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Polymers, Plastics, Composites, Plastic Pipe, Composite Pipe, and Failure Analysis
Throughout his 41-plus-year career experience in the plastics industry, Expert has worked in research and development, product development, technical services, application development, failure analysis, sales, marketing, market development, business development, R&D management, small business unit management, trade association management and…
Plastic Piping Materials, Components and Systems especially Polyethylene and Polybutylene
Expert's background includes more than 18 years of experience including catalyst research in support of polyethylene manufacturing, additive stabilization of polymers, interaction of chemicals with plastics, extrusion production of plastic pipe, plastic pipe material technical service and plastic pipe system…
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…
Specialty Chemicals,Pharmaceuticals, Nutrition, Composites,Synthetic Resins, Engineering Plastics
Expert has over 10 years of operational, business, strategic and executive leadership experience in this area having run DSM's pharmaceutical businesses in this area; he also led the Ant-Infectives business in the Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa and was…
Analysis of Polymer Additives, NMR & other Techniques
Current interests include studies on the oxidation and stabilisation of polyolefins, the antioxidant mechanisms and performance of biological antioxidant in polymers, synthesis of reactive compatibilisers for polymer blends, upgrading properties of polymers by reactive processing techniques, free radical grafting reactions…
Plastic Pipe and Piping Materials, Polyethylene, Product Standards, Hydrostatic Stress, etc.
Expert received a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from St. Thomas College in St. Paul, MN in 1969 and a Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from Michigan State University in 1973. Expert has been in the plastic piping industry for over…
Plastics Selection, Design, Compound, Processing, Testing, Failure, Pipes and Membrane
Expert is an expert in plastic piping, having in-depth knowledge of polyethylene pipe, PE gas pipe, PVC pipe, ABS pipe, crosslinked-polyethylene (PEX) pipe, polybutylene pipe, and related fittings. He is equally proficient with pipe joining processes using solvent cement and…