Fiber Spinning Consultant and World Class Expert on Fiber Cross-Section, Spinneret and Bulking Jet Design

Technical Consultant #1570

Polymer science and fiber engineering with broad expertise in many phases of fiber production technology.
Melt spinning fundamentals, fiber morphology, structure-property relationships.
Fiber engineering, cross-section technology expert, spinneret design and bulking jet design.
Pigmented fiber spinning fundamentals.
Polymer engineering and polymer blends.
Fiber surface characteristics; ink jet printing.
Yarn processing technology: Dyeing, heat setting, twisting and air-entangling.
Nylon fiber waste recycling.

Undisclosed Company, President, 2003 - Present

DuPont Corporation,1970 - 2003

Research Fellow, Georgia Carpet Technology Center, 1998 - 2003

Led Commercial Flooring new product/process development effort.
Innovative process/product design that resulted in several million dollars of new business.
Developed 4 yarn systems tailored for ink jet printing.
Provided technical support to nylon wastes recycling effort.
Introduced a family of patented metallic luster Antron ® Lumena® at 2001 NeoCon.
Pioneered the use of Roto/Air Twist technology for styling development.
Invented a high dye yield cross-section that reduces pigment consumption by 35%.
Led fiber macro-structure research team applied fiber engineering and spinning fundamentals to research and development projects and production.

Fiber Engineering Technology Center, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Senior Research Associate, 1995 - 1998

Responsible for Commercial Flooring new technology development.
Worked with DuPont Corporate research teams to enhance existing products/processes and develop new products to increase sales.
Led Antron® renewal effort.
Provided technical support to all fiber production sites.
Led fiber cross section research team.
Developed numerous new products/processes including:
- Family of enhanced dyeability Antron® Legacy Bravo product line.
- Antron® Legacy tailored for continuous dye equipment.
- Patented metallic luster Antron® Legacy fiber.
- New yarn systems tailored for printing.
- Invented 6-hole hollow filament high performance wool-like luster cross-section for Antron®.

Technical Division Seaford Nylon Plant, Seaford, Delaware, Research Engineer/Senior Research Associate, 1970 - 1995

Worked in all areas of fiber technology in this spinning production facility.
Applied in-depth knowledge of mechanical design as well as fiber engineering and spinning fundamentals to research and development projects and productions.
Led the Polymer Modification Team from a total of eight years.
Considered cross-section technology expert and corporate subject matter expert for pigmented fiber research, bulking jet, air entangling technology, spinneret design, polyamide and polypropylene melt spinning fundamentals.
Directly involved in the development of Antron® Legacy, Antron® Lumena® and anti-static fibers.
Directly responsible for, or contributed to the granting of 16 U.S. patents covering:
- Anti-static fiber.
- Polymer modification.
- Pigment dispersion.
- Yarn twisting.
- Bulking Jet.
- Fiber spinning process.
- Hollow filament cross-sections.
- Anti-stain nylon fiber.

Patents