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Expert has been the chair, and has participated in SSPC and NACE surface preparation committees regarding paint. He is the USA delegate to ISO TC35 SC12 "Surface Preparation prior to Paint Application".
Expert is familiar with most USA and European surface preparation standards.

Expert's company a complete array of accelerated testing cabinets for the testing and evaluation of coatings, and for assessing corrosion. Expert is knowlegeable of the advantages, and disadvantages of accelerated testing, and the parameters that lead to realistic assessments of such testing.

Expert is a specialist in coating failure analysis, and his company has a state of the art in-house analytical laboratory (SEM-EDS, GC-MS, FTIR, AA-AE, HPLC, more) and an in-house physical testing laboratory (salt-fog, QUV, Kesternich, Clevland Condensing, Instron tensile, slip/creep, abrasion, adhesion, more). Expert also has in-house enclosed blast-cleaning and painting facilities for the preparation of test panels.

Expert is knowlegeable in the chemistry and properties of common anti-corrosion coatings, including those comprising epoxies (amine, polyamide, novolac, cresol, other resin combinations), polyurethanes (moisture-cured, two-package), silicones, silicates (polysilicates and polysiloxanes), polyureas, alkyds, and other generic types of coating materials and resins.

Expert has been the chair, and has participated in SSPC and NACE surface preparation committees regarding paint. He is the USA delegate to ISO TC35 SC12 "Surface Preparation prior to Paint Application". Expert is familiar with most USA and European surface preparation standards. Expert is familiar with, and his company is a major world wide distributor of field equipment and instrumentation used to measure blast-cleaning surface profile. KTA-Expert, Inc. inspectors are trained and skilled in the use of such equipment.

Expert has been on the Board of Directors of NACE; has been a section chirman, and has served as the Technical Committee 6 "Coating and Linings" chairman. He presently is active as a TG chair, and is a member of a number of NACE committees. He is a regular speaker at many NACE national and local functions, and publishes occasionally in MP.

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Expert has conducted over 300 on-site coating condition surveys and failure analyses at various locations throughout the USA, Canada, and the Middle East. The surveys included those in the chemical process, shipboard, marine offshore, petrochemical, pipeline, and other industries, and the coatings investigated were applied over steel, concrete wood, galvanize and other substrates.