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Plastics Recycling and Life Cycle Analysis
Expert has been involved with PET bottle resin since leading the Eastman Chemical commercialization team on the product (Eastman then the world's largest producer of PET bottle resins). He is well acquainted with all the commercial PET bottle formulations and…
Chemical Process Design and Automation, Industrial Energy Efficiency
Ms. Expert has worked in the area of chemical plant design for 20 years. Projects she has worked on have ranged in cost from $10,000 to $100 MM and have covered unit operations including reactor design, recovery systems, filtration equipment,…
Chemical Separation/Purification
Expert focuses on separations and bioprocess development. His experience including identifying alternate process technologies and configurations; evaluating, modeling, specifying and supervising necessary laboratory and pilot testing; interpreting data, design, and startup; and measuring and predicting vapor-liquid and liquid-liquid equilibrium data.…
Materials and Controls
As the former Vice President of Materials and Controls at Texas Instruments, Expert has diversified experience in electronics corrosion prevention, metallurgy, and electronic ceramics and thermostatic bimetal discs. He led the development of unique processes for titanium aluminide thin foil…
Tribology, Wear, Coatings, Materials Selection, Materials Testing, Computer Modeling, Lubrication
Expert has experience with numerous types of abrasive wear problems, including the design of optimal surface topography to minimize abrasive wear. This includes surface design, wear testing, and the use of coatings in abrasive wear environments to enhance system life…
Polymer Rheology and Plastics Processing
Expert is currently working on constitutive modeling of the extensional behavior of molten plastics. He has developed models that allow the behavior in extension to be inferred from measurements in exponential shear. The material behavior in exponential shear is measured…
Aerosol Dispensers, Atomizers, Pumps, Closures, Trigger Pumps, Expert Witness, Consumer Products
Expert has 40 years of experience with three types of atomizers. The first is with vertical piston type finger atomizers using displacement of a compression chamber to deliver liquid from a container. The second is with vertical piston type finger…
Imaging Systems, New Products
Expert has applied his experience in research and development and new business development to technology planning and management in many fields, especially those related to the electronics, medical imaging, and printing industries. Using a broad range of strategic planning tools,…
Lithium Batteries
With over 30 years of experience in battery chemistry, Expert has been working on a CRADA with several US battery companies to develop a carbon that can be used as an anode in lithium-ion batteries. He led a team that…
Oil Refining Technology
Mr. W. Expert has evaluated many major capital investments for petroleum refining applications. His studies have compared alternative process options, and he has evaluated pricing and cost sensitivities and all economic payout data. The scope of these projects exceeds $100…