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Economics of Polypropylene, Polyolefins, and Catalysts
Expert has over 20 years of experience with a leading petrochemical company (Amoco) that includes participation on design teams for four polypropylene projects, two manufacturing plants for Ziegler-Natta supported catalyst, and a polystyrene project. He is co-designer of the original…
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.…
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.…
Powdered Metals & P/M Products
Expert has founded and operated businesses that produce powdered metal parts. He is the co-founder and President of his organization. The development of metals and alloys has been the focus of his career. He understands thoroughly the manufacturing process that…
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…
Powder Metallurgy, Magnetic Alloy
Since 1980, Expert has been instrumental in the development of new magnetic alloys, their processing, improvement in their properties, and preparation of specifications for their usage. He has also assisted in marketing these materials and recommending their usage for new,…
Non-Stick Coatings, Thermal Spray Coatings
Expert has developed several ceramic, metal and carbide coatings and powder manufacturing processes for producing composite powders. He has consulted with numerous businesses on use of coatings for wear, corrosion, thermal barrier, electronic applications, release and non-stick coatings. Expert developed…
Organic Coatings: Comprehensive Knowledge of the Theory and Practice
COATINGS; LIQUID COATINGS; POLYMER COATINGS. Expert has over 40 years of research, development, and teaching experience in coating technology. He was trained as an organic chemist but switched to synthetic polymer chemistry early in his career. While his experience in…
Ceramics, Coatings, Processing
Expert's educational background and research has given her experience in the structure-property relationships for ceramic materials. In particular, both her MS and PhD research topics involved the analysis of dielectric properties of ceramics. She is now involved with active research…