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Mathematical Modeling in Chemical Engineering
Expert has concentrated on the use of supercomputers to model processes employed to produce modern materials, especially to grow large, single crystals. Expert's work has entailed the study of heat and mass transfer (including radiation heat transfer) and incompressible fluid…
Pesticide Toxicology, Pesticide Chemistry
Expert has conducted research in pesticide toxicology and chemistry, focused primarily on insecticides, including the chlorinated hydrocarbons (such as DDT, methoxychlor, dieldrin, and heptachlor), the pyrethroids (such as pyrethrum and many synthetic pyrethroids), organophosphates, carbamates, and natural products. His work…
Membrane Separation Processes, Water Purification, Waste Water Treatment, Processing, Evaluation
Expert feels that these techniques have an outstanding future in water purification, wastewater treatment, and food and chemical processing applications. Since 1974, his avocation has been to apply these technologies in industries where their advantages of continuous operation and low…
Chemistry of Materials
APPLIED INORGANIC CHEMISTRY. Expert has extensive experience in applied inorganic chemistry. Using new sol-gel methods that employ hydrogen peroxide, Expert has made a variety of ceramics and minerals, for example, forsterite, enstatite, and members of the olivine family. Sols (colloidal…
Dairy and Food Technology
DAIRY PRODUCTS. A major portion of Expert's formal education was devoted to dairy products manufacturing. He teaches courses at the University of Wisconsin on dairy product design and milk, butter, cultured products, and frozen dessert manufacturing. He also teaches short…
Advanced PC Systems Design
Expert has focused his research and practice for the last several years on the design and implementation of PC-based office productivity systems. He has placed special emphasis on user interface design, decision support systems, and executive information systems. Expert is…
Energy-Efficient Buildings
ENERGY-EFFICIENT BUILDINGS AND SYSTEMS; ENERGY ECONOMICS FOR BUILDINGS; ENERGY-EFFICIENT WATER HEATING. Most of Expert's career since 1974 has involved the analysis, development, design, and monitoring of energy-saving technologies for buildings. This work has included key systems for improving the building…
Catalysis, Surface Chemistry
Expert has spent most of his research addressing problems related to catalysis by transition metals and transition metal oxides. His model studies have examined the basic catalytic chemistry of ammonia synthesis, Fischer-Tropsch chemistry, catalytic oxidation, and hydrogen desulfurization chemistry. In…
Cavitation and Hydroacoustics, Hydropower & Energy, Turbine Testing, etc.
Expert is recognized as an international authority in the field of cavitation and has more than 35 years of research experience in this area. This has involved laboratory studies of various phases of cavitation, cavitation erosion and noise, and field…
Fruit and Vegetable Processing, Science Management
Expert has centered a major portion of his research on the study of process technologies for use in the fruit and vegetable industry. These process technologies include traditional concerns such as thermal processing, filtration, concentration, and raw product storage. In…