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Corrosion and Metallurgical Failure Analysis
Expert notes that corrosion is a major problem that affects many industries. Expert has spent over forty years studying and solving corrosion problems in the construction, aerospace, defense, petroleum, utility and related industries. He was also the technical editor of…
Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation; Machine and Structural Design
Expert has been at (Undisclosed) where he currently is a professor in the Department of General Engineering. Expert is also Director of the Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation Research Laboratory. The Laboratory supports research work in ultrasonics (immersion, air-coupled, and water-squirt),…
Wood Adhesives and Wood Composite Products
Expert has been an active research scientist in the area of wood adhesives for more than 27 years. He has carried out research on the thermosetting bonding of wood particleboards using urea-formaldehyde (UF) resins in the laboratory to optimize the…
Mechanical Engineering Design and Prototype Development
Expert received a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley (UCB), with an emphasis in composite manufacture and analysis. His Ph.D. dissertation dealt with manufacturing analysis for axisymmetric composite structures. Part of the research included building a…
Nonwovens and Spun Yarn Technology and Fabric Properties
Expert has researched nonwoven fabric structures since 1985 and has developed techniques for automatic measurement of fibre orientation and pore size distributions. He has also supervised the development of on-line monitoring and feedback control techniques for air-laying nonwoven processes. He…
Nonlinear Optical Materials
For the past 12 years Expert's research efforts have been directed toward the development of liquid crystalline and polymeric materials for nonlinear optical (NLO) applications. Thin films (1 - 100 micrometers) of these materials have very attractive mechanical and electronic…
Management, New Product Development, and Plant Relocation and Startup
As part of top management's efforts to maximize revenue, growth and profitability, Expert has applied over 35 years of business, engineering and manufacturing expertise to provide cost effective solutions across a wide-range of industries. Expert maintains that it all starts…
Mechanical Properties of Metals
Expert has studied aluminum alloys from the 2xxx, 5xxx, 6xxx and 7xxx series and studied their grain size, tensile properties, heat treatments, corrosion resistance, and fatigue behavior (both room temperature stress - life (S-N) and crack growth behavior). His work…
Electrical Connectors
Expert has applied his physics background to generate a fundamental understanding of temperature generation and material transport in electrical contact spots (a-spots) in bulk electrical interfaces. Over 25 years, his research showed that 1) Sintering effects occur in a-spots even…
Technical Textiles, Erosion
FABRIC; TECHNICAL TEXTILES. Expert has 30 years of experience in the design, purchase, manufacture, testing, marketing, and sales of technical fabrics used in a range of industries, including airbags, coated and laminated products, and mechanical rubber goods (MRG). He has…