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Expert Details

Polymer Fiber Based Materials; Patent Litigation

ID: 721698 South Carolina, USA

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Expert is a Materials Science and Engineering professor with a primary focus in polymeric materials. The physics of fibers incorporates all aspects from fiber production through fiber-based materials utilization. For efficient production, the physics and chemistry of the starting material, synthetic polymers in this case, must be understood; this topic thus includes the influence of process parameters on fiber properties. His expertise in fiber structure/property relationships extends to natural fibers, in particular wool and cotton. He has published many papers and graduated several MS and Ph.D. students in this discipline. Utilization demands understanding of the properties of the final, target, material, and of the fiber properties on which the properties of the final material depend.

His areas of expertise include advanced materials, such as high-performance polymers and environmentally responsive ("smart") materials.

His expertise is founded on over 30 years' research and teaching experience in all of these areas. He has studied the physics of fiber formation, primarily by melt spinning, in his laboratory and has taught graduate level courses on the subject. In addition, he has performed or overseen the testing of fiber properties, and has extensive experience in this area. Synthetic fiber production and utilization has been the main thrust of his professional life for over 30 years. A large component of this topic includes the influence of process parameters on fiber properties, in which expert has extensive experience. This area is closely aligned with the above areas.

Expert possesses extensive research experience in natural fibers, primarily cotton, wool, and silk, but also ramie, flax, hemp and other plant-based fibers. His expertise extends to modifications of these materials. He has broad experience in silks, extending beyond silk-worm silk to spider silk. In his spider silk research, he has done work in biomimetics and in genetically modified proteins. Expert has active research in the area of biologically-based (protein) materials science. The essential area of biocompatibility, the interactions of materials with biological systems, is included in this area.

Expert has worked with all manner of fibrous materials, including the standard fabric structures (woven, knitted, braided) and nonwoven materials and coated fabrics. His expertise extends to analyzing the properties of these fibrous materials, including filtration efficiency.

For product service liability consulting, he can provide reports based on laboratory testing, extant literature searches, and analysis of patents and other documents. In the area of patents, his experience includes expert support for patent infringement litigation and patent validity/invalidity cases. Expert has legal consulting experience that includes personal injury, liability and product serviceability, as relate to his expertise in polymer fiber and fiber-based materials.

He maintains access to the testing laboratories at Clemson University (those services are billed separately) as an emeritus professor and a research professor; he directly oversees the testing and provides expert interpretation of the data obtained in the tests. In Expert's prior litigation experience, he has been deposed and served as an expert witness at trial.

Expert has been an independent consult since 2005. Examples of his extensive litigation experience are provided above.

Education

Year Degree Subject Institution
Year: 1982 Degree: Ph.D. Subject: Polymer Fiber Physics Institution: University of California, Davis
Year: 1973 Degree: MA Subject: Physics Institution: University of California, Davis
Year: 1971 Degree: BS Subject: Physics Institution: University of California, Davis
Year: 1965 Degree: AA Subject: Engineering Institution: Sierra Community College, CA

Work History

Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2005 to Present Employer: Undisclosed Title: Principal Department: Polymer Fiber Material Science
Responsibilities:
Expert is the sole proprietor of his polymer fiber consulting enterprise.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1984 to 2014 Employer: Clemson University Title: Professor of Polymer Science Department: Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Responsibilities:
Expert taught courses and conducted research in polymer fiber physics.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1975 to 1984 Employer: University of California - UC Title: Staff Research Associate Department: Textiles
Responsibilities:
Expert conducted textile and fiber research.

Government Experience

Years Agency Role Description
Years: 1967 to 1969 Agency: USNR Role: Active Duty, Gunnery Fire Control Radar Technician (E-5) Description: Honorable Discharge, September 1972.

International Experience

Years Country / Region Summary
Years: 2003 to 2003 Country / Region: Mulhouse, France Summary: Invited Professor, ENSITM, Université de Haute Alsace, Mulhouse-Colmar, France.
Years: 2009 to 2009 Country / Region: Beijing, PRC Summary: Invited presenter at Advanced Fibers symposium, China Textile University.
Years: 1915 to 1915 Country / Region: Aachen Germany Summary: He was awarded a Karman Fellowship to conduct research at RWTH Aachen in the technical textiles division.

Career Accomplishments

Associations / Societies
Expert is a member of the American Physical Society (Division of High Polymer Physics), the American Chemical Society, the Materials Research Society, and The Fiber Society. He serves as an officer (Secretary) of the Fiber Society.
Professional Appointments
He is a member of the editorial board of the Textile Research Journal.
Publications and Patents Summary
Expert has written 35 peer-reviewed publications and given 43 presentations and posters. He has written three book chapters and given 20 international invited lectures. He has participated in 7 conference proceedings, given 7 research reports, and published two other scholarly pieces. He has two patents.

Expert has edited one book.

Additional Experience

Expert Witness Experience
Expert has provided expert advice and witness services for several years. He has provided written expert opinions in litigation matters and has experience with being deposed and has testified in Federal Court. Some examples are:

Provided trade secret divulging litigation support. Deposed. Settled prior to trial.
Provided Patent Infringement Litigation support for the defendants; deposed and testified in court; under appeal.
Served as a testifying expert (deposition) in a personal injury case, on behalf of plaintiffs (2009-2010).
Training / Seminars
Expert has given fiber science training seminars in the US and abroad.
Expert presented a Polymer physics training seminar at Heberlein Fasertechnologie, Switzerland.

Language Skills

Language Proficiency
French His speaking skill is minimal, but he can read and write with some effort.

Fields of Expertise

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