Jack Hawkins, P.E.

Jack Hawkins, P.E., has over 35 years of experience, primarily in technical roles of stress analysis and mechanical design of equipment and components.  While employed by engineering service providers, he specialized in stress analysis and code compliance of piping and pressure systems in the petrochemical industry.  Jack’s piping and pressure vessel work includes fitness-for-service (FFS) assessments of in-service and damaged equipment, design by analysis, troubleshooting and analysis of bolted flange joint connections, expansion joint design and analysis, and fire damage assessment of piping and equipment.  He has extensive experience in both classical stress analysis and finite element analysis (FEA).  Jack has served on the LSU (Louisiana State University) Capstone Review panel for over 20 years and as an alumni advisor for multiple LSU mechanical engineering Capstone projects.