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Heterogeneous Catalytic Hydrogenation for the Production of Fine Chemicals
Expert has applied his organic chemistry/heterogeneous catalysis/reaction engineering background to the development of processes for the production of pharmaceuticals, vitamins and nutraceuticals, agrochemicals, flavors and fragrances, liquid crystals and fine chemicals as well as base chemicals. He has broad experience…
Nanoparticle Synthesis and Modification, Aerosol Processing, Chemical Vapor Deposition
Expert was a post-doctoral researcher in the Particle Technology Laboratory at the University of Minnesota, one of the world's top aerosol laboratories. He recently received the Kenneth Whitby Award from and American Association for Aerosol Research and joined the editorial…
Chemical Engineering, Process Plant Design, Biofuels, Economic Feasibility
Interests in adsorption go back to his PhD when he studied adsorption of proteins to polymers. He did an extensive surface chemistry course at the time and did a lot of work on zeta potential of particles. Since then he…
Process Engineering, Inorganic Chemicals: Chloralkali, Sulfuric Acid, SO2, and Fertilizers
Expert’s graduate work (M.Sc. and Ph.D.) was in adsorption of gases in molecular sieve zeolites. The work included exhaustive experimentation on equilibrium and kinetics of adsorption and included calculation of adsorption energy from electrostatic and van der Waals forces acting…
Electronic Reliability & On-Chip ESD Protection
Expert currently works on predicting the electric breakdown of silicon dioxide gate dielectric. He is knowledgeable of the electric breakdown characteristics of silicon and air. Additionally, he has studied the effects of electric field on the reliability of semiconductor devices.…
Bionewable Conversion Processes, Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalysis, Adsorbents
The catalyst synthesis technology developed by expert and his associates is directly applied to the catalysis of petroleum and chemical reactions. Therefore, the insight that he has in the catalyst technology allows him to solve many problems relating to the…
Chemical Engineering, Enzymes
Expert has spent the majority of his professional career developing and refining the use of chemical engineering techniques to design biochemical reactors holding enzymes and microbial cells. Expert is an Anson Marston Distinguished Professor Emeritus in Employer's Chemical Engineering program.…
Food Chemistry & Shelf Life
FOOD ANTIOXIDANTS; NATURAL ANTIOXIDANT; LIPIDS; FOOD LIPID OXIDATION. Expert has broad expertise in the area of antioxidants, particularly as related to lipid oxidation (rancidity) in foods. He has an active research program in this area and has industrial experience in…