Speaker: Lucy Smart is a Principal Engineer with Kiefner and Associates, Inc. She began her career in 2010 at ApplusRTD in Houston, TX, working in the newly developed engineering group as a specialized Integrity Engineering Data Analyst. As a mechanical engineering graduate from Iowa State University, her part-time job at the Center for Nondestructive Evaluation helped her secure this role, as many oil and gas pipelines use these evaluation methods. 

Primarily, she has worked with inline inspection methods (ILI), such as ultrasonics and magnetic flux leakage, as well as in-ditch Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE) inspection methods. She has expanded her skill set beyond just ILI and the associated statistical data analyses, by participating in Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) research projects involving in-line inspection data, presenting at several industry-relevant conferences, developing and leading training workshops, and earning her master's degree from Iowa State focused on material properties of carbon steel pipeline. 

Now, as a principal engineer at Kiefner, she assists with root-cause failure assessments, risk assessments, integrity management procedural development, and more.