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KNOW ASSET BEHEVIOR BEFORE LIMITS COST YOU

Join us to explore how operators can move beyond inspection snapshots by connecting operational decisions to structural response. This gives teams clearer visibility into SMR behavior, remaining life, and turnaround confidence.

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API Inspection and Mechanical Integrity Summit 2026

WHAT THIS MEANS FOR THE INDUSTRY

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Mechanical integrity is becoming more data-driven

The API Inspection and Mechanical Integrity Summit brings together leaders focused on inspection, monitoring, NDE, corrosion, metallurgy, risk mitigation, standards, and regulatory alignment. As the industry evolves, operators need stronger ways to connect operating data to how the asset is actually responding.

SMRs require full-system visibility

Steam methane reformers operate under extreme temperatures and complex structural interactions. Headers, pigtails, tubes, hangers, and collectors do not behave as isolated components. Akselos Structural Performance Management (SPM) models the complete SMR system to understand how operating decisions—like firing intensity and throughput—affect creep damage and tube life across the entire asset.

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Structural Performance Management supports better turnaround decisions

SPM helps teams reconstruct asset behavior from existing process data, track tube-level creep, and calibrate models with inspection data. This turns structural understanding into better decisions about reliability, inspection focus, life assessment, and turnaround planning.

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Featured Technical Engagement | Akselos’ Approach to SMR Thermal and Structural Modeling

  • Presenter: David Knezevic, Chief Scientific Officer, Akselos
  • Co-presenter: Jeremy Nelson, Fixed Equipment Capability Leader, Koch Ag & Energy Solutions, LLC

David Knezevic will present Akselos’ approach to SMR thermal and structural modeling, covering tube heat transfer, SMR structural modeling, material modeling, temperature and creep tracking, and re-calibration through tube dilation inspection.

The session will show how physics-based AI uses existing process data to understand how physical systems behave, supporting continuous insight into SMR temperature, creep, and asset behavior.

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David Knezevic

Chief Scientific Officer

David works at the intersection of structural modeling, physics-based AI, and industrial operations. He brings deep technical perspective on SMR modeling, creep behavior, and remaining life assessment.

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Stephanie Kuciemba

Sales Account Director

Stephanie works with refinery stakeholders across operations, integrity, and leadership teams to connect operational decisions to business outcomes. Her focus is helping customers reduce uncertainty and improve asset decision-making.

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Sunny Nair

Sales Account Director

Sunny works with industrial teams to identify where AI for Structural Integrity (AI4SI) can support reliability, inspection planning, and asset life decisions. He brings a practical view of how Akselos can support refinery and fixed equipment teams.

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Grant McCall

Customer Success Lead

Grant works with engineering and reliability teams to ensure Akselos solutions are implemented effectively and deliver practical value for asset integrity, turnaround planning, and operational decision-making.

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