Benjamin A. Sprengard, PE, MSc, NDT L-III, AWS-CWI

Mr. Sprengard is the Managing Director of Strategy and Innovation for Enerfab Process Solutions and Brighton Tru-Edge Heads. He previously worked as a Welding Engineer, Metallurgist, and Director of Quality Assurance for the Enerfab division before leading the operations of our Gulf Coast and Midwest fabrication facilities.

Throughout his career, he has conducted several failure analyses and onsite investigations in power generation boilers, clean air systems, breweries, ASME pressure vessels, and API storage tanks.  His responsibilities have also included providing metallurgical support for the development of welding procedures for a wide range of materials, including high temperature boiler tube steels, super duplex, precipitation hardened materials, quench and tempered steels, and Ni-based superalloys.

Mr. Sprengard holds a BSc in Welding Engineering from The Ohio State University, where he specialized in welding metallurgy and nondestructive evaluation.  Upon joining Enerfab and Brighton, he completed his MSc in Metallurgical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati.  His post graduate research was devoted to the analysis of mechanical properties and phase transformations in lean duplex stainless steels.  Mr. Sprengard is a licensed Professional Engineer in the state of Ohio.  He is an ASNT NDT Level III professional and an AWS Certified Welding Inspector.

Mr. Sprengard is a former Chairman of the ASM Cincinnati Chapter, a member of the Materials Technology Institute (MTI), and is involved with local organizations.