Sean Sullivan earned a Ph.D. in Applied Physics in 1989 from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. The subject of his research was the Remote Field Eddy Current Effect in Metallic Tubes. Since then he has worked in development and application of new Eddy Current Testing technology for Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL), R/D Tech, Zetec and finally Ontario Power Generation. For his research at university, and in performing his job duties throughout his career, he has made use of various modelling methods for the development and validation of eddy current testing techniques.
Reference Documents
S.P. Sullivan (1992), "Computer Simulation of Partial Saturation Eddy Current Testing in Ferromagnetic Tubes", Materials Evaluation, Vol. 50, No. 1, pp. 64-67.
Sullivan S.P., "Computer Modelling of Eddy Current Probes".
Atherton,D.L., Mackintosh,D., Sullivan, S., Dubois, J.M.S. and Schmidt,T.R. (1993) "Remote Field Eddy Current Signal Representation", Materials Evaluation, Vol. 51, No. 7, Jul./93, 782-789.
Obrutsky L.S., Cecco V.S., Sullivan S.P. and Humphrey D. (1996) "Transmit-Receive Eddy Current Probes for Circumferential Cracks in Heat Exchanger Tubes", Materials Evaluation, Vol. 54, No. 1, Jan./96, 93-98.
Sullivan S.P., Cecco V.S., Obrutsky L.S., Lakhan J.R. and Park A.H., "Validating Eddy Current Array Probes for Inspecting Steam Generator Tubes", Proceedings of the Joint EC OECD IAEA Specialists Meeting held at Petten on 11 - 13 March 1997 Sullivan S.P., Cecco V.S., Obrutsky L.S., Lakhan J.R. and Park A.H., "Validating Eddy Current Array Probes for Inspecting Steam Generator Tubes", Proceedings of the Joint EC OECD IAEA Specialists Meeting held at Petten on 11 - 13 March 1997 Edited byU. von ESTORFF and P. LEMAITREEuropean CommissionJRC, Institute for Advanced MaterialsPO Box 2, NL-1755 ZG Petten, The NetherlandsDirectorate-GeneralJoint Research Centre.
S.P. Sullivan, V.S. Cecco, L.S. Obrutsky, D. Humphrey, S.P. Smith and K.A. Emde, "Computer Modeling of Eddy Current Transmit-Receive Probes for Tube Inspection", Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol 17 Edited by D.O. Thompson and D.E. Chimenti, Plenum Press, New York, 1998.
S.P. Sullivan, V.S. Cecco, L.S. Obrutsky and A.H. Park, "S.P. Sullivan, V.S. Cecco, L.S. Obrutsky and A.H. Park, "S.P. Sullivan, V.S. Cecco, L.S. Obrutsky and A.H. Park, "TECHNIQUES FOR VALIDATING EDDY CURRENT PROBES FORINSPECTING CANDU STEAM GENERATOR TUBES", 1998 International Steam Generator and Heat Exchanger Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.1998 International Steam Generator and Heat Exchanger Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Sullivan S.P., Smith S.P. and Sharp F.L., "Simultaneous Absolute and Differential Operation of Eddy Current Bobbin Probes for Heat Exchanger Tube Inspection", Materials Evaluation, Vol. 58, No. 5, May 2000, pp. 634-638.
Sullivan S.P., Cecco V.S., Carter J.R., Spanner M., McElvanney M., Krause T.W. and Tkaczyk R., "Applying Computer Modeling to Eddy Current Signal Analysis", Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 19A, American Institute of Physics, Melville, New York, pp. 401-408.
Sullivan S., "Mathematical modeling of x-probe eddy current array coils used in tube inspection", CINDE Journal, v. 25(6); p. 6-11, December 2004.
Sullivan S., "Mathematical Simulations of Improved Eddy Current Probe Designs with Shields and Magnetic Field Shaping Coils", 4th International CANDU In-service Inspection Workshop and NDT in Canada 2012 Conference, June 18-21, 2012, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.