Summary Mr. Muster's interests and twenty-two years of work
experience include a broad spectrum of activities at the technical level">
Summary Mr. Muster's interests and twenty-two years of work
experience include a broad spectrum of activities at the technical level, in
project management, and marketing of software and consulting services in the
engineering and business community. The practical experience gained from
participating in various number of hardware and software product development
activities and various experimental and analytical investigations has served to
focus Mr. Muster's interests and expertise into certain areas, specifically
Education B.S.M.E., University of Houston, 1979 Employment History and Experience Highlights
( this period is under construction ) Mr. Muster moved back to Houston in August of 1994 to
pursue various software development activities on a consultant basis
working at Tenneco Gas, Information Services . At TGIS Mr. Muster provides
production support for the Field Office Computer System. The FOC System is a
small condition monitoring system used by the TG Compressor and Automation
Department to collect data on engine performance at the compressor stations
which are not automated. The FOC System consists of hand held computers used to
collect data over preprogrammed routes and a IBM PC system which is used to
provide local reporting capability and data transfer to the mainframe based
Compressor Facilities Management System. At present 23 compressor stations use
this condition monitoring system. Before Mr. Muster joined TGIS, the FOC System
had many problems which prevented the efficient collection of engine performance
data. Shortly after joining TGIS, Mr. Muster made enhancements and corrections
to the FOCS software which have greatly reduced production support calls.
Recently Mr. Muster converted the FOCS software to use the FTP protocol to send
files to Houston via the new WAN/LAN being along the pipeline. In addition,
while at Tenneco Mr. Muster has developed a litigation document abstraction
system denoted LEGALDOC for the legal department. This database system is used
by the legal department to provide on-line query and report generation for
information abstracted from documents related to litigation cases. This system
has a UNIX Sybase 10 SQL back-end and a Powerbuilder 4.0 Windows 3.1 front-end.
This system is currently in unit test. July, 93 - Aug, 94 Professional Application Resources Inc. ( contracted
out to Business Records Corporation) Mr. Muster originally joined PAR Inc. to pursue various
software development activities on a consultant basis utilizing Microsoft
software development tools and languages. Mr. Muster's first assignment was
working at Business Records Corporation located in Dallas. BRC provides document
imaging services to city and county government agencies located throughout the
USA. Typically the BRC Foresight 2000 Imaging System consists of a UNIX based
host with optical disk "jukebox" and DOS and now Windows based workstations.
While at BRC Mr. Muster has completed the following software development tasks:
While at BRC Mr. Muster gained
considerable experience with the DOS and Windows TCP/IP Socket Library ( FTP
Version 2.11 ) and TCP/IP networking in general. Microsoft Visual C++ 1.5 was
used for this developement effort. The BRC system utilized the UDP protocol for
image transfer and workstation control. This system provided peer-to-peer scan,
display, storage, and print services for all Windows 3.1 workstations in concert
with arbitration and storage services located on the UNIX server as well as an
Informix SQL database. Mr. Muster also gained experience with the DOS and
Windows KOFAX imaging SDK, Novell Btrieve API and imaging technology in general.
Mr. Muster used the Micosoft Setup Toolkit to provide BRC with workstation
installation disks suitable for use by inexperenced personnel. In addition,
while at BRC Mr. Muster gained experience with the UNIX operating system.
Boyce Engineering International, Inc. As Project Manager for the Statoil Thermodynamic Condition
Monitoring System for the Sleipner A Platform, Mr. Muster developed, installed
and commissioned a condition monitoring system (Micro-DATM4) for multiple
offshore platforms located in the North Sea. The Sleipner A platform has 16
machine trains. This includes 7 GE. LM-2500 gas turbines used in power
generation, recompression, re-injection, and pumping. This same system has been
installed on the Shell Draugen platform and the Conoco/Statoil Heidrein tension
leg platform all located in the North Sea. As part of the development effort Mr.
