Patrick Young

Principal Engineer II
Years of Experience:
44
Education & Licenses:

Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering, 1985, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
Machinery Diagnostics School, Bently Nevada
System 1 Basics Course, Bently Nevada
Rotor Dynamics and Balancing School, Vibration Institute
Industrial Bearing Maintenance and Service School, SKF
Reciprocating Compressor School, Dresser-Rand
Reciprocating Engine/Compressor Analysis School, Windrock
Numerous industry conferences

Areas of Specialization:

Machinery maintenance/reliability programs
Machinery performance monitoring/analysis/troubleshooting
Capital project support (equipment specification, shop inspection, performance testing, installation, start-up, and commissioning)
Machinery best practices and standards
Machinery failure mechanisms
Root cause failure analysis
Turnaround support
Rotating equipment training and program evaluation

Overview:

Patrick is a principal rotating equipment engineer with the Rotating Equipment, Vibration, & Dynamics team at Equity Engineering.  Patrick brings experience as both an owner-user and consultant, providing engineering support to petrochemical, fossil, and nuclear facilities.  He is considered a subject matter expert on rotating equipment and has extensive experience with rotating equipment maintenance/reliability programs, capital project support, machinery troubleshooting/root cause failure analysis, machinery training, and machinery overhaul.

Prior to joining Equity Engineering, Patrick worked as a rotating equipment engineer at several petrochemical refineries where he was a member of the corporate rotating equipment networks.  He also has experience working as a machinery consultant and a mechanical test/start-up engineer.

Publications:

  1. Young, P.T., Danehower, S., “Foreign Material in a Reactor Feed Pump,” Proceedings of the Vibration Institute 20th Annual meeting, June 1996.
  2. Dippolito, A., Young, P.T., “Case History of the Condensate Pumps at Limerick Nuclear Generating Station,” Vibrations Magazine, September 1995, and Proceedings of the Vibration Institute 19th Annual Meeting, June 1995.

Industry Activities:

  • Member API Subcommittee on Mechanical Equipment (SOME)
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