Michael A. Pollock, PE, CEM

Biography

Michael A. Pollock is a Principal Engineer with Cogent Experts, LLC in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. He earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering, cum laude, from Drexel University (1998), completing Drexel's "E4" enhanced engineering-education program with coursework spanning mechanical systems, thermodynamics, HVACR, history and psychology. He is a licensed PE in Pennsylvania (PE075410), a Certified Energy Manager (2011, Association of Energy Engineers), holds a Universal EPA Clean Air Act certification (chillers/HVAC/refrigeration), and is a registered practitioner before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. He is a member of the American Arbitration Association, the American Bar Association's Construction Forum, ASME, ASHRAE, and the Product Developers and Manufacturers Association. He previously worked as Technology & Engineering Manager at DuPont in Delaware, with decades across utilities, energy, pulp/paper, and chemical/petrochemical industries. His practice covers construction defect and standard of care, with named matters including a $10 million warehouse-facility construction-defect evaluation (Maryland), a $28 million psychiatric-hospital construction claim (North Carolina), a $3 million municipal-building delay claim (northern New Jersey), a 2021 Electrical Distribution System Construction Defect Matter (standard of care), and multiple residential/commercial construction-defect reviews in Pennsylvania. He has also researched and mitigated several electrical substation failures (500 KVA to 38 MVA), including fires and explosions, at research and development laboratory buildings in Delaware. Software proficiencies include Navisworks 3D, SmartPlant 3D, PDMS, AutoCAD, Rhino CAD and CAD/CAM.

Credentials & Certifications

• PE
• USPTO

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