Curriculum Vitae

David Hendrix, P.E., is president of The Hendrix Group, Inc., a metallurgical engineering consulting company providing materials engineering and corrosion services to the chemical, refining, oil & gas, pulp & paper, and insurance/legal communities. David has extensive experience consulting on a national and international basis in the areas of metallurgy/materials, corrosion, root cause failure analysis, risk-based inspection, mechanical integrity and fitness-for-service. He has conducted several thousand failure analysis investigations concerning mechanical failures, and ambient and elevated-temperature corrosion failures. Mr. Hendrix was the lead outside consultant for the U. S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board in investigating the corrosion-related failure of equipment in a refinery crude unit that resulted in a serious fire and has served as a testifying expert regarding mechanical integrity technology.

He has worked with a variety of end-user companies, equipment manufacturers, and insurers on root-cause failure analysis, inspection and testing, and specification and selection of metals, alloys, and paints and coatings. This work has included materials selection for corrosive environments and new design applications, problem solving, and investigating the fitness-for-service of in-service equipment and components.

Mr. Hendrix graduated with honors from the University of Alabama with a bachelors degree in Metallurgical Engineering. Academic honors included deans list, and selection to Tau Beta Pi and Alpha Sigma Mu engineering honor societies. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Texas, a NACE International accredited Corrosion Technologist, and a certified API Aboveground Storage Tank Inspector.

Mr. Hendrix has presented/authored more than twenty-nine papers and publications on the subjects of corrosion, failures, paints and coatings, equipment selection and performance, and risk-based inspection of process equipment. A member of numerous technical associations including NACE, ASM, and SPE, David has held many responsible positions, including Chairman of NACE International subcommittee T-5B, High-Temperature Materials Performance; 1999-2000 Chairman of the NACE International Houston Chapter; 2001-2002 Education Committee Chairman of the ASM Houston Chapter; 1999 Vice-Chairman of ASM's Gulf Coast Corrosion Control Conference (GCCCS); Vice-Chairman of the 2003 NACE Central Region Conference, and 2006-2007 Chairman of the ASM International Houston Chapter.

Prior to founding The Hendrix Group, David was Manager, Metallurgical Engineering department of Law Engineering, a multi-disciplined consulting company with offices nationwide. Responsibilities at Law included consulting on company wide materials engineering projects, business development, and technical advisor to the department's NDT group.

Mr. Hendrix also held responsible positions in Texaco, Inc.'s corporate Metallurgical Engineering department and with ARCO Chemical Co.'s corporate Specialty Engineering group. At ARCO, Mr. Hendrix was responsible for failure analysis, corrosion and materials selection for ARCO's Texas chemical plants, materials advisor on new plant construction, investigated equipment fabrication and welding problems, audited fabrication shops, and administrated ARCO's corporate equipment coatings standard.

The following papers have been published or presented by David Hendrix. If you would like to receive a personal copy of a paper, you can contact the author at .

The papers marked with the icon are available on-line from the Hendrix Group Download Library in Portable Document Format (pdf).

1. Metallurgical Investigation of a Methanol Furnace Tubing Failure, Corrosion 84, Paper No. 13.
2. Contributing Factors to the Unusual Creep Growth of Furnace Tubing in Ethylene Service, Corrosion 85, Paper 21.
3. High Temperature Wrought Alloys, Process Industries Corrosion- The Theory and Practice, NACE, 1986.
4. Ongoing Failure of Potable Water Piping in a High-Rise Hotel- Causes and Cures, ASPE, February 1993 meeting.
5. Paint Standards for Large Capital Projects, Protective Coatings for Petrochemical Facilities, Proceedings from the SS Petrochemical Conference, Houston, TX. June 2-5, 1993.
6. Revising Corporate Standards for Capital Projects: A Case History, JPCL, Vol. 10, No. 11, Nov. 1993.
7. Engineering Alternatives to Repair After An API 653 Tank Inspection, International Liquid Terminals Association, 14th International Operating Conference, June 13-16, 1994.
8. Hazardous Chemicals Process Equipment: Assuring Reliability from Design Through Installation, Hydrocarbon Processing's 3rd International Conference on Improving Reliability in Petroleum Refineries and Chemical Plants, Houston, TX., Nov. 15-18, 1994.
9. Improve Storage Tank Inspections, Hydrocarbon Processing, January 1995.

