 (1956) pp. 182-187. (with A. Slibar) - 2

"The Motion of Automobiles in Unbanked Curves", Ingenieur-Archiv, v. 24 (1956) pp. 412-424. (with A. Slibar) - 3

"Die Fleissbedingung und das verformungsgesetz Viskoser Plastischer Stoffe", Osterreichisches Ingenieur-Archiv, v. 10 (1956) pp. 328-344. (with A. Slibar) - 4

"On the Theory of Grease-Lubricated Thrust Bearings", Transactions of ASME, v. 70 (1957) pp. 1229-1234. (with A. Slibar) - 5

"The Forced Lateral Oscillations of Trailers", Journal of Applied Mechanics, Transactions of ASME, v. 79 (1957) pp. 515-519. (with A. Slibar) - 6

"Calendering of a Viscoelastic Material", Journal of Applied Mechanics, Transactions of ASME, v. 79 (1957) pp. 602-608. - 7

"Die Axiale Stromung von Bingham Plastiken in Konzentrischen Rohren", Zeitschrift fur Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik, v. 37 (1957) pp. 441-449. (with A. Slibar) - 8

"Laminar Flow of Drilling Mud Due to Axial Pressure Gradient and External Torque", Petroleum Transactions, AIME, v. 210 (1957) pp. 310-317. (with A. Slibar) - 9

"Criterion for Flow of a Bingham Plastic Between Two Cylinders Loaded by Torque and Pressure Gradient", Brief Note, Journal of Applied Mechanics, Transactions of ASME, v. 80 (1958) pp. 284-285. (with A. Slibar) - 10

"Uber Querschwingungen von Gelenkten Anhangern", Ingenjeur- Archiv, v. 26 (1958) pp. 383-385. (with A. Slibar) - 11

"Determination of the Stacking Strength of Corrugated Fiberboard Containers", Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Stress Analysis, v. 16, no. 1 (1958) pp. 109-116. (with B. S. Angell) - 12

"Flow of an Incompressible Visco-Plastic Layer on an Inclined Plane", Transactions of the Society of Rheology, v. II (1958) pp. 255-262. (with A. Slibar) - 13

"Retarded Flow of Bingham Materials", Journal of Applied Mechanics, Transactions of ASME, v. 81 (1959) pp. 107-113. (with A. Slibar) - 14

"Inextensional Vibrations of a Sphere-Cone Shell Combination", The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, v. 3. (1959) pp. 579-583. (with H. Saunders) - 15

"Behavior of Vehicles Subjected to Wind Gusts", Ingenieur-Archiv, Festschrift Richard Grammel, v. 28 (1959) pp. 313-326. (with A. Slibar) - 16

"Prediction of Short-Time Static Compressive Strength of Corrugated Containers", TAPPI (Journal of the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry), v. 42 (1959) pp. 194A-199A. (with B. S. Angell) - 17

"Susceptibility of the Motion of Towing Vehicles to Forces Arising from Trailers", Osterreichisches Ingenieur-Archiv, v. XIII (1959) pp. 175-187. (with A. Slibar) - 18

"Vibrations of Conical Shells", Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, v. 23 (1960) pp. 765-772. (with Herbert Saunders and E. J. Wisniewski) - 19

"The Vibration Response of a Linear Undamped System Resting on a Nonlinear Spring", Journal of Applied Mechanics. ASME Transactions, June 1960. (with M. E. Gurtin) - 20

"On the Determination of the Influence of an Axial Preload Owing to Bolting on a Cylindrical Pressure Vessel", Journal of Engineering for Industry, ASME Transactions, May 1961. - 21

"Design of Flapper Valves", Journal of Engineering for Industry, ASME Transactions, February 1961. - 22

"Die Stoffgleichungen Thixotroper Korper", Rheologica Acta, v. 72 (1962) pp. 236-241. (with A. Slibar) - 23

"An Evaluation of the Fixed Point Method of Vibration Analysis for a Particular System with Initial Damping", ASME Transactions, v. 85, series B (1963) pp. 233-236. (with D. B. Bogy) - 24

"Drill String Vibrations Due to Intermittent Contact of Bit Teeth", ASME Transactions, v. 85, series B, (1963) pp. 187-194. (with D. B. Bogy) - 25

"Steady-State Flow of a Gelling Material Between Rotating Concentric Cylinders" Journal of Applied Mechanics (1963) pp. 453-460. (with A. Slibar) - 26

