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Metallurgical Engineering, Failure Analysis, Heat Treatment, Supplier Development and Coatings
He has performed over 500 failure analysis of components which fractured due to fatigue. This has included both low cycle and high cycle fatigue failures due to mechanical, thermal mechanical and environmentally enhanced fatigue. He has specified and developed various…
Performance Improvement: Activity-based Costing, Transaction Due Diligence, Conflict Resolution
In order to identify those areas where improvements in client performance could be achieved, Expert needed to conduct the analysis of the organization, management practices, costs to market, and the strategic alternatives open to the client. Almost every consulting engagement…
Titanium and Titanium Alloy Applications, High-Strength Weldable Titanium Alloys, Hot Rolls, etc.
He took part in the development of high strength weldable titanium alloys for sea water application, Ti-Ni shape memory alloys for tube connections and vessel sealings, technology of hot processing and surface improvement of titanium alloys, application of titanium for…
Chemical Instrumentation and Security
Expert received his degree from Purdue University in Chemistry. His doctoral research was in Computational and Theoretical Physical Chemistry. However, he also has extensive and diverse experience in the fields of analytical, chemical and medical instrumentation. His most recent areas…
Engineering: Mining, Minerals, Metallurgy, Chemicals, Materials, and Energy- Especially Fuels
Expert is a professionally registered engineer with 28 years of experience in process, chemical and metallurgical engineering, engineering services, research, consulting and industrial plant operations. Experienced and trained in pyrometallurgy, he also has extensive industrial experience in hydrometallurgy, electrometallurgy, environmental…
Materials Science, Particularly Corrosion: Microbial Corrosion, Materials Selection, Biodegradation
Biodegradation mainly refers to enhanced degradation and deterioration of non-metallic materials such as concrete and polymers to distinguish it from microbial corrosion of metals. Under certain circumstances, there are groups of micro-organisms that are capable of attacking these materials and…
Industrial Chemical Production, Natural Gas Conversion to Liquid Fuels, Fine Chemicals, and Energy e
In general, chemical compounds that have multiple bonds (Double or Triple), they can accept addition reactions. The reaction could proceed either by nucleophilic, or electrophillic addition reactions. In some special cases, it can be controlled either thermodynamically, or kinetically. Activation…
Resistance Welding, Laser Welding, Arc Welding, Ultrasonic Welding, Brazing, and Soldering
He has extensive experience in brazing starting with his PhD (Penn State) in brazing of structural ceramics. He worked on the Alumnia-Titanium system using an active braze alloy of Ag-Cu-Ti composition. Active brazing has found wide acceptance in brazing of…
Environmental and Aquatic Chemistry; Metal-Organic Interactions; Surface Reactions; Kinetics
The field of aquatic chemistry begins with a focus on the speciation of solutes in aqueous solution (i.e. protonation level, complex formation with protons, hydroxide ions, metal ions, and ligands) and with pathways and rates of reaction. It now has…
Fasteners, Latching mechanisms, structures, aircraft decompression.
Expert has extensive experience in the nonlinear analysis of structures and metals behavior. He has developed algorithms that enable accurate nonlinear finite element analysis of metallic components and assemblies up to the point of failure. As Chairman of the joint…