Daniel K. Carabell, M.S.

Mr. Daniel K. Carabell is a Senior Staff Consultant with Engineering Systems Inc. (ESi). Mr. Carabell has over seven years of materials engineering and operations management experience using lean six sigma manufacturing principles. His technical expertise includes corrosion, environmental degradation of materials, fatigue and fracture, inspections, engineering data analysis, as well as characterization and analysis of polymers, metals and composite materials. He specializes in sand casting processing and heat treatment of lightweight metals, such as aluminum and magnesium.

Mr. Carabell’s investigative background includes industrial and consumer products, automotive and recreational vehicles, medical devices, plumbing components, as well as oil and gas industrial equipment. He is experienced in failure analysis, metallurgy, materials processing, and material characterization techniques including optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and X-ray diffraction (XRD).

Prior to working at ESi, Mr. Carabell worked in the aerospace industry as a six sigma black belt. In his various roles, he specialized in improving lightweight metal casting processing including tungsten inert gas (TIG) plug welding, heat treatment fixturing and processing, hot isostatic pressing (HIP), laser and white light dimensional scanning as well as 3D sand printing technology. He completed his bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan and his master’s degree from the University of Illinois, both in materials science and engineering.