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Nanotechnology, Nanomaterials, Carbon Nanotubes, Thin Films, and Patent Strategy
A young veteran of the technology startup world, Expert most recently held the position of chief executive officer at a carbon nanotube supply company that was spun out of Northwestern University in early 2007. Initially hired as business development manager,…
Flexible Packaging Materials; Film Extrusion, Extrusion Lamination, Food Packaging, and Food Packaging Safety
Fellow, Society of Plastics Engineers Inductee, Packaging Hall of Fame Expert has spent over 35 years in the development and application of functional materials for a variety of packaging and non-packaging applications (process and platforms). He has developed various multi-layered…
Magnetron Cathode Design, Magnetic Field Modeling, PVD, Sputtering, Ion Beam Etch, Vacuum Technology
Expert has developed and supported production thin film sputtering systems and processes since 1989. He has led the development and deployment of a production PVD cluster tool used by the IC, MEMS, and magnetic memory industries. He developed one of…
Vacuum and Electrochemical Based Surface Treatment, Management, Production and Development
Expert has over the most recent years been the lead on development of : filtered arc equipment, ta-C coatings produced in filtered arc equipment, application development for ta-C films, IP covering equipment, coatings and applications -and holds several patents in…
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…
Aluminium Wire Production and Products
Expert graduated in Metallurgy at the University of Sheffield in England and went on to complete a PhD in the thermodynamics and electrochemistry of high temperature, pseudo refining reactions. His first role in industry required the use of this electrochemical…
Surface Coating & Materials Technology CVD Chemical Vapor Deposition CVI Chemical Vapor Infiltration
He has over 25 years experience in the field of chemical vapor deposition. He has designed and built CVD coating systems up to 1.5m diameter & 2m high. He has a particular experience in high temperature (1200 - 2200 degC)…
New Product Development, Lean, Six Sigma Blackbelt, Semiconductors/MEMS
Expert has had extensive process engineering experience with a variety of types of CVD reactors, including atmospheric, vacuum/thermal, and plasma enhanced. He has developed copper CVD precursors, developed low-stress/controlled stress dielectric films, and metal films. He wrote a book on…
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…
Infectious Disease, Immune Deficiencies, Molds, Toxins, Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine
Expert’s expertise as an internist combines Internal Medicine and Infectious Disease with Medical Nutrition. As such, she is well equipped to recognize and manage challenging medical conditions, especially in those with different types and degrees of weakened immunity. A graduate…