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Chemical Engineering, Enzymes
Expert has spent the majority of his professional career developing and refining the use of chemical engineering techniques to design biochemical reactors holding enzymes and microbial cells. Expert is an Anson Marston Distinguished Professor Emeritus in Employer's Chemical Engineering program.…
Filtration and Fluid-Particle Separation; Papermaking and Paper Product Properties
For the past 10 years, Expert has been involved in research on filtration and separation problems. He has extensive experimental and theoretical experience in air and gas filtration in fibrous and granular media, and is also involved in filtration in…
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…
Material Analysis/Spectroscopy
During the past 15 years, Expert's research has become increasingly oriented toward vibrational spectroscopy, particularly Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy. In the early 1980s, he developed modern step-scan FT-IR instrumentation for photoacoustic and photothermal spectroscopy of surfaces and opaque or…
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,…
Cardiovascular Drugs & Therapy, Hypertension Development, Blood Flow, etc.
Expert is currently studying the mechanisms which may be responsible for the development of hypertension, particularly as it relates to an increase in sodium (salt) intake. More specifically, he is primarily concerned with potential abnormalities in kidney function, which may…
Agro-Environmental/Biotechnology
BIOINSECTICIDES; BIOLOGICAL PESTICIDES. Expert [pronounced cawtch-a-tourians] has been the Director of the first BioInsecticide Research Laboratories at the University since he was appointed to the position in 1980. This Provincial Strategically Funded Program has established research and teaching programs in…
Cereal Chemistry
CEREAL FOOD; CEREAL SCIENCE; WHEAT FLOUR. Expert (pronounced Hahz-nee, ) has devoted most of his career to studying how flour interacts to form baked food products. His research has involved chemical separation of the components of wheat flour and determination…
Food Engineering/Crystallization
Expert has been studying crystallization processes for the past 16 years with an emphasis on crystallization in foods. His current emphasis involves controlling crystallization (either promoting or preventing) of sugars, ice, and fats. This research involves both basic aspects of…
Chemical Reaction Engineering
POROUS MATERIAL; REACTIONS IN POROUS SOLIDS. A major portion of Expert's research has been concerned with reactions of porous solids, the kinetics of which are largely controlled by pore diffusion. In particular, he has worked on coal/char combustion and desulfurization…