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Process Chemistry – Fragrances – Fluorine Chemistry
A significant portion of Expert's career has been spent in the organofluorine industry. He has been active in the manufacture of fluorinated organic chemicals since 1958, and is very familiar with fluorine and hydrofluoric acid technology. He has extensive experience…
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…
Polymer Additives, Agrochemicals, Flame Retardants of Polymers and Textiles, Phosphorus Chemistry
FLAME RETARDANCY OF POLYMERS AND TEXTILES; FABRIC FLAMMABILITY. Expert has over 30 years of experience in the design, synthesis, and formulation of flame-retardant additives, reactives, monomers, and textile finishes. He invented several successful commercial products used in the field, and…
Failure Analysis of Materials
MATERIAL FAILURE ANALYSIS; ADHESIVE FAILURE; COMPOSITE FAILURE; METAL FAILURE. Expert's (pronounced Wall-teen) principal occupation has been in the analysis of failures of machine components, including orthopedic (surgical) implants. Materials analyzed include metals and alloys of all types, polymers, elastomers, composites,…
Agricultural and Food Engineering
Expert's primary areas of specialization are agricultral systems analysis, agricultural production, agricultural safety, food and agricultural processing, greenhouse, and tissue culture. Expert has broad knowledge about agriculture, agricultural production, and agricultural systems. This knowledge comes from being raised on a…
Metallurgical Engineering, Materials Processing, Materials Failure Analysis
Expert has gained extensive experience in the uses of ferrous metals and alloys (carbon and alloy steel, high strength steel, structural steel, heat resistant steel), non-ferrous metals and alloys, superalloys, stainless steels (austenitic, ferritic, martensitic, and precipitation hardening grades), tool…
Mixing, Pilot Plants, Scaleup, Atomization, Agglomeration, Evaporation, Heat Exchangers
Expert has extensive knowledge of mixing operations needed in the chemical, petrochemical, and biochemical industries. His knowledge includes the proper selection of effective mixing geometries and the power requirements needed by a mixing unit in either laminar or turbulent applications.…
Membrane Purification Processes, Separation Processes
Expert has spent the majority of his career in the field of membrane processes. He has expert knowledge in the theory, design, and industrial applications of types of membrane processes for liquid and gas separation. These processes include reverse osmosis,…
Plasma-Aided Manufacturing
Expert has been involved in the development of a number of features for these devices. These include the dual cell, programmed swept radio frequency excitation, external ion injection, and mass separation. He has also been able to utilize this concept…
Refractories and Ceramics
Expert has had extensive experience in industry as well as academia in the area of advanced ceramics. He was a professor of Ceramic Engineering for 12 years, and has been a Summer Researcher at three national labs. He has been…