R. Edward NicholasEd Nicholas specializes in providing Leak Detection support services and Pipeline Simulation solutions to the

Pipeline Industry. He has served as the technical consultant for large pipeline simulation projects. In addition, he is

a software develper and often provides key components for simulation systems. He regularly provides technical and software support to users of installed real-time pipeline simulation systems.

Ed Nicholas has been a pioneer in the fields of pipeline leak detection, pipeline thermal modeling, and transient modeling of slack line flow in liquid pipelines.

Ed Nicholas has been managing software projects and developing software products since 1979. His primary applications area has been in the field of real time pipeline operations aids for the pipeline industry. A major focus has been in the areas of real time dynamic pipeline simulation and pipeline leak detection. He has substantial experience working in pipeline control rooms with real time software packages and integrating them with a variety of different data acquisition and control systems. Read More Read Less