Francois Burman Pr Eng, BSc (Eng), MSc, MSAIME, FSAIW

Francois Burman is the Director of Underwater & Hyperbaric Safety for Divers Alert Network (DAN) in Durham, North Carolina. He is a Professional Engineer from Cape Town, South Africa. His background includes serving as a commissioned marine engineering officer in the South African Navy and then working as a project & welding engineer and later as a senior manager at the Atomic Energy Corporation of South Africa. Since 1994, he has specialized in diving and hyperbaric engineering. He is a consultant on new manufacturing programs in the nuclear energy field and an international safety consultant in diving and hyperbaric medicine. He conducts safety surveys of recompression and clinical hyperbaric facilities internationally; and is a frequent lecturer on hyperbaric safety topics. Francois holds a BSc degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Cape Town (1983) and an MSc in Medical Sciences (Baromedicine) from the University of Stellenbosch (2014).