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Polymerization Reaction Engineering
EMULSION POLYMERIZATION; FREE RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; ACRYLATE; ADDITION POLYMERIZATION. A good deal of Expert's academic and industrial work has been in the area of reactor engineering for emulsion and miniemulsion polymerization systems. Of special interest are the choice of reactor configuration…
Thin Films, Coatings, and Instruments
Expert has more than fifteen years of experience in the areas of experimental thin films and coatings. The range of thin films include, AL, Cr, Ni-Cr, Pd, Au, SeGe, In, polyvinylalcohol, polyvilylchloride, Si0x, electroless Au, electroless Ni, and electroless Pd.…
Filtration and Fluid-Particle Separation; Papermaking and Paper Product Properties
For the past 10 years, Expert has been involved in research on filtration and separation problems. He has extensive experimental and theoretical experience in air and gas filtration in fibrous and granular media, and is also involved in filtration in…
Phase Equilibria, Thermodynamics
Expert (pronounced Prows-nitz) has expertise in the applications of molecular thermodynamics to chemical process design. He has extensive experience in the calculation of properties required for chemical process design, especially separation operations. Expert is highly competent in the areas of…
Powder Processing/Fabrication
Expert (prefers Expert ) has devoted most of his recent career to developing processing techniques, procedures, equipment, and control systems for preparing powders and forming/shaping components. This work has covered the full range of operation necessary for manufacturing ceramic components.…
Electrical Ceramics, Ceramic Capacitors, Ceramic Processing, Ferroelectrics, Piezoelectrics,
Expert has 50 years of experience in ceramic processing and properties of electrical ceramics, including capacitors,multilayer ceramic capacitors, insulators, dielectrics, inductors, resistors, thermistors, sensors, transducers, varistors, superconductors, and thin-layer capacitors. He has 10 years of industrial experience and 36 years…
Dielectric Phenomena
Some of Expert's prior work has centered on the design and appraisal of transformer insulation structures, with particular emphasis on oil/cellulose systems. This work has involved both fundamental research on mechanistic aspects and the implications for design. He has been…
Chemical Process and Design
Expert has expertise in design, system engineering, and practical applications focusing on packed and tray towers, evaporators, heat exchangers (i.e. shell and tube, spiral and plate type, and specialized heat transfer equipment), heat pumps, pressure and vacuum filtration, dryers, centrifuges,…
Chemical Reactor Design & Control
Expert is one of the country's foremost experts in the design and control of chemical reactors. Expert's expertise involves modeling and scale-up of batch and continuous reactors for both homogeneous and catalytic reactors including multi-phase reactors such as trickle bed…
Sol-Gel Processing
The overall focus of Expert's activities is the synthesis and processing of ceramics and glasses using the sol-gel process. She edited the first volume on the applications of this process, which established the technological basis for further developments. She also…