About Us

Randy works solo or teams with well known colleagues to solve your technical challenges. All of the images on this site are from projects Dr. Clarksean has personally worked on. These projects cover the range of failure analysis, fires, explosions, turbine breakdowns, the analysis of engineering systems, all the way to the development of complex thermal models to analyze the transient temperature and stress profiles in heat exchangers. 

Dr. Clarksean resides in Minnesota, but has worked on projects in SE Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Australia, and of course North America. As an expert witness he has assisted clients on patent infringement matters, personal injury cases, product liability cases, and trade secrets. His expertise is in failure analysis - why engineering systems fail and what caused these failures. 

In his spare time, Randy enjoys spending time with his grand children, overlanding, riding ATV, fishing, and hunting. He has spent time in nearly all 50 states and likes dispersed camping in our beautiful National Forests across the west. 

Applying engineering fundamentals to complex problems to provide our clients insights and solutions to their challenges. 

Consultant

Expert in failure analysis and forensic engineering. Over 40 engineering conference and journal publications, Certified Fire and Explosion Investigator (CFEI), registered Professional Engineer (PE Idaho), Certified Fire Investigation Instructor (CFII). A Ph.D. in mechanical engineer with over 30years of engineering experience on a wide range of mechanical and thermal systems. Extensive experience in the application of engineering analysis techniques for new designs or the analysis of system failures. Analysis experience includes hand calculations and spreadsheets all the way to complex three-dimensional heat transfer, fluid mechanics, and structural analysis.

Involved in numerous investigations that have included solar thermal plants, solar photovoltaic structures, irrigation systems, fires, gas turbines, steam turbines, HVAC systems, natural gas explosions, vehicle fires, commercial and residential fires, pyrophoric material fires, fire protection systems, grain bin failures, coal storage facilities, submarine pipeline failure, and many others.

The investigations have included the review and application of engineering standards to numerous different systems (pipelines, irrigation systems, pressure vessels, HVAC systems, lithium-ion battery fires, etc.). The types of cases have included personal injury, design defects, patent infringement, trade secrets, and insurance subrogation.