Dr. Jeyapalan graduated from the University of California at Berkeley and was an engineering professor for 13 years. Dr. Jeyapalan has been an international consultant for 30 years on design, engineering, construction, and standardization for a wide range of technology on optical fiber networks in existing rights of way, last mile deployment, pipelines, trenchless works, pipeline instrumentation, sensing, security & surveillance, rehabilitation, and failure investigation. He chairs the ASTM International working group F-36 dealing with writing global standards for the deployment of optical fiber in existing underground pipelines with over 300 members from over 30 countries.  He chaired the 2 most successful international conferences on pipeline engineering in 1985 and 1995 for ASCE bringing together global leaders for technology and business skills transfer. He has extensive experience worldwide on construction technologies, economic analyses, engineering analyses, business ventures, feasibility studies, business case studies, market positioning, business development, and introduction of innovative technologies. He has testified as an expert on numerous disputes, claims, mediations, arbitrations, and lawsuits on failures of pipelines for water, sewage, oil, gas, chemicals, desalination, and hydropower.