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Paint, Coating Consulting, Failure Analysis, Laboratory Testing, Inspection, Expert Witness
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…
Cyanoacrylate Chemistry: Basic Research to Production
Expert's principal expertise is in adhesive systems based on cyanoacrylate monomers. These areas involve thickeners, toughening agents, adhesion promoters, accelerators, copolymer systems for industrial and medical applications. Anaerobic adhesives used in threadlocking, metal bonding, rubber bonding, and various other substrates.…
Surface Science, Polymers, Textiles, Testing Materials, Plastics, Physical Chemistry, Pharmaceutical
Expert worked for three years as the Director of RD&E for the chemical products division of Waters Inc. In addition to the direction of the research in chromatographic media he was co-inventor of 7 patents for water-wettable extraction media and…
Forensic Engineering, Failure Analysis, Metallurgy, Corrosion, Slip and Fall, Mechanical Design, R&D
Expert is a registered & Board-Certified Professional Engineer in the State of Texas, with 74 publications, 23 Invited Talks and Lectures, and 27+ years of experience in engineering R&D in industry and academia, Consulting, and Expert Witness Litigation Support including…
Rubber Compounding, Compression, Vacuum and Injection Molding, Rubber Extrusion, Elastomer Selection, Nanoaditives for Rubber Application
Expert's comprehensive experience involves: Definition of the correct compression molding procedure. Production of rubber compound, or its adaptations to that one already known, to meet the process requirements, less energy consumption and better productivity. He also knows systems of flash…
Adhesives for Medical Device, Biotech, Pharmaceuticals, Aerospace, Materials Science, QA, QC
With a PhD in organic chemistry expert has spent over 25 years developing adhesives, resins and advanced composites for a variety of applications. He started at the bench chemist level and worked his way up into R&D management. Some of…
Resistance Welding, Laser Welding, Arc Welding, Ultrasonic Welding, Brazing, and Soldering
He has extensive experience in brazing starting with his PhD (Penn State) in brazing of structural ceramics. He worked on the Alumnia-Titanium system using an active braze alloy of Ag-Cu-Ti composition. Active brazing has found wide acceptance in brazing of…
Virology, Anti-infectives, Gene Therapy, Bioterrorism Research
He has extensive experience in the development and use of viral vectors for gene transfer and in particular has worked with both adenovirus and AAV vector delivery systems. His work with adenovirus vectors included some of the earliest research focused…
Coatings, Adhesives, Sealants, Composites and Recycling of Waste Polymers
Dr. Ziao has over 25 years of experience in adhesives. Expert researches urethane ionomers, interpenetrating polymer networks (IPNs) and polymer alloys, in particular coatings, adhesives and sealants, and polymer recycling. He has a master’s degree from the Department of Polymer…
Surface Texture and Operational Characteristics of Machines
The expert is most experienced in the subset of surface science related to mathematics and mechanics of surface irregularities on micro- and macro scales and their contact interaction. In addition he has experience in the field of surface metrology and…