Walter Sperko is the Technical Consultant to the National Certified Pipe Welding Bureau and a member of the Engineering Committee of the Pipe Fabrication Institute. He provides engineering consulting services to customers in the metal fabrication industries in the technical areas of welding, metallurgy, manufacturing processes, piping and pressure vessel design, inspection, and quality assurance. Sperko Engineering also prepares and conducts training programs in piping, welding, and metallurgy for ASME, as well as custom-tailored programs related to piping and welding. He is a Professional Engineer registered in several states. Mr. Sperko holds five patents and serves on various ASME Code committees, including:
- ASME Board on Pressure Technology, Codes and Standards, Vice Chair
- ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Committee
- Subcommittee IX (Welding, Brazing and Fusing), Past Chair
- Subcommittee II, Subgroup on Strength of Weldments
- Subcommittee III (Nuclear)
- ASME B31 Code for Pressure Piping
- Standards Committee
- ASME B31.9, Building Services Piping
- American Welding Society
- Technical Activities Committee, First Vice Chair
- International Standards Activities Committee, Past Chair
- D10 Committee on Pipe and Tube