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Plastic Film, Stretch Film, Cling Film, Plastics Extrusion, Plastics Forming, Polymer Science
Expert is a Chemical Engineer with 30 years experience in the plastics industry. He is an accomplished plastics extrusion, forming, testing, and end-use engineer. His expertise in extrusion process/product engineering includes a thorough understanding of polymer chemistry and how it…
Injury Biomechanics, Biomaterials, Artificial Joint Implants, Tribology
Expert has applied her mechanical engineering background to biomaterials, biomechanics and nanotechnology for implantable devices in many industries. She has selected surface engineering process coatings, developed new operating procedures to mechanically test biomaterials used for orthopedic and injury biomechanics applications,…
New Product and Market Development
As project leader, Expert launched aliphatic thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer product line based on new polyol and catalyst technology and developed medical device, aerospace, and industrial applications. For a new ethylene copolymer Expert set up two partnerships to manufacture and market…
DMA/DMTA testing of composites and polymers. Thermal conductivity/resistivity of most materials.
Since the late 1970s Expert has been using and developing DMA/DMTA and also using other thermal analysis techniques too particularly for testing polymers and composites. 1976 to 1981 with Du Pont Instruments then PL thermal Science from 1981 to 1994.…
Materials, Formulations, Coatings & Process Research & Development
Expert has 36 years experience in coating, material, formulation, and process research & development. He has commercialized formulations for the first large capacity optical recording media, the Kodak 68100 LWR media. His novel and patented organic molecular glasses have seen…
Polymers Structure/Analyses/Properties, Film Properties, Catalysis, Film Applications, Additives
Expert has used his chemistry background to apply research efforts in three distinct areas; catalysis, polymer research and development, and in polymer structure property relationships in applications in films. He has catalysts patents in areas of oxidation, oligomerization, and polymerization…
Surfactant Technology, Polymerisation, PVC Manufacturing, Cleaning Products and Coatings
Expert's expertise in surface and colloid chemistry has been applied to the free radical polymerization of vinyl chloride by both the suspension and emulsion routes. He has worked in research, developing new products and process and as technical manager responsible…
Physical Characterization of Biopolymers, especially Shape Memory and Porosity
Expert's dissertation details his innovative work summarized below: • Created a method of solvent selection to make a porous xerogel (solution gelation chemistry). Demonstrated the method on two different sol-gel polymer formulations. • Created a shape-memory characterization method for porous…
Polyester Polyurethane Epoxy, PVDF, Polyamide Solvenborne Paint
Expert has extensive experience and skills in polymer synthesis and characterization for paint and coating applications. For more than 10 years of working in academic and industrial institutions, he developed a deep knowledge of polymers for a wide range of…
Photopolymers, Flexography, UV Cure Coatings, 3D Additive Manufacturing
Expert has over 20 years of experience in the area of photopolymers and radiation cure systems especially Flexography. He has 20 U.S. and 40+ PCT patents dealing with photocuring and photopolymerization in the area of Flexography. His experience in this…