Bill O’Donnell, BSME, MA
Practice Areas: Sales, Marketing, Engineering
I lead OCE’s content, digital presence, and business development — everything from the technical articles you’re reading on this site to the outreach that connects us with new clients. My background sits at an unusual intersection: a BSME in Mechanical Engineering from Rochester Institute of Technology, paired with an MA in Communications from Carnegie Mellon University. That combination means I can translate the firm’s deep technical work — ASME fatigue procedures, FEA methodology, Fitness-for-Service evaluations — into content that’s accurate enough for a practicing engineer and clear enough for someone encountering it for the first time.
Before focusing on communications and content strategy, I spent over 20 years in engineering roles that substantiate the Web Content & Technical Articles found in Engineering Collection of Articles.
I supported the Materials Research Division at Argonne National Laboratory, developing test protocols for submarine propulsion systems. At General Electric, I worked on assembly and vibration/atmospheric testing of avionic equipment. At Pratt & Whitney, I supported structural analysis and testing on Space Shuttle Main Engine components. As a Senior Engineer, I developed material design curves for military and aerospace applications.
At O’Donnell Consulting, that engineering foundation now shows up in the technical accuracy of our published work — including co-authoring two ASME papers on fatigue design curves for reactor water environments (full citations below). My current focus is making sure that expertise is discoverable, well-organized, and clearly communicated across our website and outreach.
Publications:
- “Proposed New Fatigue Design Curves for Carbon and Low Alloy Steels in High Temperature Water” William J. O’Donnell, William John O’Donnell and Thomas P. O’Donnell, Proceedings of ASME PVP Conference, Technologies for Safe Efficient Energy Conversion, July 17-21, 2005, Denver, CO
- (PDF) “Temperature Dependence of Reactor Water Environmental Fatigue Effects on Carbon, Low Alloy and Austenitic Stainless Steels” William J. O’Donnell & William John O’Donnell, Proceedings of the 2008 ASME PVP Conference, July 27-31, 2008, Chicago, IL.
