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Membrane Desalination
Expert is a highly skilled membrane desalination researcher with 30 years' experience in seawater desalination R&D using reverse osmosis membranes. Expert can implement ideas from the laboratory to pilot plant level -- then, finally, to commercial desalination plants. He has…
Engineering, Construction, and Standard of Care
Expert has 25 years of engineering experience working on regional, national and global projects including the design, engineering, construction and commissioning of numerous residential, commercial and industrial facilities. He has provided subject matter expertise in engineering, engineering management, facility design…
Pharmaceuticals: Formulations, Injectables, Topicals, Analgesics, Pharmaceutical Analysis
CORE SKILLS Instrumentation skills. APIs/preformulation: X-ray diffraction; Raman spectroscopy; HPLC (potency, degradants, purity, linearity, accuracy, precision, LOQ, LOD) with detection via UV-Vis, fluorescence, and conductivity; content uniformity, dissolution/elution incl. sustained- and immediate release formulations, paddle wheel apparatus; forced degradation incl.…
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…
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…
Molecular Biophysics, Nucleic Acid Physical Chemistry, Biomimetic Ligand Design
Beginning with his graduate work on nucleic acid physical chemistry, the primary focus of his research has been in the area of molecular biophysics/biophysical chemistry. His Ph.D. was in polymer physical chemistry, and he has taught a variety of courses…
Synthesis and Characterization of Ceramic Powders and Single Crystals
Expert has used microencapsulation as a method to prepare multicomponent ceramic powders containing two to five components. He developed (and is in the process of patenting) the first dry microencapsulation process that also can be used as a granulation method.…
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…
Solution Chemistry, Thermodynamics, Phase Equilibrium, etc.
SOLUTION CHEMISTRY; THERMODYNAMICS; PHASE EQUILIBRIUM. Expert has expertise in solution chemistry, particularly when calculated from equations of state. He is very knowledgeable of phase equilibria and statistical thermodynamics and their application to complex mixtures including coal derivatives, polymers, ionic solutions,…