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Plastic and Coating Stabilization; Controlled Degradation Analysis and Design; Analytical Services
Expert's knowledge in the area of amorphous and crystalline polymers is based on 36 years in the field, having worked with all commercially available amorphous, crystalline, and semicrystalline resins. His knowledge includes physical properties and stabilization at many levels and…
Lithium Batteries
With over 30 years of experience in battery chemistry, Expert has been working on a CRADA with several US battery companies to develop a carbon that can be used as an anode in lithium-ion batteries. He led a team that…
Biotechnology: All Areas of Business and Technology
Expert has extensive hands-on experience with, and knowledge of, deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) probe technology, having worked in this area for 10 years. He used nucleic acid probe technology to characterize mammalian viruses and oncogenes while performing research supported by the…
Organic Synthesis, Organometallics, Prostaglandins, Vitamin D, Catalysis
ORGANIC SYNTHESIS; ORGANIC REACTIONS; NATURAL PRODUCT. Expert and his research group have successfully carried through many total syntheses of natural products. In addition, he has originated, reduced to practice, and published many new methods for effecting organic transformations. He also…
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…
Synthesis and Characterization of Ceramic Powders and Single Crystals
Expert has used microencapsulation as a method to prepare multicomponent ceramic powders containing two to five components. He developed (and is in the process of patenting) the first dry microencapsulation process that also can be used as a granulation method.…
Organic Synthesis Design
CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS MODELING; ORGANIC SYNTHESIS MODELING. Expert has published 30 papers over 15 years on the theory and computerization of synthesis design. He has developed a working program, entitled SYNGEN, which generates the best syntheses for any input compound and…
Chemical Engineering
Expert has taught a course in air pollution control at BYU about a dozen times in the past 22 years, a course which he organized. He has general experience in the design of air pollution control systems and has specific…