"Axial Flow of a Gelling Material Through A Circular Pipe", Ingenieur-Archiv, v. 32 (1963) pp. 66-76. (with A. Slibar) - 27

"Rock Stresses Induced by Flow of Fluids into Boreholes", Society of Petroleum Engineers Journal, March 1963. (with J. B. Cheatham) - 28

“Buckling of Drill Pipe in an Inclined Hole", Journal of Engineering for Industry Transactions of ASME, v. 86, n. 2 (1964) pp. 214-218. (with D. B. Bogy) - 29

"Flow of Gelling Materials in a Uniform Layer on a Vertical Plane", Transactions of the society of Rheology, VIII, (1964) pp. 73-83. (with F. J. Fischer) - 30

"On the Analytical Description of the Flow of Thixotropic Materials", Second-order Effects in Elasticity, Plasticity and Fluid Dynamics, International Symposium, Haifa, Israel, April 23-27, (1962) pp. 314-330. (with A. Slibar) - 31

"On the Buckling of Columns", Journal of Engineering for Industry, ASME Transactions, v. 86, n. 3, (1964) pp. 252-256. (with D. B. Bogy) - 32

"The Stability of a Circular Rod Laterally Constrained to be in Contact with an Inclined Circular Cylinder", Journal of Applied Mechanics, (1964) pp. 605-610. (with D. B. Bogy) - 33

"Torsional Buckling of an Extended Twisted Cylindrical Rod under One-Sided Constraint", Journal of Applied Mechanics (1965) pp. 519-524. (with W. 0. Williams) - 34

"Incompressible Elastic Viscous Lubricants in Continous-Sleeve Journal Bearings", Journal of Applied Mechanics (1967) pp. 579-582. (with G. J. Fix) - 35

"Nonlinear Oscillations of a Bubble", Journal of the Acoustical Society, v. 42, n. 1, July (1957) pp. 114-121. (with Seng H. Woo) - 36

"Stability of a Submerged Stiffened Cylinder", Jour. Engr. Mech. Div., Proceedings ASCE, v. 93, n. EM6, December 1967, pp. 179-204. - 37

"Analysis of the Plastic Flow of Rock Under a Lubricated Punch", Journal of Applied Mechanics, Transactions of ASME, (1968) pp. 87-94. (with J. B. Cheatham, Jr. & C. W. G. Fulcher) - 38

"Plastic Flow of Rock Under a Pointed Punch in Plane Strain", Journal of Applied Mechanics, Transactions of ASME, (1968) pp. 95-101. (with J. B. Cheatham, Jr. & C. W. G. Fulcher) - 39

"Analytical Description of Behavior of Granular Media", Journal Engr. Mech. Div., Proc. ASCE, v. 95, n. EM2, April 1969, pp. 379-396. (with J. B. Weidler) - 40

"Analysis of Triaxial Test for Granular Soils", Jour. Engr. Mech. Div., Proc. ASCE, V. 95, n. EM3, June 1969, pp. 587-610. (with J. B. Weidler) - 41

"A Small-Strain Plasticity Theory for Planar Slip Materials", Journal of Applied Mechanics, Transactions of ASME, v. 36, (1969) Series E, pp. 15-21. (with C. H. Wells) - 42

“Vibration Characteristics of a Submerged Ring-Stiffened Cylindrical Shell of Finite Length", Jour. Acoustical Soc. Amer., v. 46, n. 3, Sept. 1969, pp. 701-710. (with R. B. Tatge, R. J. Wernick, E. K. Walsh and D. F. Muster). - 43

"Constitutive Relations for Inelastic Granular Medium", J. Ergr. Mech. Div., Proc. ASCE, v. 96, (1970) pp. 395-406. (with Jay B. Weidler, Jr.) - 44

"An Analysis of Primary Creep of Nickel-Base Superalloy Single Crystals", J. App. Mech. , Trans. ASME, v. 37, (1970) Series E, pp. 759-764. (with C. H. Wells and G. R. Leverant) - 45

"Creep of Single Crystal Nickel-Base Superalloy Tubes Under Biaxial Tension", Journal of Applied Mechanics, Transactions of ASME (1971), pp. 623-626. (with C. H. Wells, G. R. Leverant and L. H. Burck) - 46

