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Composite, Polymer, Environment, Durability, Adhesive, Urethane, Thermal Analysis, Failure Analysis
Currently working on development and testing of biodegradable polymer blends (some nanocomposite in structure) for commercial applications, although development is from fundamental materials science viewpoint this includes oversight of scale up and production trials. The work is heavily reliant on…
Polymer and Composites Engineering, Manufacture and Usage of these Materials
Expert has extensive experience in the design, manufacture and use of polymeric and composite materials. He has specific expertise in both thermoplastic and thermosetting composites and in the use of composites in the oil and gas industry. His experience includes…
Polymer Allloys and Blends, Plastics Additives, Impact Modifiers, PVC Formulation/Processing
Expert has the expertise and fundamental training in polymers, especially in polymer alloys, where he holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering with an emphasis in polymer science. During the course of his career, he first entered academia, becoming a full…
Textiles, Composite Materials, Failure Mechanisms, Fabrics, Mechanics and Manufacturing
Expert is Professor of Engineering. He has a PhD in Materials Science with a specialty in three dimensional textile reinforced composites. In his 27 years of teaching and research experience he has taught in Materials Science, Textile Materials, Textile Engineering…
Photochemistry, Polymers, Optical materials, Optical data storage, Holography, Start-up management
His expertise began with his first research experience for his Master’s Degree work at the Johns Hopkins University, where he prepared and studied the solvolytic decomposition of N-nitrosoamides. His experience continued at the University of Chicago where he studied photocycloadditions…
Nanotechnology, Biomaterials, Sol-gel Sciences, Optics, Biotechnology, Glass, Ceramics, Spectroscopy
Expert is a specialist of sol-gel chemistry. He developed a new non-aqueous method for sol-gel glass coating to obtain transparent films for integrated optics and photonics using polysiloxane materials. The aim was to obtain low-softening temperature glasses to permit facile…
Science and Technology of Hair and Skin Cosmetics, Science and Technology of Fiber-Based Products
He has studied hair reduction chemistry at considerable length and has developed methods to intensify these effects to destroy human hair which is a function of depilatory products. Because of skin irritation depilation time is an important measure of the…
Polymer Processing, Rheology and Composites, including Nanocomposites
Expert has personal experience with resin transfer molding and pultrusion. He has published work on modeling of pultrusion of vinyl ester composites. He teaches a graduate-level course on composite material processing. Expert has been doing research on polymer nanocomposites since…
Biomaterials, Medical Device Rapid Prototyping, and Laser Processing of Materials
Since their invention in the early 1960s, lasers have found many uses in the medical field. Most current medical applications of lasers involve use as a “universal scalpel” in minimally invasive surgeries, which offer little contact, little blood loss, shorter…
Fiber Reinforced Composites, Bio-Based Materials, Phenolic Resin Technology
Expert is very knowledgeable in composite materials involving a reinforcing fiber [such as E and S glass], Carbon Fiber, and Organic fiber such as Aramid and organic matrix resins based on thermosetting and thermoplastic resins with the TS resins being…