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Food Engineer—Extrusion
Accomplished, versatile engineer with over thirty-five years of experience in the food industry. Background leans heavily toward twin- and single-screw extrusion of cereal grains, but have also worked in liquid processing, including sugar slurries, salad dressing, and tomato products. Excellent…
Polymer (Plastics, Composites, Fibers, Nanotechnology) Engineering & Science, Including Formulation, Processing, Characterization, Structure-Property Relationship, Nonwovens, and Coatings
As a professional engineer and scientist, in addition to holding BS (2001), MS (2004), and Ph.D. (2016) in polymer (plastics, composites, & fibers) engineering & science, he has more than 17 years of work experiences in the relevant fields at…
Business Optimization, Engineering, Analytical Rigor, Technical Expertise, Due Diligence, Critical Business Analysis to Develop/Implement Change for Profitable Growth
We fuse business optimization, engineering expertise, analytical rigor, and technical expertise to help companies perform due diligence, critical business analysis and design/implement continuous improvement programs to achieve profitable growth. Our firm provides expertise in commercial development, new product development, sourcing,…
Food Extrusion, Grain Processing, Breakfast Cereal, Snacks, and Process Development
Expert has worked with extruders throughout his entire career of 32 years in the food industry and academia. He has touched many aspects of extrusion cooking, from using a twin screw extruder as a reactor for the chemical derivatization of…
Process Engineering, Project Engineering, Project Management
Technical professional with process/product/project engineering and project management experience. Extensive experience integrating process design engineering with process engineering and R&D/product development to ensure success at both internal and contract manufacturing locations. Experienced with small to large-scale start-ups of processes and…
Plastics Processes: Extrusion, Injection Molding, Blow Molding, Structural Foam Molding, and Training
Expert F Expert has over 55 years of plastics processing experience. His main focus has been extrusion processes using extruders -- twin or single screw -- for compounding, film, sheet, and profile. He has extensive experience with feed screw design…
Resin, Polymer, Coating-Development/Synthesis/Processing/Production
Expert has been involved in process development/process engineering in various industries including; paint processing, latex polymerization, styrene polymerization, polyester polymerization, acrylic polymerization, urethane polymerization, elastomer polymerization, fiberglass manufacture, acetate fiber manufacture, foam polystyrene manufacture, and SMA manufacture. Development and scale…
Plastics and Bio Based Resins, Extrusion Compounding, and Reactive Extrusion.
Have a total of 33 years industrial experience in Process Development related activities including Start-up and Manufacturing support. The last 22 years were focused on Compounding Processes. Have 4 US Patents re Reactive Extrusion. Along with Dr. Christian Maier co-authored…
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…
PVC/Additive/Processing Technology, Lab Testing Equipment, PVC Industry
With over 35 years in industrial management of research, customer technical service, marketing and sales (in the PVC and additive industries), and an ability to communicate effectively both in writing and "one-on-one" in person, as well as experience in management…