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Engineering Materials
Expert has devoted most of his 35-year career to the application primarily of metals and other materials such as polymers, ceramics, composite materials, and electronic materials; he has also designed and manufactured machines and other structures. His expertise includes the…
Innovation Methodologies, Processes and Tools Training & Certification; Innovative Problem-Solution Coach/Consultant using: FMEA, FH-Decomp, MVIS & PDS-G
Expert in: Innovation Methodologies & Tools Innovation Coach/Consultant and Certification Training Systems Reliability & DfR DFSS-Black Belt, Failure Mode Effects Analysis, FMEA, DFMEA, PFMEA, FMECA, FTA, FH-Decomposition Innovative Rapid System Problem Solving Expert developed PDD, Principle Driven Development to help…
X-Ray Imaging
Expert is the inventor, designer, and project scientist/program manager of a number of different X-ray imaging systems, ranging from satellite-based X-ray telescopes to large systems for nondestructive imaging of 50 ton rocket motors and nuclear pressure vessels. Expert has both…
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…
CAD, Computer-Aided Design, Mechanism Design, Product Design, Equipment Design
COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER-AIDED MECHANICAL DESIGN. Expert has been a 3D CAD user for the past 14 years. He has done recent studies analyzing and justifying his companies migration from 3D wireframe design systems to solid modeling design and simulation systems.…
Integrated Optics
OPTICAL MATERIALS. Expert performs research in the areas of integrated optics and optoelectronics, nonlinear optics, and optical material characterization. He has studied compound semiconductors and polymers in optical waveguide structures, some of which incorporate nanostructures to enhance optical nonlinearities. Research…
Workplace Safety, Product Safety, Mechanical Engineering, Workplace and Product Safety Surveys
Expert has expertise in product safety and liability reduction and specializes in electro-mechanical and mechanical systems. He has extensive experience in the areas of compressed gas systems, firearms, chainsaws, agricultural equipment, ladders, punch presses, power shears, power breaks, metal working…
Bar Coding, Automatic Identification, Printing, and Optics
Expert has spent many years designing and building bar code equipment and consulting on bar code technology. He has consulted on retail, shipping, medical, manufacturing, electronics, and other industrial and commercial bar coding applications. Over the last 15 years, Expert…
Materials Science, Patents, Fiber Optics, Laser Medical Devices
As a research scientist and now a consultant, Expert has been involved with material science, especially on projects related to the mechanical and optical properties of materials, both organic and inorganic. For the past 14 years, a majority of his…
Artificial Intelligence, Expert Systems, Neural Networks, Probability; Includes Medical Applications
Expert has spent much of his recent efforts with expert systems, especially AGNESS (A Generalized Network-based Expert System Shell). Using that shell, he has built six expert systems: three clinical expert systems, an Image Correspondence Expert System (ICES), a Knowledge-based…