Expert Details
Permanent Magnets, Rare Earth Metals, Technical Training and Technical Writing
ID: 723307
Colorado, USA
Colleagues say that he is an extremely practical engineer, scientist and businessman. They claim he is equally at home presenting at a scientific conference, creating a SWOT analysis in a business meeting, or anything in between. They would give him high marks for being able to solve complicated problems by breaking them down into manageable pieces and for having the gift of being able to explain complex concepts in a clear and succinct manner.
Some noteworthy outcomes: claustrophobic people and large animals can have an open-MRI without fear or injury, hockey players avoid serious injury when crashing into the goalposts because of a breakaway magnetic device, magnetic measurements are made quickly and nondestructively with a Helmholtz coil and NdFeB alloys are broken up easily with hydrogen decrepitation.
A client was having trouble with the magnets they were buying from China. Expert visited the plant in Ningbo and did an audit. Within a day, he found that the supplier had changed the grade of the material without notifying my client. A client needed a permanent magnet that could withstand being placed in an MRI. Expert searched the literature of available magnets and found the grade of material that would perform the best in the externally applied magnetic field of an MRI. A client was trying to bring a new technology from the university to commercialization. Expert helped both the researchers and the client understand what they needed to do to present their properties and data to potential customers.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1979 | Degree: Ph.D. | Subject: Metallurgy and Materials Science | Institution: University of Pennsylvania |
| Year: 1976 | Degree: M.S. | Subject: Metallurgy and Materials Science | Institution: University of Pennsylvania |
| Year: 1973 | Degree: B.S. | Subject: Physics | Institution: Lafayette College |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 2001 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Metallurgist/Owner | Department: |
Responsibilities:A technical consultancy to provide practical technical solutions in the broad areas of magnetic materials and the rare earths. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2010 to 2013 | Employer: MOLYCORP, INC. | Title: Director, Magnet Business | Department: Corporate |
Responsibilities:For a time, business model was Mine to Magnets, was in charge of the magnets part of the business, specifically NdFeB type magnets. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1997 to 2001 | Employer: MOLYCORP, INC. | Title: Applications Engineer | Department: |
Responsibilities:Technical support for the sales and purchasing departments. Assisting customers with material selection and magnetic design issues. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1988 to 1997 | Employer: MOLYCORP, INC. | Title: Metallurgist | Department: Sales and Marketing |
Responsibilities:Managed the sales and marketing of a wide variety rare earth products to North American customers with attention to the metallurgical, ceramic and catalyst markets. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1984 to 1988 | Employer: HITACHI MAGNETICS CORP. | Title: Senior Development Engineer | Department: |
Responsibilities:Developed new Nd-Fe-B alloys with improved thermal stability. Established vacuum induction melting as a research tool and production process. Liason to research group in Japan. |
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Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| IEEE Magnetics Society for over 35 years |
| Licenses / Certifications |
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| P.E. registered in Pennsylvania and Colorado |
| Professional Appointments |
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| Columnist for Magnetics Magazine, an industry magazine published quarterly. |
| Awards / Recognition |
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| Plenary Lecture, Intermag |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| Over 20 publications |
Additional Experience
| Expert Witness Experience |
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| Appeared in Federal Court as an expert witness testifying on the value of some missing rare earth materials. |
| Training / Seminars |
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| Taught many two-day classes on the basics of magnetics, from the fundamentals through design and applications. Present a one-day seminar called Magnetics Bootcamp at the annual Magnetics Conference. |
| Vendor Selection |
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| Helped several companies find suitable sources for magnets. |
| Marketing Experience |
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| Helped a start-up company identify, analyze and conatct new customers for rare earth materials. |
| Other Relevant Experience |
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| Technical writing. Written many datasheets, several press releases, blogs and magazine articles. |
Fields of Expertise
magnetic moment, magnetic property, magnetics, magnetism, permanent magnet, permanent-magnet testing, rare-earth alloy, rare-earth element compound, rare-earth magnet, fluxmeter, hard magnetic material, magnet, magnet design, magnetic alloy, magnetic material, rare-earth element, rare-earth magnetism, rare-earth permanent magnet, magnetic alloy development, coercive force, coercivity, permanent magnet machine, magnetic ceramic, ceramic magnet, technical training, permanent-magnet generator, tesla, magnetic pole, magnetic flux, field magnet, demagnetization, magnetostatics, magnetic field effect, rare-earth mineral, magnetic field theory, permanent-magnet synchronous motor, permanent-magnet motor, permanent magnet direct current brushless motor, magnetic field, technical writing, ferromagnetism, electromagnetics, electromagnetic field, dysprosium, Curie temperature, alnico magnet