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Thermosetting Polymers, Product Development Process, New Business Development
Expert is a nationally recognized authority in thermosetting polymers. He has developed a fundamental understanding of thermosetting polymers including detailed experience in the rheology of curing systems (chemorheology), cure kinetics, physical property measurements, dielectric measurements of curing, and process development.…
Product Development and Manufacturing Technology Transfer in Composite Materials for Industrial, Biotech and Medical Devices
Expert's principal expertise lies in conducting original research, development, and evaluation of alternative process capabilities, in support of new product development. His work has typically led to the establishment of new manufacturing platforms for a variety of material science-oriented businesses…
Polymers and Biopolymers, Injection Molding, Fibers, Bottles, Packaging, Films, Lamination, Induction Sealing, M&A, Expert Witness & Other Applications
Expert is a creative and innovative polymer/bio-polymer scientist and manager with more than 50 US patents in the areas of spontaneously wettable fibers, polymer nanocomposites for high barrier packaging applications, engineering polymer blends, PLA based compositions, polyolefin-star based composites. His…
Surface Technology, Coatings, Thin Film Deposition, PVD, Physical Vapour Deposition, Sputtering, PLD
He studied materials science with a focus on thin film materials, focussing in his PhD on process equipment and design of room-temperature deposited coating. As post-doc, he was employed to scale up deposition process from laboratory to industrially useable process…
Specialty Chemicals Markets of Polymers, Resins, Plastics, Paint, Coatings, Adhesives and Composites
Expert is a management consultant specializing in the specialty chemicals markets of polymers, resins, plastics, paints, coatings, adhesives and composites. Expert has a deep knowledge of the value chains in which these products are produced, sold and used. Commercially he…
Polymer Chemistry, Optical Polymers, Organic Chemistry
Acrylic resins or "acrylics" as they are more commonly known in the trade, are dominated by a relatively few number of molecules such as butyl acrylate and methyl methacrylate. However by esterifying acrylic or methacrylic acid it is possible to…
Flexible Packaging Processes: Rotogravure Printing, Extrusion Coating/Lamianting, Dry Bond
He has experience developing flexible packaging materials utilizing cold seals as sealants. His primary experience is in candy wrappers. He developed simplistic methods for assuring cold seal registration during production runs. He has developed flexible packaing laminations for food and…
Polymer Processing, Rheology and Composites, including Nanocomposites
Expert has personal experience with resin transfer molding and pultrusion. He has published work on modeling of pultrusion of vinyl ester composites. He teaches a graduate-level course on composite material processing. Expert has been doing research on polymer nanocomposites since…
Polymer Processing and Product Development (Films, Fibers, Nanofibers, Nanocomposites)
PROCESS/STRUCTURE/PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS Expert has extensive experience and recognized accomplishments in process/structure/property relationships in polymers, especially processes involving polymer orientation and crystallization. Polymers in which he has primary experience include polyesters (PET, PEN, PBT, PTT, PLA), polyamides (PA6, PA66), and polyolefins…
R&D Project Design, Paper Coatings, Additives & Nanocomposite Materials, Colloid Chemistry, Polymers
He is actively leading researches in the field of controlled free-radical polymerization mediated by Reversible Activation-Fragmentation chain Transfer (RAFT) in homogenous and heterogeneous media. The uniqueness of his work lies in the combination of modern methods of controlled free-radical polymerization…