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Food Processing Quality and Safety
Expert has conducted research to improve the quality of common beans such as to improve storage methods and develop methods to assess the quality of stored beans. He has expertise in the composition, protein digestibility, cooking, and processing quality of…
Plasma-Aided Manufacturing
Expert has been involved in the development of a number of features for these devices. These include the dual cell, programmed swept radio frequency excitation, external ion injection, and mass separation. He has also been able to utilize this concept…
Communications, Radar, Electromagnetics, Signal Processing, Antennas, Propagation, and System Design
Expert has his main technical strengths in signal processing, all aspects of RF (including antennas, propagation, and microwave subsystems) and system and component design and analysis. His experience spans more than 27 years in the fields of radar, electronic warfare,…
Material Analysis/Spectroscopy
During the past 15 years, Expert's research has become increasingly oriented toward vibrational spectroscopy, particularly Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy. In the early 1980s, he developed modern step-scan FT-IR instrumentation for photoacoustic and photothermal spectroscopy of surfaces and opaque or…
Magazine Record Heads, Media and Drives
A significant portion of Expert's career has been spent on hard disks and hard disk technology, including both particulate and metallic magnetic coatings. His experience includes the magnetics of disk coatings, their testing and measurement, and the head disk interface.…
Powder Metallurgy, Magnetic Alloy
Since 1980, Expert has been instrumental in the development of new magnetic alloys, their processing, improvement in their properties, and preparation of specifications for their usage. He has also assisted in marketing these materials and recommending their usage for new,…
Nondestructive Testing
For over 50 years, Expert has been actively engaged in the technology of nondestructive testing. During that period, he has covered a wide range of industries and applications. His long-term affiliations with various technical societies have developed into a valuable…
Electronic Drive/Power Quality
Expert is concerned with the design, performance, and control of electrical energy conversion devices. He has research, development, and design experience in all types of variable-speed or constant-speed electromechanical drives, including variable-frequency/variable-voltage drives. He designed electric-hybrid, variable-speed drives for automobiles…
Continuum Electromechanics
Expert has focused on minimizing the current needed to yield lift/stabilization forces with high speed magnetic bearings. He uses boundary element field analyses to perform this optimization as well as to get leakage and eddy current losses. He is developing…
EMF on Biology & Electronics
For 20 years, expert has been involved in studying the effects of radiowaves and 60Hz on people. His work has included participation in a major epidemiological study that showed a correlation between the proximity of power lines and the incidence…