Muster duplicated the basic analysis and graphical display capabilites of the
Micro-DATM4 system using MS Excel and used the resulting Excel appllication to
independently check all aerothermal and engine performance calculations. In
addition various utilities and tools where developed ( via the Excel SDK ) to
exchange data between the SQL-SERVER database and Excel worksheets. As Manager
of Microcomputer Systems at Boyce Engineering International (BEI) Mr. Muster
directed a team of engineers and engineering support personnel in the
development of various software products based on Intel 80x86 based computers
which utilized Microsoft (MS) operating system software, MS software language
tools, and MS Software Development Kits (SDK's) as well as used MS applications
to manage projects and write software documentation. This includes the MS OS/2
multi-tasking operating system (Version 1.0 to 1.3), MS SQL-Server ( Version 1.0
and 4.2 ), MS LAN Manager (Version 1.0 to 2.2), MS Remote Access for LAN Manager
2.1, MS Windows (2.0 to 3.1), MS Excel (Version 3.0 & 4.0), MS Word for DOS
(Version 5.0), Word for Windows (Versions 1.0 & 2.0), MS Publisher and MS
DOS ( Versions 3.2. to 6.0). While at BEI Mr. Muster gained solid experience
with the following Microsoft software languages, tools and SDK's: MS FORTRAN
(version's 4.0 & 5.0), MS Assembly ( version 5.1 ), MS QABASIC, MS C (
versions 3.0 to 6.0 ), MS C/C++ ( version 7.0), OS/2 SDK ( Versions 1.0 to 2.1
), Windows SDK ( Versions 2.0 & 3.1 ), MS LAN Manager NDK (Versions 2.0 and
2.1), SQL-Server DBLIB library for C programmers, and the Excel Software
Development Kit ( Version 4.0 ). Mr. Muster also had the oppurtinunity to gain
limited experience with the MS DDK. Mr. Muster also gained solid experience with
the following third party software packages while at BEI: SQL-Commander for
Windows, Q & E for Windows, CASE:PM, CASE:W, and System Architect One of Mr.
Muster's main responsibilities was to train new staff and retrain existing staff
in the use of Microsoft and related products ( ranging from V.P.'s and engineers
to office support staff) during a critical growth period for BEI. In addition
Mr. Muster developed and enforced (in concert with outside consultants and the
in-house Quality Control Manager) software developement procedures in
preparation for ISO-9000 certification. Products developed at BEI include the
Turbomachinery Vibration Analyzer (TVA), an sixteen channel order-tracking
spectrum analyzer ( the first version was written in FORTRAN and used DOS, an
intermediate version used Windows 2.0, whereas the final version utilized C and
OS/2 Version 1.3), and the client/server based Micro-DATM4 Condition Monitoring
System (written in C and utilizing OS/2 Version 1.3, LAN Manager 2.1, Remote
Access, and SQL-Server 4.2). This client/server based software package
incorporates 8 network services and over 20 front-end applications and typically
costs from $250,000 to $1,500,000 to purchase ( including SQL database
initialization). This system monitors the vibration and aerothermal performance
condition of critical rotating equipment such as gas and steam turbines, pumps,
compressors, turbo-expanders, electric motors, and fans. Mr. Muster was also
responsible for the initial software development of the BTC-2000 Gas Turbine
Control System which incorporates a client/server based GUI interface to a GE
Faunc PLC controller which provided the real-time control functions. The TVA
monitors the vibration condition of gas turbines, pumps, and fans at various
sites in the US., Canada, South America, Europe, China and India. In addition
the TVA is being used by EPRI to monitor a GE. Frame 7A gas turbine, the US.
Army in a test cell environment to investigate vibration problems in the
AGT-1500 gas turbine engine used in the M-1 Main Battle Tank and by the US. Navy
on a missile frigate for on-line vibration condition monitoring of the GE.
LM-2500 gas turbine as part of HP-1000 minicomputer based DATM4 Systems
installed by BEI. 1986 - 1987 D. M. & A.Consulting Engineers, Inc. Associate
Engineer Mr. Muster developed a portable PC-based data acquisition system using
a Data Translation DT2608 16 channel 12 bit A/D interface ( written in MS C and
assembly ) and used same in the collection and analysis of strain gage data. Mr.
Muster developed a drill string analysis and crack-growth prediction computer
code for use by the Texas A&M Sea Grant Program ( written in FORTRAN). Given
initial crack dimensions, sea state spectrum, and ship RAO's, this code would
predict the time to failure for the drill string considering only axial motions
and loads. Mr. Muster developed both DEC MicroVax and PC versions of this
program. 1986 - 1987 University of Houston, Department of Civil Engineering
Structural Engineering Laboratory: Engineering Consultant Detailed design and
stress analysis of the Shell Element Test Facility used to investigate the
strength of reinforced concrete panels. This facility is the largest of its kind
in the U.S. Each panel is five feet by five feet and may vary in thickness from
four to fifteen inches. Loads are applied to the panels via forty 250,000 pound
jacks and twenty 125,000 pound jacks. Developed load, displacement, and strain
condition monitoring software system using instrumentation that included a DEC
MicroVax computer and a HP 3852 high speed data acquisition system with 80
channel capacity. 1985 - 1986 N.L. Industries, MWD/Technology Systems R&D Advanced Projects
Group: Research Engineer Responsible for the detailed mechanical design and
qualification testing of a state-of-the-art MWD downhole tool used to measure
weight on bit, bending, torsion, pressure, temperature, magnetic orientation,
and the 3-D acceleration of the drill string at the drill bit. Mr. Muster
performed vibration tests of electronic packaging systems for this downhole
tool, rotating beam fatigue tests of various stainless steels for use in this
downhole application, and developed and performed test procedures for seal
qualification. Mr. Muster developed strain application techniques suitable for
production, and load calibration techniques for hostile conditions of
temperature (150 C) and pressure (20,000 psi). 1981 - 1985 Battelle Petroleum
Technology Center Structures and Mechanics Section: Research Scientist
Responsible for all aspects of experimental stress analysis projects, including
strain gage installations for hostile environments, data collection system
development, analysis techniques, load cell design and calibration techniques.
