Engineering ExperienceFriede & Goldman, Senior Engineer/Contract Administrator, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1980 - 1983Contract Administrator on behalf of naval architect for over 15 mobile offshore drilling rigs (total construction cost $1.2 billion) under construction in Korea, Taiwan, Finland, Norway and Sweden.Negotiated with rig owners on behalf of shipyards and naval architect. Managed communications and negotiations with regulatory agencies such as the United States Coast Guard, the American Bureau of Shipping, Det Norske Veritas, and Lloyd's Register of Shipping.Korkut Engineers, Inc., Vice President, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1966 - 1976Managed naval architectural firm and practiced engineering in the design of offshore drilling rigs and marine vessels including marine propulsion systems, piping systems and HVAC.Ocean Drilling & Exploration Company (ODECO), Barge Engineer, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1965 - 1966Served aboard the semi-submersible drilling barge "Ocean Queen" in the Gulf of Mexico, responsible for calculating and maintaining vessel stability.Published"Major Revisions to Patent Laws" - Recent Developments, Louisiana State Bar Journal, 1995."Doctrine of Equivalents" and "Interpretation and Construction of Patent Claims" - Recent Developments, Louisiana State Bar Journal, 1995."Interpretation and Construction of Patent Claims" - Recent Developments, Louisiana State Bar Journal,1996.