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Heat Transfer, Heat Pipes, Cooling Systems, Power Plant Equipment Design, New Product Development
Expert’s interests and experience extend over a wide range of air-cooled heat exchangers. Prompted mainly by the present day environmental concerns and scarce water resources, as well as by the more attractive maintenance-free operation of air-cooled units compared to water-cooled…
Process Engineering, Inorganic Chemicals: Chloralkali, Sulfuric Acid, SO2, and Fertilizers
Expert’s graduate work (M.Sc. and Ph.D.) was in adsorption of gases in molecular sieve zeolites. The work included exhaustive experimentation on equilibrium and kinetics of adsorption and included calculation of adsorption energy from electrostatic and van der Waals forces acting…
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…
Thin Film Solar Cell Testing; Semiconductor Optoelectronic Device Measurement and Analysis
Expert has been involved in research and development of amorphous silicon (a-Si) thin film solar cells for 20 years; in this time he has authored or co-authored over 30 papers. He has guided the optimization of device performance from three…
Adhesive Consulting, Formulating, & Research in Structural, PSA, Hot Melt, Epoxy, Urethane, & Wood
Expert D. Expert has done adhesive failure analysis projects in connection with establishing cause in litigation cases or in research and production problems. For example, a wood millwork manufacturer claimed an adhesive was faulty, resulting in customer loss and damages.…
Sensing & Measurements, Quantum Mechanics, Solid State, & Thermal & Optical Technology
Expert received his Ph.D. in condensed-matter physics. He used quantum mechanics and Surface Green Function techniques to calculate electronic states and electronic bands at metallic superlattices, discovering, for example, the existence--under determined conditions-of the so-called Fermi beaches with high density…
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…
Environmental Compliance, Pollution Prevention, Health and Safety, and Fire Loss and Prevention
Expert has extensive practical knowledge and experience in the field of pollution prevention technologies. He has performed numerous pollution prevention audits internationally resulting in millions of dollars in waste minimization, energy and feedstock material savings for clients. He has worked…
Microbiology, Biotechnology, Cleanroom Microbiology, Sterilization, etc.
As a consultant, Expert has used his broad-based scientific background to work with a variety of clients. These clients have required expertise in such widely divergent subjects as the production of cellulosic ethanol (requiring a knowledge of basic thermodynamics, enzyme…
Electrical & Magnetic Properties of Metal-Insulator Composites, Cermets, Carbon Black-Polymer Mixes
Expert (pronounced Sish-L) is an experimental physicist with an expertise in the electrical properties of carbon black/polymer composites. She has experience with the measurement of thermophysical properties (thermopower, thermal conductivity) and transport properties (Hall Effect, Righi-Leduc Effect, Peltier Effect) of…