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Electrical Engineering of Power & Control Systems, Processing Sensors, Servo Control, Prototyping
He specialized in control engineering as a senior at UNM and went to work in the Control Electronics Department at TRW in 1979 (now Northrop Grumman Space Technology) where he has been for almost 30 years. All his assignments regard…
Metallurgy, Tribology, Corrosion, Failure Analysis (Fatigue, Fracture, Wear, etc.), Legal Support
Expert has has worked extensively in the field of corrosion. He has taught a senior level college courses on the subject, performed fundamental research with published findings and he has testified in court as to the effect corrosion has on…
Hydrocarbon Chemistry and Analysis
He has worked widely on the analysis of petroleum (crude oil) and its refined products by using a wide variety of chromatographic and spectral techniques. These include gas chromatography with mass spectrometer detection, with element specific detection for sulfur, nitrogen,…
Marine: Diesel, Gasoline, Natural Gas Fueled Engines, Heavy Duty Equipment, Power Co-generation
Expert has studied and worked with most types of engines and engine systems throughout his career. His focus has been in operations, maintenance, reliability and failure investigations and analysis. Engine systems includes all of the ancillary equipment that it takes…
Steel Applications using Engineered Alloys with Heat Treatment and Welding Knowledge
Most of his metallurgical practice and experience since 1985 has been with steel and other iron based metal products. His limited exposure to other metal products such as aluminum and titanium, etc, would be sufficient to provide basic information about…
Diesel Injection, Combustion, Electronic Control Systems, System Integration, Diesel Flow Meters
He has a PhD degree – a cooling system for liquid rocket engines (1987). Expert is an internationally recognized professional on injection and combustion technologies as well as precision instrumentation and control systems through his various project-leader jobs carried out…
Airplane and Helicopter Research, Design and Analysis
During the latter part of his tenure at NASA Langley, Expert served as the Assistant Branch Head of the Subsonic Aerodynamics Branch, and was the only Army researcher ever to serve in a NASA management position. He was principally responsible…
Analysis of Vehicle Handling, Accident Reconstruction, Dynamics, Structural and Control Analysis
Improved handling characteristics of cars, trucks and buses for Mercedes in Germany by performing trade-off studies between brakes, steering, slip-angles, road conditions, suspension, car speed and weight distribution. Performed error budget analysis for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena to…
Power Electronics, Motor Drives, Renewable Energy, Etc.
AC frequency converters are frequently used for AC motor drives. He has written 7 books and many publications covering this area. A CCV is a frequency changer which can be direct or through a dc link. He worked as CCV…
Combustion, Combustor Design, Combustor Acoustical Problems, Analysis, CFD, Engineering Design
Expert designed and tested missles and spacecraft in many Hypersonic wind tunnels at elevated temperatures and pressures from Mach 3 simulation to Mach 8 simulation at NASA. The expertise included test procedures for starting such facilities and techniques to avoid…