Find an Expert
Economics of Polypropylene, Polyolefins, and Catalysts
Expert has over 20 years of experience with a leading petrochemical company (Amoco) that includes participation on design teams for four polypropylene projects, two manufacturing plants for Ziegler-Natta supported catalyst, and a polystyrene project. He is co-designer of the original…
Thermodynamics
Expert has been engaged in the evaluation of thermochemical, thermophysical, and transport property data of organic compounds and mixtures. He has extensive experience in developing large databases to store such information. He can consult generally on thermophysical property data for…
Food Technology, Product Development/Optimization, Food Quality, Anti-oxidants, Sensory, Consumer
Expert is internationally recognized for her expertise in sensory evaluation of food products and associated packaging. She heads the sensory evaluation program at the Employer, which is ranked among the top five sensory science programs in the country. As a…
Silicone, RTV Rubber
ROOM TEMPERATURE VULCANIZING (RTV) RUBBER; SILICONE ELASTOMER. Expert spent a significant portion of his career in the area of silicone RTVs. He has applied his expertise in developing new processes, test techniques, and troubleshooting manufacturing systems. His work has led…
Food Sensory Science, Food Acceptability, Food Texture, Satiety, Food Choice, Consumption
Food Sensory Science; Food Sensory Testing: For the past 30 years, Expert has taught and researched aspects of sensory analysis of foods. Part of this time was devoted to studying food textures, specifically crispness, crunchiness, and viscosity. More recently she…
Paper Coating Rheology, Coating Processes, and Coater Operation
VISCOSITY; VISCOMETER; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT. Expert has over 18 years experience on viscosity and viscosity measurements of pigmented coatings and their interpretation related to high-speed coating operations. He has been instrumental in the design and data analysis of high- shear viscometers…
Food Rheology; Viscometry; Food Process Engineering; Food Engineering
FOOD RHEOLOGY; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT. Expert is extensively involved in food rheology research. His experience includes dynamic and steady shear evaluation of rheological properties related to food product development, quality evaluation, quality control, and process engineering design applications. He has consulted…
Cryogenic Materials
AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEEL. Expert has expertise in the development of new nitrogen-strengthened steels. He was the U.S. representative to the High Nitrogen in Steels International Conference. He has also published three review papers and about 50 technical papers on low-temperature…
Petroleum Process Analysis, Sample Conditioning Systems Design, Process Analyzers, etc.
Expert has expertise in many aspects of industrial, process, utility, and municipal process plant systems engineering. A significant portion of his career in this area has involved solving process analysis problems in the petroleum refining and petrochemical industries. He has…
Dietary Fiber, Fat, and Chronic Disease; Cholesterol Lowering; Colon Cancer; Prebiotics
Expert has expertise in many aspects of dietary fiber. This includes the effect of different fiber types on cholesterol reduction, colon cancer, and complications of diabetes. He has also done several types of fiber analysis. Most of his work has…