People

Energy Associates employs a multi-disciplinary team approach. Team members are experienced engineers, specialists, and advisors. The team is managed by a project manager, who handles the day-to-day activities for the work and is directly responsible for all aspects of the assignment. Discipline engineering managers are responsible for the design details. Specialists provide the experienced and detailed knowledge of specific applications and technologies need to ensure a successful commitment. The team includes engineers who are leaders in their fields and these technology issues.

Mr. Daniel Mahr is a licensed Professional Engineer and dry bulk material handling specialist. Mr. Mahr has been responsible for numerous small and large-scale projects in the USA and overseas for various companies and industries, from: project inception, through engineering and construction, and commissioning. He has assisted owners in failure investigations and dispute resolutions. He has assisted attorneys, insurance companies, system suppliers, and owners as an Expert Witness in allegations of design problems, start-up delays, increased costs, and production shortfalls and investigations of non-fatal and fatal accidents. Mr. Mahr is a member of ASME, NSPE, and SME. He is a current member of ASME’s B20 Safety Committee, a past chair of ASME's Fuels and Combustion Technology Division, and was the chair of the Fuel Storage, Handling, and Transportation Technical Committee for several years. He authored the handling and storage chapter in ASME’s Material Handling Handbook and the fuel and sorbent sections of EPRI's FBC Balance of Plant Guidelines. Mr. Mahr has edited several ASME publications on fluidized bed combustion, and has published a number of articles on bulk material handling, blending, and transportation in Bulk Solids Handling, Biomass Products & Technology, Coal Age, Combustion, Mechanical Engineering, POWER, Power Engineering, and, Skillings’ Mining Review.

Mr. Michael L. Bugg is a licensed Professional Engineer experienced in project management, engineering, technical sales, and marketing.  He has directed electrical design, procurement, and field construction for projects ranging from $4M to $200M.  Mr. Bugg has also served as a project engineer, estimator, and the sales lead on selected projects.  While serving in these positions, his responsibilities included process design, equipment specification and purchase, subcontract placement and oversight, construction supervision and start-up of various process facilities and material handling systems.

Mr. Asok K. Datta is a licensed Professional Engineer specializing in structural design and detailing. He is experienced in designing structures for coal/bulk handling systems at power plants, terminals, and industrial facilities. Mr. Datta supervises the civil/structural engineering and their related project tasks.

Mr. Stephen J. Flood is a licensed Professional Engineer experienced in all aspects of civil and geotechnical engineering on major projects throughout the world. He has been the responsible engineer and manager of numerous civil/site, geotechnical and specialty structural engineering portions of commercial and industrial projects. He has extensive design and construction experience in site preparation, soils engineering, deep foundations, ground improvement and structure condition surveys and assessments.

Mr. Dougjohn Kim is structural engineer specializing in structural design and detailing. He is experienced in designing structures for coal/bulk handling systems at power plants, terminals, and industrial facilities.