"The Electromyogram as a Measure of Tension on the Human Biceps and Triceps Muscles", International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, v. 13, July 1971, n. 7, pp. 585-598. (with R. H. Messier, J Duffy, H. M. Litchman, J. F. Soechting and P. A. Stewart) - 47

"Evaluation of Neuromuscular Parameters Describing Human Reflex Motion", Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, Series G, Trans. ASME, v. 96 (1971) pp. 221-225. (with J. F. Soechting, P. A. Stewart, R. H. Hawley and J. Duffy) - 48

"On The Stress Analysis of an Isotropic, Transversely Inhomogeneous Elastic Material", Brief Note, Journal of Applied Mechanics, Series E, Trans. ASME, v. 38 (1971) pp. 1050-1053. (with A. M. K. Nusayr) – BN2

"Buckling of an Infinite Sheet with a One-Sided Constraint", Brief Note, Journal of Applied Mechanics, Series E, Trans. ASME, v. 39 (1972), pp. 302-303 (with Abdul-Majid Nusayr) – BN3

"A Model for the Human Spine during Impact Including Musculature Influence", J. Biomechanics, v. 6 (1973) pp. 195-203. (with John F. Soechting) - 49

"Lure Behavior in Trolling", Journal of Applied Mechanics, Trans. ASME, v. 40E (1973) pp. 833-837. (with J. F. Soechting and P. W. Paslay) - 50

"An Infinite Slab Isotropic, Transversely Inhomogeneous Elastic Material Subjected to Tension", Brief Note, Journal of Applied Mechanics, Transactions of the ASME, v. 40E (1973), pp. 614-615 – BN4

"Determination of Finger-Motion Impairment by Linear Measurement", J. of Bone and Joint Surgery, 55-A (1974) pp. 85-91. (with Henry M. Litchman) - 51

"A Quantitative Model for Partially Activated Skeletal Muscle", Journal of Applied Mechanics, Transactions of ASME, v. 4 lE (1974), pp. 849-854 (with H. P. Clamann, J. F. Soechting, P. A. Stewart, G. I. Zahalak and J. Duffy) - 52

"Partially Activated Human Skeletal Muscle: An Experimental Investigation of Force, Velocity, and EMG", Journal of Applied Mechanics, Transactions of ASME, v. 43E (1976) pp. 81-86 (with G. I. Zahalak, J. Duffy, P. A. Stewart, H. Litchman and R. H. Hawley) - 53

"Uniaxial Creep Behavior of Metals Under Cyclic Temperature and Stress or Strain Variations", Journal of Applied Mechanics, Transactions of ASME, v. 43E, (1976) pp. 445-449. (with C. H. Wells) - 54

"Prediction of Gun-Cable Behavior When Perforating Gas Zones Under High Reverse Pressures", 1981 Explosives Conference of the International Association of Drilling Contractors. (with D. J. Garcia) - 55

"Analyses of Drill Pipe and Drill Collar Buckling", Proceedings of the Ninth U. S. National Congress of Applied Mechanics, 1982, pp. 453-456. (with R. Dawson) - 56

"Plastic-Fluid Flow in Pipelines Associated with Gel-Plug Technology", Journal of Pipelines, v. 3 (1983), pp. 199-206, (with F. J. Fischer and P. R. Scott) - 57

"Drillpipe Buckling in Inclined Holes", Journal of Petroleum Technology, October 1984, pp. 1734-1738, (with Rapier Dawson) - 58

"Bending Stress Magnification in Constant Curvature Doglegs With Impact on Drillstring and Casing", SPE Paper Number 22547, presented at 66th Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition of SPE, Dallas, TX, October 6-9, 1991, (with E. P. Cernocky) - 59

"Detection of BHA Lateral Resonances While Drilling With Surface Longitudinal and Torsional Sensors", SPE Paper Number 24583, presented at 67th Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition of SPE, Washington, DC, October 4-7, 1992, (with Yih-Min Jan, J.E.E. Kingman and J.D. Macpherson) - 60

"Salt-Cavern Closure During and After Formation", Seventh Symposium on Salt, Vol. I (1993), pp. 467-475, (with F. Joseph Fischer and Bruce D. Light) - 61

"Prediction of Wear and Stresses While Drilling Through a Riser Flex Joint", Journal of Energy Resources Technology, Trans. ASME, v.116 (1994), pp. 49-55, (with E. P. Cernocky) - 62

“Stress Analysis of Drillstrings", SPE Paper Number 27976, presented at University of Tulsa Centennial Petroleum Engineering Symposium, Tulsa, OK, August 29-31, 1994 - 63

