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Metallurgy, Metallurgical Engineering
Innovative fast thinking PhD metallurgist with > 30 years experience actively solving complex materials related technical issues. AREAS OF EXPERTISE: Intellectual property, nanostructured materials, amorphous materials, metallic glass, rare earth elements, rare earth permanent magnets, neutron absorber materials, nuclear waste…
Medical Device Engineering
He worked on hazard analysis of medical devices such as biochemical sensors. He worked on packaging processes of medical devices such as implantable catheters. He worked on packaging materials of medical devices such as plastic packaging. He worked on manufacturing…
Advanced Materials, Surface Engineering, Powder Metallurgy and Composite Materials
As an expert in Material Science, he specializes in advanced powder metallurgy and wrought materials, including cemented carbides and ceramic-based composites, refractory metals, chromium-based and copper-based materials, titanium and nickel alloys; as well as materials for soft and hard magnetic…
Permanent Magnet Motors, Generators, Devices and Materials
Expert's primary expertise is in magnetic circuit design and analysis, with more than 25 years of both theoretical and hands-on experience in permanent magnet manufacturing and electric motor/electromagnetic device design and manufacturing. Expert has special expertise in the design and…
Iron and Steel Industry: Strategy, Projects & Operation Management, Sintering, Material Handling
Mr. V. K. Expert is a highly accomplished and performance driven, steel Industry professional with 38 years experience, at board level and non-board level positions, in various areas such as business strategy and planning, operations and maintenance management, project management,…
Data Storage Technology, Data Storage Industry, Hard Disk Drives, Optical Drives, Solid State Drives
Expert has extensive experience in the field of disk drives, including substantial contributions to a number of very innovative and successful products and processes. These have included some of the industry’s earliest magnetoresistive (“MR”) head drives, Maxtor’s first double-capacity drive,…
Permanent Magnets, Rare Earth Metals, Technical Training and Technical Writing
Expert's professional life, just over 40 years, has been almost evenly divided between the permanent magnet and rare earth industries. For the last 14 years, he has run a consultancy company serving clients in these industries on a wide variety…
Materials for Electronic Applications
Expert has successfully writen 2 proposals for EPA SBIR grants. The first was for a phase 1 program for the recovery and regeneration of spent etchants. This successful program was followed by a phase 2 proposal and award. That phase…
Steel and Iron Casting Processes, Foundry Consulting, Metallurgy, and NDT Non Destructive Testing
Expert has extensive foundry experience with a strong emphasis in melting steel using both acid and basic processes. He developed metallurgical and operational melting procedures that optimized the acid and basic slags. He is very familiar with the use and…
Electrical Connectors
Expert has applied his physics background to generate a fundamental understanding of temperature generation and material transport in electrical contact spots (a-spots) in bulk electrical interfaces. Over 25 years, his research showed that 1) Sintering effects occur in a-spots even…