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Laboratory Management; Quality Assurance/Control
Expert has demonstrated expertise with the design, development, and start-up of laboratory facilities. These facilities have been used for analytical testing, physical characterization, environmental sample conditioning, and drug stability testing. He has specified and implemented purified water systems, sample conditioning…
Optical Instrument/Thin Films
OPTICAL THIN FILM COATING DESIGN. Expert has designed specialized optical coatings for commercial, aerospace, medical, and industrial applications. He is experienced in design optimization, performance modeling, procurement specification development, and deposition processes and materials for applications extending from the ultraviolet…
Wood Science, Wood Chemistry, Wood Coatings, Recycling
Expert has been involved in research in weathering of wood for the past 20 years. He studies wood discoloration, surface oxidation, and surface protections. He uses electron spin resonance to characterize free radicals (formation, termination) and mechanisms of weathering. He…
Plasma-Aided Manufacturing
Expert has been involved in the development of a number of features for these devices. These include the dual cell, programmed swept radio frequency excitation, external ion injection, and mass separation. He has also been able to utilize this concept…
Environmentally-Compatible Polymers
Expert is an expert in environmentally-compatible materials, including biodegradable plastics and polymers, plastic environmental effects, plastic non-hazardous solid waste management, paper coatings, and moisture barrier material. He has conducted research on the design and engineering of new biodegradable materials that…
Chemical Engineering; Pulp & Paper Engineering
Expert (pronounced "Shay") has over 30 years of combined academic and industry R & D experience in the chemical and pulp and paper industries. He has worked in production capacity expansion, cost reduction, new process design, product development, mathematical modeling,…
Polymeric Materials
POLYMERIC MATERIALS; PLASTIC MATERIAL SELECTION. Expert has extremely diverse industrial experience. He has worked at GM as an engineer of plastics and rubber parts and consulted with over 25 companies in the areas of rubber, adhesives, FRP's, plastics, and fiber-related…
Thermal Spray Technology
Expert has expertise in thermally sprayed coating, with particular emphasis on their production, characterization and mechanical testing. He is the co-director of a thermal spray laboratory. He has 18 years research experience in thermal spray coatings; with a particular focus…
Carbohydrate Chemistry: Starches and Gums
Expert has extensive experience as a researcher, reference book editor, consultant, and teacher of starch polymer and granule structure and chemical modification. He is familiar with granule structure, behavior, properties, modification, and applications in a broad range of products (food,…
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…