James Doyle, President and Manager

James Doyle is the founder and President of Laser Techniques Company. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Washington in 1982 and has been involved in the field of NDT for over 25 years. Mr. Doyle has been a leading force in R&D and commercial implementation of laser-based profilometry testing methods for both government and commercial applications and has worked extensively to further the overall understanding and use of lasers in NDT.

Over the past 18 years, Mr. Doyle has been responsible for the development of laser-based measurement and testing systems for a wide variety of military and commercial applications. Many of these systems are now in common use by the U.S. Air Force, Army and Navy. They are used for the inspection of components such as gun bores, critical boiler and heat exchanger tubing and a variety of special applications. In the commercial industry, laser-based profiling systems are now used in standard NDT programs for the inspection of petrochemical heat exchanger and furnace tubes, power generating boiler and steam generator tubes and chemical reformer tubes.

Mr. Doyle is also the inventor of the patented Laser-Scanned Penetrant Inspection (LSPI™) method. In addition to his work with laser-based profiling systems, Mr. Doyle is currently working with several organizations to introduce the LSPI technology to the nuclear services and aerospace maintenance and quality assurance industries.

Mr. Doyle has published several technical articles and papers and has spoken at numerous ASNT, ECNDT, EPRI and other technical conferences throughout the world. He is a co-author of the ASNT Special Nondestructive Testing Methods Handbook (Second Edition, Vol. 9), chapter on Laser-based Profilometry. Mr. Doyle is also the founding Chairman for the ASNT Laser Methods Committee (Technical/Education & Qualification) and has served as its Chairman for four of the past six years. In November of 2000, Mr. Doyle was awarded the ASNT 2000 Fellowship - Lifetime Achievement Award for his pioneering work in laser-based NDT.

Representative research and development:

Lead the development of an advanced, laser-based inspection system for marine boiler systems for the U.S. Navy;

Managed a multi-year, multi-million dollar program with a large petroleum services organization to develop a combined laser-mapping/ultrasonic inspection system for petroleum refineries. The system is now being used to provide standard commercial inspection services throughout North America;

Principal investigator and program manager for Phase I and II - SBIR programs “Ballistic Range/Track Alignment Diagnostics,” which resulted in the development a laser-based alignment system for Arnold Engineering Development Center. A Phase III effort resulted in a successful commercial product for laser-based alignment of critical components over long distances. This product is now used in the Boeing 777 production line;

Principal Investigator of a Energy-Related Inventions Grant for the development of a laser optic tube inspection system for commercial boilers and heat exchangers, which was successfully commercialized;

Principal Investigator and Program Manager for Phase I and II - SBIR program to develop automated laser-based inspection system for 120 mm gun tubes for the U.S. Army. Two full systems were built and delivered to the US Army at Watervliet Arsenal (New York) and Aberdeen Proving Grounds;

Directed the development of several custom laser-based inspection systems and products now used by the Department of Defense and commercial organizations. Examples include the inspection of critical small diameter tubes, rocket nozzles, rifle and cannon bores, and underwater components in nuclear reactors;

Inventor of a patented laser-scanned fluorescent penetrant (LSPI™) inspection system. The initial application was for use in nuclear power plant steam generator inspection.

Other professional experience:

Manager of Visualogic, Inc. (a subsidiary of Northwest Research Associates, Inc.);

Director of Business Development and Manager of NDE Products Services Group, QUEST Integrated, Inc.;

Senior Engineer, Sigma Research Inc.;

Eddy current inspection specialist, Zetec, Inc.

Academic background:

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 1982;

M.B.A., City University, Bellevue, Washington (in progress).

Professional and other associations and honors:

Founding Chairman, Laser Methods Technical and Personnel Qualification Committees of ASNT;

ASNT 2000 Fellowship - Lifetime Achievement Award recipient - American Society of Nondestructive Testing;

Member, Board of Directors of Northwest’s Child.

Papers and Presentations:

Thirteen papers and seventeen presentations – titles available upon request.

Contact James Doyle directly.