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Mechanical Engineering
Expert is a Master's Mechanical Engineer with 35 years of experience in design, product development, project management, engineering management, and technical analysis. AREAS OF TECHNICAL EXPERTISE Sleeve Gun (marine seismic acoustic source) design and operation. Acoustic Hydrophone design and operation.…
Materials, Packaging, Sustainability
Expert has worked on thermoplastics for almost 30 years and on bioplastics and sustainable materials and packaging for over 20 years. For bioplastics and sustainable materials and packaging, he has worked on processing, formulating, developing, commercializing, testing and certification of…
Polymers, Plastics, Composites, Plastic Pipe, Composite Pipe, and Failure Analysis
Throughout his 41-plus-year career experience in the plastics industry, Expert has worked in research and development, product development, technical services, application development, failure analysis, sales, marketing, market development, business development, R&D management, small business unit management, trade association management and…
Rheology, Nanotechnology, Particulate/Multiphase Processes, Chemical Engineering.
Expert operates his contract research & development small business incorporated in 1990 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA. Expert's professional experience spanning over four decades in chemical engineering has focused around the broad areas of particulate/multiphase processes and rheology. Chemical engineering…
Polymer Processing, Rheology and Composites, including Nanocomposites
Expert has personal experience with resin transfer molding and pultrusion. He has published work on modeling of pultrusion of vinyl ester composites. He teaches a graduate-level course on composite material processing. Expert has been doing research on polymer nanocomposites since…
Coloring, Formulating and Compounding Thermoplastics for all Processes, Rotomolding expert, materials specializing in stabilization of long life outdoor products
He has worked in or supplied the rotational molding industry since 1969. He designs and sells CNC machined research test molds to the roto industry. He has developed technology to dry color rotomolded parts without reducing the physicals and to…
Assembly Tooling, Wire Drawing, Cable Insulation, Safety Label Inspection, Noise & Pollution Control
He has extruded Polypropylene, PVC, Polyethylene and Swiss had to design screw for each. He designed tools for extrusion. He has extruded, Thermoplastics and Hypalon and rubber and design screws for each. He designed tools for extrusion. He has designed…
Polymeric Materials, Flooring, Innovation Management, Ideation, Intellectual Property, Expert Witness
Expert spent 34 years in new product development at Armstrong World Industries. He was technical leader/project manager on specific projects and successful developments of new flooring products. He has experience with "Stage/Gate" processes. He held multiple positions in developing flooring…
Polymer & Composite Materials Science, Modeling, Structure-Property Relations, Technology Assessment
Expert has four decades of experience as a researcher on structure-processing-morphology-property-performance relationships in polymers (plastics, elastomers/rubbers, thermosets) and composites. He is considered by many researchers to be the world's foremost authority on quantitative structure-property relationships (QSPR) in polymers. He is…
Adhesive Consulting, Formulating, & Research in Structural, PSA, Hot Melt, Epoxy, Urethane, & Wood
Expert D. Expert has done adhesive failure analysis projects in connection with establishing cause in litigation cases or in research and production problems. For example, a wood millwork manufacturer claimed an adhesive was faulty, resulting in customer loss and damages.…