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Seals and Sealing Technology for the Oil and Gas Industry
1.Thirty five years in Polymer Science and Materials relating to Seals and Sealing Technology. 2. Written and co-authored eighteen (18) technical papers related to materials for the Oil and Gas Industry. 3. Granted thirteen (13) patents related to non-metallic materials…
Corrosion and Failure Investigations, Design for Corrosion Protection, Coating Selection & Testing, Lubrication of Industrial Machines, and Water & Coolant Testing
Expert offers 25 years' technical experience in the Corrosion, Petroleum, Chemical and HSE sectors. He is known as one of South Africa's leading specialists in the area of Corrosion engineering and testing for the Industrial, Mechanical Engineering and Marine industries.…
Carbides, Nitrides, SiAlON, Powder Synthesis & Processing, Ceramics Development & Fabrication
Technology: R&D + Engineering, Advanced Ceramics and Materials; Powders and Parts; Synthesis – processing – handling - transfer – ready-to-press feedstock – fabrication of parts – consolidation - finish - marketing. Development, processing and fabrication of fine and ultra fine…
Materials Technology, Powder Metallurgy, Advanced Ceramics, Process & Product Development, R&D, Lean
25+ years of experience in successfully managing and spearheading R&D and Operations projects to completion. Developed new products and processes, led cross-functional teams, project management and implementation, mentored subordinates and peers, provided team building and leadership, problem solving skills, and…
Industrial Utilities (Equipment, Operation, Maintenance); Energy Conservation; Vibrations
Expert worked as a staff mechanical engineer at what was the world's largest single site producer of PET. The staff supported operations and maintenance departments throughout the facility, with heavy emphasis on the utilities department. Troubleshooting centrifugal pumps was a…
Tire Condition Analysis, Application Investigation, CAT SQEP, Field Tire Testing, Expert Witnessing
Expert is a multilingual mechanical engineer with more than 16 years of experience in the tire industry. Most of his activity was as Technical Services Manager, covering all the products: PCR, LTR, TBS, and OTR. He has strong skills in…
Bulk Metal Forming, Forging, Modelling & Simulation, Process Improvement
Successful project facilitator with knowledge in the optimisation of key manufacturing process parameters used in the bulk metal forming and forging industries. An innovative and creative individual with strengths in problem solving, critical thinking and project management. Self-motivating with a…
Batteries and Battery Interfaces: System Design and Analysis
Expert has a great deal of experience in failure analysis of various battery systems including lithium, lithium-ion, lithium-polymer, and various other nonaqueous and aqueous based systems, both primary and secondary. He is the sole battery safety instructor for NASA and…
Rubber Chemistry and Technology, Polymer synthesis, Organic synthesis, Nanotechnology, Surface chem.
Summary of R&D work in collaboration with the industry. Michelin Tires: Project Aim: Functionalization of Used Tire Rubber by Hydrosilylation His Contribution: • Characterization of the raw material using various analytical techniques such as ATR-FTIR, X-Ray Photoelectron spectroscopy, SEM/EDXS(for Morphology…
Soil Properties,Stormwater and Flooding, Waste Management, Landfilling, Groundwater, Coal Ash, fly Ash landfills, Hazardous Waste
Expert has a Ph.D. and over 90 publications in specialized areas. He has carried out expert consulting, research, and provided expert advisory services. He was hired by a legal firm to provide expert assessment of flooding that resulted due to…