10.  The Influence of Water Cycle Chemistry in the Failure of Water-Wall Tubes in a High-Pressure Boiler Due to Hydrogen Attack, NACE International Corrosion 95 Conference, Paper No. 613, Orlando, FL., March 1995.
11.  Hydrogen Attack on Waterwall Tubes in a High-Pressure Boiler, Materials Performance, August 1995, Vol. 34, No. 8.
12. Risk Based Inspection: A Qualitative Risk-Based Methodology for Ranking Fixed Equipment on the Probability of Internal Failure, The 4th International Conference on Process Plant Reliability, Hydrocarbon Processing, Houston, TX, November 14-17, 1995.
13.  Caveats in the Selection and Installation of Elastomeric Materials for Gasketed Joints, Energy Rubber Group, Winter Technical Meeting, Houston, TX, January 18, 1996.
14.  Update Aboveground Storage Tank Inspections, Hydrocarbon Processing, November 1996.
15.  Inspecting Process Equipment Based On Probability-of-Failure Rankings, Energy Week Conference, January 28-30, 1997, Houston, TX.
16.  Proper Selection and Installation of Elastomers in Petrochemical Systems, NACE International Central Area Conference, September 28 - October 1, 1997, Galveston, TX.
17.  Hot Corrosion Failure of a 2500MW Land-Based Gas Turbine in a Marine Environment, NACE International Central Area Conference, September 28 - October 1, 1997, Galveston, TX.
18.  Hydrogen Embrittlement of High-Strength Fasteners in Atmospheric Service, Materials Performance, December 1997, Vol. 36, No. 12, NACE International
19. Hot Corrosion of a 25 MW Land-Based Turbine in a Marine Environment, NACE International Corrosion 98 Conference, San Diego, CA., March 22-27, 1998, Paper No. 203.
20. The Comparative Performance of Six Cast Tube Alloys in an Ethylene Pyrolysis Test Heater, NACE International Corrosion 98 Conference, San Diego, CA. March 22-27, 1998, Paper No. 430.
21. Revise Aboveground Storage Tank Inspections, Hydrocarbon Processing, October 1998, Houston, TX.
22. High Strength Fasteners In Atmospheric Service, Fatigue and Failure of Fasteners, TechEdge Series, Corrosion/99, (Houston, TX.: NACE)
23. Performance of Cast Tube Alloys in an Ethylene Pyrolysis Test Heater, MP 38, 6 (Houston, TX: NACE, 1999)



24. Effects of Heater Operation on Creep Rupture of Carburized Cast Ethylene Heater tubes and The Results of a Test Program to Optimize Heater Tube Alloy Selection, Eighth International Process Plant Reliability Conference, Hydrocarbon Processing, October 24-28, 1999, p.155.



25. Analysis and Remediation of a CO2 Pipeline Failure, D. E. Hendrix, R. D. Kane, K. E. Kueter, Corrosion/2000, Paper No. 9, (Houston, TX: NACE, 2000).



26. Aggressive Corrosion of 316SS in an Amine Unit: Causes and Cures, D. E. Hendrix, F. Addington, Corrosion/2000, Paper No. 698 (Houston, TX: NACE, 2000).



27. Benefits and Challenges Associated with CRA Injection Tubing in Corrosive Gas Wells , SPE ACTE Conference, September 26-29 2004, Paper No. 91692, Society of Petroleum Engineers, Richardson, TX.



28. Corrosion of Copper Alloys in Potable Water Systems, NACE International Central Area Conference, October 1-4, 2006



29. Corrosion of Metals in Contact with Preservative Treated Wood, (Written for ARCH Wood Protection, June 2006)