"Sidetracking Technology for Coiled Tubing Drillling", SPE Paper Number 30486, presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition held in Dallas, TX, October 22-25, 1995, (with L.J. Leising, D.D. Hearn, E.A. Rike. D.M. Doremus) - 64

"Sidetracking Technology for Coiled Tubing Drilling" also appears in the Journal of Petroleum Technology, May 1996, pp.414-421. – 65

"Modeling of Roller Cone Bit Lift-Off Dynamics in Rotary Drilling", Journal of Energy Resources Technology, vol. 117 (1995), pp.197-207, (with P.D. Spanos, A.K. Sengupta, R.A. Cunningham). - 66

"Coiled Tubing Pressure and Tension Limits Using Effective Stress", 4th International Conference on Coiled Tubing Technology (Organized by World Oil), Houston, Texas March 4 - 7, 1996, (with Doug G. Gordon, James W. Nicholson and Duncan N. Newlands). - 67

"Extending the Reach of Coiled Tubing Drilling (Thrusters, Equalizers and Tractors)", SPE Paper Number 37656, presented at the 1997 SPE/IADC Drilling Conference held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 4 - 6 March, 1997, (with L.J. Leising, E.C. Onyia, S.C. Townsend, D.A. Stein). - 68

"Burst Pressure Prediction of Thin-Walled, Ductile Tubulars Subjected to Axial Load", SPE Paper 48327, presented at the SPE Applied Technology Workshop on Risk Based Design of Well Casing and Tubing held 7-8 May , 1998 at The Woodlands, Texas, U.S.A., (with E. P. Cernocky and R. Wink) - 69

“Risk Assessment of Exploration-Well Designs in the Oman Ara Salt”, Journal of Petroleum Technology, February 2001, pp. 32, 33, (with A. G. Tallin, E. P. Cernocky, M. A. Ratchinsky),

Synopsis of SPE 63130, with same name - 70

“Loading History Effects for Deepwater S-Lay of Pipelines,” OMAE 2003-37468, 2003, (with Heedo D Yun, Frans F. Kopp, Ralf R. Peek) - 71

“Combined Axial Tension/Compression and Internal Pressure Testing of Mini-Pipe Specimens in H2S Environment to Determine Three Dimensional (Triaxial) Stress States which Produce Crack Initiation Failure; Explanation of the New Test Fixture, Mini-Pipe Specimen, Preliminary Test Result,” SPE Paper 97577, 2005, (with E. P. Cernocky, V. D. Aaron, R. E. Wink) - 72

“ A Re-examination of Drillpipe/Slip Mechanics,” IADC/SPE SPE-99074, 2006, (with P. D. Pattillo, P. D. Pattillo II, U. B. Sathuvalli, M. L. Payne) - 73

“Laminar Bingham fluid flow between vertical parallel plates,” International Journal of Thermal Sciences, vol. 46 (2007) 349-357, (with Yildiz Bayazitoglu, Paul Cernocky) - 74

“A Phenomenological Approach to Analysis of Barite Sag in Drilling Muds,’ SPE-110404, 2007, (with M. L. Payne, U. B. Sathuvalli) - 75

“Convective Heat Transfer for Laminar, Steady-State Flowof Bingham and Power Law Fluids between Vertical, Parallel Plates,” SPE-108307, 2008, (with Yildiz Bayazitoglu, Paul Cernocky) - 76

“Probabilistic Approach to Pipe Crack Initiation Failure and Crack Propagation Failure in H2S Environments,” NACE-10322, 2010, (with Paul Cernocky, Ron Livesay) - 77

“Analysis for Initiation of Local, Lateral Displacements in Heated Submarine Pipelines,” SPE Projects, Facilities and Construction, (with M. M. Beckmann) - 78

“An Elementary, Fundamental Analysis of Vortex-Induced Vibration in Pipeline Spans,” Proceedings of USNCTAM2010, 2010 - 79

“Prediction of Solute Concentration in Wellbore Annuli Due to Free Convection,” Proceedings of USNCTAM2010, 2010, (with Udaya Bhaskar R. Sathuvalli) – 80

“Introduction to Theoretical and Applied Plasticity”, Lectures by Paul Paslay, https://www.youtube.com/user/BladeEnergyPartners and for PC(not Mac) DVD available from Info@blade-energy.com, 2010