The carbon-dating method is the epitome of junk science.
http://www.answersingenesis.org/docs2002/carbon_dating.asp
AIG: The epitome of junk science. Even CSI is closer to the truth!
I'm no YECer largely because of radiometric dating but answers like that don't really help your cause.
This is from the AIG link concerning the use of isotopes other than C-14:
The isotope concentrations can be measured very accurately, but isotope concentrations are not dates. To derive ages from such measurements, unprovable assumptions have to be made such as:
1. The starting conditions are known (for example, that there was no daughter isotope present at the start, or that we know how much was there).
2. Decay rates have always been constant.
3. Systems were closed or isolated so that no parent or daughter isotopes were lost or added.
Now, you appear to have some background in engineering. It should be snap for you -- in your own words -- to refute this.
Go for it.