Polymer Consultant and Expert Witness: Polycarbonate, Polystyrene, Plastic Manufacturing, Processing, Testing and Use
Technical Consultant #1091
Expertise
Polymer consultant specializing in:
- Plastic additives (anti stats, antioxidants, fire retardants, mold release agents, etc.)
- Organic peroxides (use, storage and handling, loss prevention and manufacture)
- Analysis/testing of plastic
- Chemical and solvent resistance of plastics
- Plastic films/foams (polyurethane, polycarbonate, PVDC)
- Plastic permeability
- Expert witness on plastic failure mechanisms
- Toughening of plastics
- Weatherability of plastics (polycarbonate, polystyrene, ABS)
- Plastic stabilization & degradation
- Migration of additives & residuals from plastics
- Flammability of plastics and fire retardant additives
- Plastic for food packaging
- GPC-UV analysis of plastics as a tool to determine degradation chemistry
- Polymer devolatilization
- Free-radical polymerization
- Polystyrene production and processes
- Polycarbonate production and processes
- Invented environmentally degradable plastic film/foam
- Discoloration chemistry of plastics
- ABS, HIPS, SAN, Rubber, Nylon, Composite Materials
- Polycarbonate, Polystyrene, Polyethylene, Polyurethane, Polypropylene
Experience
Dow Chemical
- 30 years experience with The Dow Chemical Company
- Extensive experience problem solving regarding plastic failure/solutions
Academic
- Adjunct Professor at Michigan Technological University
- Adhybct Orifessir at Central Michigan University
- Consultant to Michigan Macromolecular Institute
Honors & Publications
Honors
- 2005 - Nominated (Cambridge) for International Scientist of the Year Award
- 2004 - Invited Keynote speaker for ACS "Chemistry in Industry Conference"
- 2001 - Awarded Fellow National American Chemical Society (ACS) PMSE
- 2001 - Received "Salutes to Excellence" award by American Chemical Society
- 1999 - 2002 - Industrial Advisor to Executive Board of National ACS POLY Div.
- 1995 - Outstanding Achievement in the Chemical Sciences Award by ACS
- 1996 - Present - Member National ACS POLY Division Program Committee
- Member Editorial Advisory Board - Designed Monomers and Polymers Journal
Publications and Patents
- 102 publications. A complete list furnished upon request
- Presented 20 papers at national and local professional society meetings
- Presented lectures at several universities and colleges
- 65 Issued United States Patents
- 100 Publications including 5 encyclopedia articles and 8 book chapters
- Author/Editor of book "Modern Styrene Polymers," Wiley 2003
Education
- Ph.D. ,Organic Chemistry, Michigan State University
- B.A., Chemistry, Olivet College, Olivet, MI