Thirty years of experience developing and making adhesives and sealants for architectural, automotive and commercial roofing (single ply roofing). Expert in adhesive material, formulations and use, including PSA, hot melts, water based and solvent based adhesives and sealants.Adhesive and sealant product development and applications.Adhesives and rubber materials (EPDM, butyl rubber, PIB) for roofing systems and windows.Acrylic solution resins and acrylic emulsions for primers, caulks and adhesives.Process development for adhesive and caulks, including formulation, mixing and packaging.Hot melt adhesive formulations, use and testing.Press...

Consultant For Forest, Wood Products and Resins to Make Composite Wood Products.Forest products and wood science.Wood technologies, wood composites and structural design with wood.Wood based panel technology.Volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from composite word products, including formaldehyde.Drying of wood and wood products; kiln operations.Mechanics of wood and wood products; light frame construction.Engineered wood products and the physical properties of wood.Resin selection and physical properties of oriented strand board (OSB).Testing and nondestructive evaluation (NDE) of wood products.Lumber production.

Physical Chemist Consultant with Particular Focus on Yarns, Dyeable Fibers, Carbon Fibers, Nylon, Organic Fibers, Kevlar and SpinningOrganic fiber manufacturing process and fine structure and property relationships.Real time in process structure measurement: X-ray and Raman.Fiber characterization, both fine structure and macroscopic properties.Translation of fiber fine structure to functional properties, e.g. tensile, dye, elongation.Translation of fiber properties to final product strength in spun yarns and spun-bonded non-wovens.Staple yarn spinning (OES), process characterization, product development.Processing, structure, property re...

Expert in Hot Melt Adhesive Equipment Use, Specifications and RefurbishmentHot melt adhesive equipment specifications, marketing, hot melt training seminars and hot melt product development.Restoration and refurbishment services for hot melt adhesive application equipment.Direct sales of adhesive and liquid and hot melt adhesive application system in North America and Europe.Applications and markets for liquid and hot melt adhesive systems.Production of wet and dry wipes and similar disposable products.Capital goods business and production management, production planning, process development, sales and marketing.Documentation planning and...

Vinyl Acetate Construction Adhesive Formulation and Use ExpertResearch and development in polymers and formulations for adhesives and coatings.Vinyl acetate emulsions and polyvinyl alcohol used in dry wall joint compounds, cement additives and mastics.Vinyl acetate ethylene emulsion polymers for construction and adhesive applications: Cementitious applications (including tile mortars, patch, and EIFS, Exterior Insulation and Finishing Systems), joint compounds for finishing gypsum board, caulks and sealants, and adhesives for packaging, laminating and pressure sensitive applications.Redispersible powders made from vinyl acetate copolymers...

Metals-Materials Consultant with expertise in Abrasive Corrosion, Adhesive Wear Problems, Alloy Selection, Nonmetallic Materials, Surface Engineering, Hard Materials; Carbides, Powder Metallurgy Tool Steels, Plant and Equipment Evaluation. FASMPhysical metallurgy, corrosion science and wear of materials.Failure analysis - mechanical fracture, corrosion (wear of metals), ceramics and polymers.Selection and specification of a wide range of metallic alloys and materials to meet process or product requirements: Carbon, alloy, stainless and tool steels,copper, nickel, cobalt and titanium alloys and nonmetallic materials.Corrosion in aqueous, hi...

Ph.D. Chemical Engineer with Expertise in Polymer Synthesis, Modification, and Formulation for Adhesives, Sealants, Foams and Wovens.Synthesis, modification, formulation of polymer materials.Develop polymer chemical and physical structures for material properties in applications.Analytical expertise to solve problems and identify products, IR, NMR, thermal techniques, GC/MS, GPC, SEM, TEM, AFM, ESR, particle analysis, fluorescence, microarray, in vitro and in vivo models.Thermodynamic analysis for mixing and miscibility, wetting, swelling, and diffusion.Develop products, including adhesives, sealants, coatings, films, elastomers, dense mat...

Invention Disclosures Review in a Wide Range of Technologies in the Material and Chemical SectorsThermal and mechanical characterization, fracture and failure analysis, spectroscopy, imaging and microscopy, rheology, reaction kinetics, and structure-property relationship in polymers.Polymer physics and chemistry, chemical engineering, and mechanics of materials.Programming, data analysis, and statistical analysis with MATLAB and OriginPro.Analysis of invention disclosures for patentability and freedom-to-operate (FTO).Review and analysis on invention disclosures from a wide range of technologies; materials and chemical science, including...

Technical consultant on the Fluoropolymer Chemistry, Formulations, Plastic Forming and use of PTFE Fine Powder, PTFE Dispersions, Teflon Fluoropolymers, Nafion Fluorinated Sulfonic acid Polymer and Tedlar Polyvinyl Fluoride, Biologics, Adhesion, Extrusion, Surface ModificationSenior technical consulting service for all aspects of PTFE and other fluoropolymer products and applications.Extensive knowledge of fluoropolymer applications in the chemical processing industry.Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) fine powder formulation processing and PTFE applications.PTFE dispersion, formulations, and applications.PTFE plant design, start-up and capa...

Adhesives and Thin Films Consultant with expertise in Scale-Up, New Product Development, Market and AnalysisIndustrial applications development, market analysis, scale up, for thin film adhesives industry.Market analysis and development of structural adhesives.New product introduction, film adhesives: Electronics, construction, medical device, renewable energy.Six sigma and design for six sigma certified.Thin film and die cutting process web handlingThin film process development: Extrusion, UV-curing, and solvent.Reaction Injection Molding (RIM) process development: Moisture curing urethane adhesives.Expert Witness ExperienceIntellectual p...