Reliability Engineering Essentials

Felix A. Cestari has over forty (40) years of experience in Mechanical Engineering, out of which thirty (30) have been in the Oil & Gas industry, in the areas of Research and Development (R&D); rotating and reciprocating equipment design, troubleshooting and field technical support. Additionally, Mr. Cestari has experience in compressor design, product development, failure analysis, root cause analysis and risk assessment (RCA, FMEA, HAZOP and Reliability). He has also worked in safety analysis in compressor packaging, re-aero of compressors, vibration and rotordynamics analysis, finite element analysis (FEA), computerized fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis and pipe stress and flexibility analysis. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the Central University of Venezuela, and a Master of Science in Mechanics from Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, Illinois.