Dynamic and static testing of full-scale and small-scale structures that
included tool joints, tubing connectors, casing connectors, offshore pipeline
mechanical connectors, pipeline load-limit connectors, pipeline swivel and ball
joints, and anchor chains. Designed and performed fatigue tests of pipeline
connectors under bending loads, composite sucker rod material under axial loads
and elevated temperatures, rotating beam tests of steels, and creep testing of
various epoxies and pipeline anti-corrosion coatings at elevated temperatures.
Mr. Muster designed specialized load application and measurement devices
including a unique loading fixture used to investigate the collapse pressures of
heavy wall pipe under bending, external pressure and axial loads. Mr. Muster
designed load frame and microcomputer-based instrumentation and control system
for gas leak tightness testing of tubular connections during cyclic internal gas
pressure, temperature, axial, and bending loads. Mr. Muster is familiar with the
mechanics of mechanical and threaded tubing and casing connectors and has made
strain gage measurements during make-up tests of both mechanical pipeline and
threaded-casing connectors. Conduct of an operators well completion survey for a
major group industry sponsor and a detailed review and statistical analysis of
the mineral Management Service's records on fires and blowouts offshore.
Analytical (software developement) and experimental studies in the area of
soil-structure interaction including buried pipeline stability for onshore,
offshore, Arctic conditions, acoustic properties of sediments, dynamic response
of soils, and consolidation of soils undersea static and dynamic loading
conditions. 1979 - 1982 University of Houston, Department of Civil Engineering
Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory: Research Engineer Major participant in a state-of-the-art analytical and
experimental studies in the area of the static and dynamic response of single
piles and pile groups. Developed a FORTRAN computer program that is a highly
adaptable DSP (digital signal-processing) language interpreter tailored to the
analysis of experimental data during dynamic soil-structure interaction studies.
Mr. Muster also designed and constructed instrumentation system for same.
Instrumentation systems used included a Texas Instruments DFS-III 64-channel
seismic-recording truck, 121 channel strain gage signal conditioning system and
MicroVax 32-bit computer. 1972 - 1979 University of Houston, Department of Civil Engineering
Ocean Systems Modeling Facility: Electronic Technician This facility was used by engineering firms and oil
companies for the testing models of offshore structures, pipe-laying barges,
semi-submersibles, platforms, power barges, oil skimmers, and jack-up rigs.
Academic research conducted at this facility include sea-keeping tests of
semi-submersible drilling platforms, wave-sea bottom interaction studies, wave
impact on offshore structures, and wave-breakwater interaction. Mr. Muster
designed an electro-hydraulic servo-control system for the generation of both
random and harmonic water waves for the 10 X 5 X 120 foot wave tank. In
addition, designed and constructed a 32-channel, data acquisition and control
system based on an 8080 microcomputer. This system was written in the Microsoft
FORTRAN and assembly languages. Mr. Muster become familiar with the mechanics of
harmonic and random water waves and developed computer programs for the analysis
of experimental data collected during sea-keeping tests of floating structures
excited by random and harmonic water waves. 1971 - 1972 Erath Sound Company
Electronic Technician Mr. Muster was responsible for the construction and testing of
custom multi-channel recording studio sound systems. Affiliations Member: ISO TC 108/WG17 ; Standards for the Vibration Condition
Monitoring and Diagnostics of Machines. Gordon Lewis Muster II
M.S.M.E., University of Houston, 1990Nov 96 - present El Paso Energy, Operations and
Engineering Systems,
Principle Information
Anayist
Aug, 94 - Nov 96 Professional Application Resources
Inc.
( contracted out to Tenneco Gas, Information Services)
1991 - 1993 Manager of Microcomputer Systems
1991 - 1993
Project Manager
1987 - 1991 Senior Development EngineerLectures and Publications