Expert of the Month: Lindsey Philpott, P. E.

Mr. Philpott is a Registered Civil Engineer in the State of California.   His education includes study at Bristol Polytechnic in the UK, a Master of Science Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Arizona and a Master of Civil Engineering from Norwich University, Vermont.   His areas of expertise include residential construction issues, water process system safety, and potable water treatment systems; including matters relating to reclaimed water.   He is also well versed in issues relating to sludge composting and trash compacting.  

He is licensed by the US Coast Guard as a Captain, and he teaches rigging and rope work, as well as volunteering as a rigger and mate on many of the square-rigged vessels in Southern California.  He is a published author, and is president of the Pacific Americas Branch of the International Guild of Knot Tyers.   He has also provided forensic knot analyses in criminal cases.

President’s Message: A Disc Bulge

Some readers gave us feedback from last month’s Garagram. Thank you, for this helps us to know what is effective and what is not.

In particular, for some readers, we missed the mark in explaining what really happened. Accordingly, I’ll try again, from a different direction.