The professional qualifications of R. Craig Jerner,
Ph.D., P.E. are as
follows:
· Education
– In 1961 Dr. Jerner was awarded a
Bachelor of Science degree in Metallurgical
Engineering from Washington University, St. Louis,
Missouri. In 1962 he was awarded the Master of
Science in Metallurgical Engineering from Washington
University, St. Louis, Missouri. In 1965 he was
awarded the doctorate or Ph.D. in Metallurgy from
the University of Denver, Denver, Colorado.
During his formal undergraduate and graduate
education he took various introductory, upper
division and graduate courses in general
engineering, mechanical engineering, machine design,
experimental stress analysis, applied mechanics,
electrical engineering, metallurgy, metallurgical
engineering, mathematics, chemistry and physics.
These courses were all taken to fulfill the degree
requirements of the two higher education
institutions which he attended.
· Registration
– Dr. Jerner is a registered professional
engineer (PE) and is licensed by the states of
Oklahoma and Texas.
· Expert
Witness - Dr. Jerner has been qualified and has
testified as an expert witness in engineering,
simple mechanical design, metallurgy and
metallurgical failure analysis in numerous Federal
and State courts. He has testified in courts in
Arkansas, Colorado, Louisiana, Michigan,
Mississippi, Ohio, Oklahoma and Texas.
· Metallurgical
Consultant - For approximately forty (42) years
Dr. Jerner has consulted as an engineering
consultant with individuals, attorneys and
corporations. These consulting assignments have
focused on engineering analysis of equipment
failures and accidents involving the failure of
metals and metal components. During that time
period Dr. Jerner has individually conducted, as
principal investigator and senior engineer,
approximately 1,400 plus accident investigations and
related metallurgical failure analyses.
During those years and 1,400 plus accident
investigations he has conducted engineering analyses
of the design, materials of manufacture, methods of
manufacturing, maintenance, use and abuse of metal
products and/or metal components of equipment and
machinery.
· Teacher
– Dr. Jerner was a tenured professor in the
School of Chemical Engineering and Material Science
in the College of Engineering at the University of
Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma. He taught for eleven
(11) years in the College of Engineering and served
as Assistant Professor of Metallurgical Engineering,
Associate Professor of Engineering, Associate
Professor of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials
Science and Adjunct Professor of Chemical
Engineering and Materials Science.
As a professor at the University of Oklahoma he
taught courses that included the principles and
practice of engineering, fundamentals of materials
science, courses and laboratories in metallurgy and
metallurgical engineering to undergraduates,
upperclassmen and graduate students. Dr. Jerner
initiated and taught, on a continuing basis, an
upper division/graduate course entitled “Materials
Selection and Failure Analysis” in the School of
Chemical Engineering and Material Science. This
course was one of the first university level course
offerings of practical metallurgical failure
analysis in the United States.
While on the faculty of the University of Oklahoma,
Dr. Jerner also taught at the Oklahoma Center for
Continuing Education (OCCE). Students in these
courses were practicing engineers and technical
professionals employed by private and public
companies and from all levels of national, state and
local government.
He also taught courses at the United States
Department of Transportation (USDOT) and
Transportation Safety Institute (TSI) in Oklahoma
City for approximately four (4) years. These
courses were concentrated adult education and
training in “Accident Investigation” and
“Metallurgical Failure Analysis” for the U.S. Coast
Guard (USCG) and for Department of Transportation
(DOT) investigators in hazardous materials,
pipeline, aircraft, rail and highway accident
investigation modes.
Administrator – While on the faculty of the
University of Oklahoma, Dr. Jerner also served as
Assistant Dean of the Graduate College.
Over the past forty (42) years Dr. Jerner has served
as President and CEO of four (4) metallurgical and
metallurgical engineering consulting organizations:
Southwest Metallurgical Consultants, Inc.
Engineering and Materials Technology, Inc. dba EMTEC
Corp.
Jerner Engineering, Inc.
J.E.I. Metallurgical, Inc.
