Southeastern Metallurgy is owned and operated by Dr. Luis R. Carney.  Dr. Carney is a metallurgist with three degrees in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Florida.  His career has been dedicated to materials failure analysis (metals, ceramics, polymers and composites), accident investigation, parts manufacturing, component processing and materials repair methods.  He looks forward to applying his wide-ranging experience to new challenges in any field.

Dr. Carney was an employee of the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) — a component of the United States Navy — for over thirty five years.  In this capacity he rose to the level of Senior Engineer and Team Leader (i.e. Technical Supervisor over 10+ engineers), and retired from Federal Civil Service in 2024.  In the course of his civil service career he wrote over 950 peer reviewed failure analyses and consulted in thousands more. In addition, he was responsible for providing in-depth technical support to aviation parts manufacturing operations and repair design engineers.

Over the past 35+ years, Dr. Carney has been involved in solving a multitude of national and international engineering problems, incidents and accidents in support of U.S. Navy, Air Force, Marine and Army aviation programs.  He has advised and collaborated with industrial giants such as Boeing, Lockheed, General Electric, Pratt & Whitney, and Rolls-Royce Aircraft Engines to arrive at novel engineering solutions.  As such he earned a well-deserved reputation for clear reasoning, trustworthy advice and effective results.

In addition to aviation assets, Dr. Carney worked on design, failures and repairs related to ground support equipment (tools, fixtures, structural stands, tow trucks, towing devices, welded or bolted structural supports), industrial plant infrastructure (chemical processing tanks, pressurized fuel delivery piping, corrosion control), component movement (overhead cranes, cables and chains) and many others.

Please feel free to call or email to discuss your particular issue. There are few areas of forensic engineering, materials consulting or mechanical engineering in which we cannot assist.

What is a Materials Engineer:

A materials engineer (metals/polymers specialty) is essentially a metallurgist/polymer scientist with extensive college level coursework in many of the fundamental engineering classes such as advanced calculus, differential equations, statics, mechanics of materials, materials processing, manufacturing, thermodynamics, organic polymer physics and chemistry, and electrical engineering. Depending on the additional electives and graduate level courses taken during the college career, the materials engineer can tailor his technical training towards mechanical, aerospace, civil, chemical or electrical engineering. Materials engineers, regardless of specialty, also acquire a solid working knowledge of ceramics, electronic and bio-materials.