Desmond A.
Consulting Engineer, Thermal Engineer, Engineering Specialist, Designer, Inventor
Vientiane,
Laos
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About
o Consulting Engineer
o Thermal Engineer
o Engineering Specialist
o Designer
o Inventor
o Advanced Heat-Transfer Technologies
o Advanced Brazing Technologies
o 40 years experience
o 36+ countries
o Leader of Composite Deposition (CD) aluminium particle-brazing development team
o Member of international Cuprobraze® copper particle-brazing development team
o Controlled Atmosphere Brazing (CAB) expert
o Brazing expert on Cuprobraze® development project
o HEAT-EXCHANGERS
oo Consulting / design / rating / testing / manufacture
oo Software development / research
oo PHE/BPHE (design, software, big data analysis)
oo Automotive - radiators, condensers, evaporators, oil-coolers, charge-air-coolers
oo RHVAC - condensers, evaporators
oo Finned-tube HE - air-blast heater/coolers
oo Landfill-gas coolers - LP/HP
oo Heavy industrial HE
oo Mining - Elution systems - intercooler, heater
oo Stationery gen-set coolers
oo Petrochemical HE
oo Modular shell-and-tube HE
o HEAT-PUMPS
oo Design / rating / testing / manufacture / software development / research
oo Ultra-compact AWHP (air-to-water heat-pumps)
oo Low-cost AWHP for global market
o BRAZING SYSTEMS
oo Consulting / process development / CAB furnace specialist / manufacturing / research
oo ALUMINIUM
ooo CD (Composite Deposition) technology
ooo Particle-brazing technology
ooo Fluxless brazing
ooo Nocolok
oo COPPER-BASED
ooo Cuprobraze® (anneal-resistant copper fin – high strength-brass tube brazing)
ooo Xbraze (anneal-resistant copper fin-copper tube brazing – in development)
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o Thermal Engineer
o Engineering Specialist
o Designer
o Inventor
o Advanced Heat-Transfer Technologies
o Advanced Brazing Technologies
o 40 years experience
o 36+ countries
o Leader of Composite Deposition (CD) aluminium particle-brazing development team
o Member of international Cuprobraze® copper particle-brazing development team
o Controlled Atmosphere Brazing (CAB) expert
o Brazing expert on Cuprobraze® development project
o HEAT-EXCHANGERS
oo Consulting / design / rating / testing / manufacture
oo Software development / research
oo PHE/BPHE (design, software, big data analysis)
oo Automotive - radiators, condensers, evaporators, oil-coolers, charge-air-coolers
oo RHVAC - condensers, evaporators
oo Finned-tube HE - air-blast heater/coolers
oo Landfill-gas coolers - LP/HP
oo Heavy industrial HE
oo Mining - Elution systems - intercooler, heater
oo Stationery gen-set coolers
oo Petrochemical HE
oo Modular shell-and-tube HE
o HEAT-PUMPS
oo Design / rating / testing / manufacture / software development / research
oo Ultra-compact AWHP (air-to-water heat-pumps)
oo Low-cost AWHP for global market
o BRAZING SYSTEMS
oo Consulting / process development / CAB furnace specialist / manufacturing / research
oo ALUMINIUM
ooo CD (Composite Deposition) technology
ooo Particle-brazing technology
ooo Fluxless brazing
ooo Nocolok
oo COPPER-BASED
ooo Cuprobraze® (anneal-resistant copper fin – high strength-brass tube brazing)
ooo Xbraze (anneal-resistant copper fin-copper tube brazing – in development)
Experience
- Senior Partner RareTechSEA · Freelance Jan 1986 – Present 40 yrs 5 mos Vientiane, Vientiane Prefecture, Laos I have operated as a freelance Engineer for many years, with the occasional medium-term posting - depending on what came up at the time.
Education
- Self Study PhD (thesis in progress), Computational Physics, Dissertation in progress 2007 – 2024 Topic: The Wave Nature of the Navier-Stokes Equations
- Chulalongkorn University PhD (in progress), Computational Physics, 8 specialist subjects, dissertation in progress 2004 – 2007
- Natal University, Durban, Natal Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, Cu Laude 1982 – 1985
- Technikon Natal, Durban Technical Diploma, Mechanical Engineering, T1 & T2 1980 – 1981 Completed T1 & T2 levels, before moving on to Natal University
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Age: 66
Joined: February 19, 2024
Last seen: May 30, 2026
Area of Expertise
Machine Design
Concept Design
Engineering Design
Mechanical Engineering
New Invention Development
Tutoring
Open Innovation
Reverse Engineering
FEA Finite Element Analysis
HVAC Design Services
Design Engineering Services
2D CAD Drafting Services
Mechanical Design Services
Computational Fluid Dynamics
2D CAD Design Services
Product Engineering Services
Python Developers
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Mechanical Engineering Staffing Agency
Languages
English Full professional proficiency
Afrikaans Professional working proficiency
Location
Vientiane, Laos