Mike Hawkins

Mike is Jee’s Technical Director and a Principal Engineer with 25 years’ experience of pipeline engineering project work and development.  Mike has been instrumental in writing the pipeline engineering courses at Jee and has travelled worldwide delivering them.

Professional qualifications: 

• Chartered Engineer
• Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers

Mike’s particular expertise includes:

• conceptual and detailed design of pipeline and rigid riser systems
• 3rd party verification of design
• computer analysis of fluid, mechanical, structural, soils and thermal problems
• trawl gear interaction with pipelines and the prediction of fishing gear loads
• upheaval and lateral buckling
• modelling of impact and denting
• heat transfer and modelling of transient behaviours
• creep of foam insulation systems
• analysis of pipeline freespans, vortex induced vibrations and fatigue assessment
• risk and reliability analysis
• ABAQUS finite element analysis
• integrity management of pipelines