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Polymer & Composite Materials Science, Modeling, Structure-Property Relations, Technology Assessment
Expert has four decades of experience as a researcher on structure-processing-morphology-property-performance relationships in polymers (plastics, elastomers/rubbers, thermosets) and composites. He is considered by many researchers to be the world's foremost authority on quantitative structure-property relationships (QSPR) in polymers. He is…
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…
RFID, Operations Management, R&D Strategy, Project Management, Supply Chain & Logistics
Expert R. Expert was a pioneer in the "surface mount revolution" where he developed packaging, interconnect, process, and design technologies to enable high volume, small footprint manufacturing of two-way radios, cellphones, and pagers. He has led green field factory development…
Nonlinear Optical Materials
For the past 12 years Expert's research efforts have been directed toward the development of liquid crystalline and polymeric materials for nonlinear optical (NLO) applications. Thin films (1 - 100 micrometers) of these materials have very attractive mechanical and electronic…
Chemical Process Design and Automation, Industrial Energy Efficiency
Ms. Expert has worked in the area of chemical plant design for 20 years. Projects she has worked on have ranged in cost from $10,000 to $100 MM and have covered unit operations including reactor design, recovery systems, filtration equipment,…
Chemical Process Engineering
Expert has over 40 years of experience as a process engineer and project manager on new facilities for food, flavors, fragrances, fine chemicals, resins, and tall oils. He has taken the lead in driving R&D and manufacturing groups toward efficiency…
Food Product Development: Organic Nutritional Products; Sports Nutrition. Non-Meat Products.
FOOD FORMULATION; FOOD PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; FOOD PRODUCT PROCESS DEVELOPMENT. Expert has extensive experience in food product development. He performs initial concept literature and patent searches and summarizes the results. He then develops a final marketing or medical concept formulation for…
Machine Tools, Semiconductor Process Equipment, Machine Dynamics, Metrology
In his research on structural dynamics, Expert employs the techniques of finite element analysis extensively. He regularly uses ANSYS, NASTRAN, Pro/Engineer, and SDRC Master Series in analyzing a variety of static, transient, thermal, and eigenvalue problems. Examples of his recent…
Polymerization
During eight years as a Senior Scientist in the Fluid Process Chemicals Department and as Group Leader in the Bioprocessing Research Group at Rohm and Haas, Expert developed polymeric materials with controlled morphology and functionality for applications as diverse as…
Food Research, Product Development, Quality Control, QC Test Procedures, and Training in Food QC
DURUM WHEAT QUALITY; DURUM WHEAT MILLING; HIGH QUALITY WHEAT PRODUCTION. Expert developed a comprehensive method for grading durum wheat varieties. This method was successfully adopted to develop a superior durum wheat for producing high-quality pasta in commercial pasta plants. Expert's…