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Metallic Surfaces and Structures, Oil and Gas Corrosion, and Alternative Fuels Corrosion Inhibitors
Expert was taught in the field of Ferrous Metallic Corrosion as early as 1974 to become Director of Research & Development for the Laboratoires SECUR in Antwerp, Belgium in 1978. Expert worked on training and supervising the FEO 23 Surface…
Surface Technology, Coatings, Thin Film Deposition, PVD, Physical Vapour Deposition, Sputtering, PLD
He studied materials science with a focus on thin film materials, focussing in his PhD on process equipment and design of room-temperature deposited coating. As post-doc, he was employed to scale up deposition process from laboratory to industrially useable process…
Epoxy, Phenolics, UP Resins: Development, Manufacturing, Project Implementation
Expert has over 15 years hands on experience related to formulations of Epoxy Resin based speciality formulations.He has developed, suitably modified and manufactured High build as well as normal Epoxy coatings, Epoxy coatings for wet surface application Chemical resistant (vinyl…
Surface Engineering, Diamond like hard coating, material science, Medical device, hard disk
Most of Expert's scientific career has been devoted to the development of surface modification and thin film deposition technologies, including plasma nitriding, plasma carbonization, boriding, chromizing, cathodic arc, filtered cathodic arc, pulsed laser ablation, magnetron sputtering, pulsed mid-frequency dc magnetron…
Process Design & Optimisation, Scale-up Engineering, Detailed Engineering, Plant Trouble Shooting
Over the last 18 years of existence, Expert has carried out designs for chemical plants that start with preparation of conceptual flow diagrams, process flow diagrams, mass and energy balance diagrams, P & IDs, General Arrangement drawings for fabricated equipment,…
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…
Materials & Surface Science, Corrosion, Surface Treatments, Adhesive Bonding, Electrochemistry
Expert over 30 years of experience in basic and applied research and development involving surfaces and interfaces related to adhesion and corrosion. Particular areas of interest include surface treatments, especially those improving the durability or corrosion resistance of materials, and…
Surface Treatment, Shot Peening & Blasting, Zinc Plating, Phosphating, Carburizing, Heat Treatments
Expert has very good expertise on Blast cleaning and shot peening. He has proved his expertise in many industries, and shown phenomenal savings on blasting agent cost, good quality of cleaning and good environment. Expert helped in identifying the issues…
Materials Science, Particularly Corrosion: Microbial Corrosion, Materials Selection, Biodegradation
Biodegradation mainly refers to enhanced degradation and deterioration of non-metallic materials such as concrete and polymers to distinguish it from microbial corrosion of metals. Under certain circumstances, there are groups of micro-organisms that are capable of attacking these materials and…
Coating, Insulation, PFP and TSA, Oil and Gas Industry Worldwide
He has used various types of abrasives for blast cleaning of various substrates. Carbon steel, Stainless steel and Concrete. The abrasives used are copper slag /coal slag / Garnet / Aluminum oxide. He has also used metallic abrasives like chilled…