Vincent Holohan

Vincent Holohan serves as a Senior Engineer within the Engineering and Research Division of the Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS), Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) at the United States Department of Transportation (DOT), which he joined in 2008.  PHMSA OPS is responsible for administering the DOT’s national regulatory program to assure the safe transportation of natural gas, petroleum, and other hazardous materials by pipeline.  Among his numerous roles, Vincent acts as the PHMSA prime technical contact for both hydrogen and carbon dioxide pipelines.

Prior to joining PHMSA, Vincent worked in the natural gas industry as a Materials Engineer.  And before that, Vincent was a civilian Materials Engineer with the US Navy at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, working in their Regional Materials Test Laboratory, focusing on metallurgical testing and failure analysis.

Vincent received his Bachelor of Science in Materials Science and Engineering from Georgia Tech in 2000 and his Master of Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Virginia in 2007.  Vincent was raised in southern New York State and currently lives in Falls Church, VA.