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Semiconductor Materials Characterization Thin Film Deposition
He has extensive experience, over 20 yrs, in the field of epitaxial deposition of III-V semiconductor materials for opto-electronic devices (InGaAsP/InGaAlAs/InP and AlGaAs/InGaP/GaAs based materials). This includes the growth of high-speed bipolar transitors, phototransistors, lasers, pin and avalanche high-speed photodetectors.…
Polymer Synthesis and Properties, Catalysis, Physical-Organic Chemistry, and Molecular Modeling
Expert R. Expert has over 30 years R&D experience with major chemical companies in designing new organic polymers, developing and improving polymerization processes, and inventing new polymerization catalysts. His primary focus has been on exploratory research for new product and…
Steel and Iron Casting Processes, Foundry Consulting, Metallurgy, and NDT Non Destructive Testing
Expert has extensive foundry experience with a strong emphasis in melting steel using both acid and basic processes. He developed metallurgical and operational melting procedures that optimized the acid and basic slags. He is very familiar with the use and…
Extractive-Metallurgy, Hydro-Metallurgy, Pyro-Metallurgy, Inorganic Processing and Soil and Waste Remediation
Expert has been active in the field of extractive metallurgy for more than 60 years. He has developed processes for the recovery of many metals including antimony, arsenic, barium, bismuth, boron, chromium, cobalt, copper, gallium, germanium, gold, lead, lithium, magnesium,…
Biomaterials and Product Development R&D for Orthopedic, Cardiovascular, and Other Implants
Expert has helped assemble, and been lead author on 510(k) and IDE applications to the FDA. This has often included telephone conversations, and occasionally personal visits, with the FDA to discuss unique aspects of the devices and/or materials in the…
Metallocenes, Catalysis
ZIEGLER POLYMERIZATION; ZIEGLER-NATTA CATALYST; METALLOCENE. Expert has made major contributions in metallocene catalysts used for Ziegler-Natta olefin polymerization. He has studied new methods for generating catalysts, polymerization mechanisms, and structures of intermediates in catalytic polymerization. ASYMMETRIC INDUCTION; ENANTIOSELECTIVE CATALYSIS. Expert…
Chemistry
Expert has experience synthesizing and characterizing novel electrophilies, i.e., classical and nonclassical carbocations, carbodications, halonium ions, oxonium ions, thioacylium ions, selenonium ions and nitrenium ions in low nucleophilicity highly superacidic solvent systems using low temperature NMR spectroscopy. He has studied…
Semiconductor Processing and Equipment
Expert has more than 23 years experience in the semiconductor industry, much of this time in a technical management position at Intel. He has hands-on experience with nearly every facet of processing silicon wafers to manufacturing semiconductor devices. His strength…
Metallurgical Engineering, Materials Processing, Materials Failure Analysis
Expert has gained extensive experience in the uses of ferrous metals and alloys (carbon and alloy steel, high strength steel, structural steel, heat resistant steel), non-ferrous metals and alloys, superalloys, stainless steels (austenitic, ferritic, martensitic, and precipitation hardening grades), tool…
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,…