Antimicrobial and Conductive Polymers Consultant with Expertise in Food Packaging and Industrial Composites and Coatings Applications.Strategy and tactics management for trade associations and for companies in dealing with regulatory agencies.Specific experience with the Silver Institute and Silver Nanotechnology Working Group in dealing with the U.S. EPA and with Europe's REACH, and success is achieved in having unfavorable criteria and policies rescinded.Electrical and optical properties of polymeric materials and their commercial applications, i.e.: Conductive polymeric systems for electronics housings, antistatic packaging and process...

Vinyl compound design of erasers and plastic lead for pencil, including designing and installing extruder line for eraser toppers and plug erasers.Vinyl compound design of erasers and plastic lead for pencil, including designing and installing extruder line for eraser toppers and plug erasers.Product development for deck coating, cement resurfacing and fire retardant coatings for orientated strand board (OSB).Worked on highly durable exterior moisture cure products to replace epoxy in stone aggregates floors, plastic primers for polyethylene and permanent anti-graffiti coatings.Designed a new type of extruder mixing head and exit dye so th...

Petroleum and petroleum by-product marketing. Applications for paper and paperboard packaging, construction board, oriented strand board, medium density fiberboard, particleboard, fiberboard and gypsum board. Assist clients with product quality and global marketing issues.Petroleum and petroleum by-product marketing.Petroleum wax and wax emulsion technology marketing.Petroleum products for tires, rubber, industrial asphalt and candles.Process oils, aromatic extracts and lubricant base oils.Petroleum waxes, wax blends and wax emulsions.Wax applications for paper and paperboard packaging, construction board, oriented strand board, medium den...

Surface Specialist in Coatings and Corrosion Prevention. Development in Fast-cure, Deck Covering Materials, Single-coat Shipboard Coatings and Waterjetting TechnologyDevelopment and usage of materials including polyurethane, polyurea and polyaspartic coating systems.Development of fire retardant polyurethane foams for use in U.S. Navy bedding and furniture.High performance paints and coatings, including nonskid deck covering materials for Naval Sea Systems Command.Shipboard outfitting and furnishing materials.Fire performance of shipboard materials.

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...

Corrosion and Failure Analysis Expert for Oil & Gas, Chemical, and Pulp and Paper Industries with Accident Investigation and Storage Tank Assessment ExperienceMaterial engineering serving the chemical, refining, oil and gas, pipeline, pulp and paper, and insurance industries.Root-cause failure analysis, fitness-for service assessments, API 580 risk based inspection, equipment and piping inspection programs and procedures.Coatings and linings specification, equipment fabrication troubleshooting.Corrosion investigations and corrosion control, fitness-for-service and risk based inspection programs.Accident investigations for the United States...

Consultant for Epoxy, Polyurethane, Acrlates and Elastomers for Formulated Adhesives and Coatings and Curing ChemistryPolymers: 25 years' experience with chemistry and characterization of polymeric materials.Polyurethanes: formulations, RIM (Reaction Injection Modeling), elastomers, foams, adhesives, coatings.Epoxy resins: chemistry of cure, formulations, thermosets, composites, adhesives and coatings.Acrlates: For the salts and esters of acrylic acid, UV, EB, electron beam curing for composites, thermosets and adhesives.Elastomers: rubber compounding.Analysis of polymers: recommend chemical, thermal and mechanical testing and locate...

Ph.D. Chemical Engineer, Focusing on Energy Alternatives, Process Engineering, Start-ups, Profitability Intellectual Products and Management Consulting ExpertAlternative and renewable energy: Bio-ethanol from vegetable starch or sugars (corn, sugarcane, high dry-matter tubers, sugar beets), bio-Diesel fuel from triglycerides (virgin and used vegetable oils) and algae, bio-fuel and animal feed co-production, renewable diesel fuel, solar thermal and renewable electricity from wind, photo-voltaic, bio-gas, biomass/municipal solid waste. Energy storage: Batteries, pumped hydro, hot/cold water storage, compressed or liquefied gas storage wit...

Polyvinyl Butyral Consultant: Laminated Glass, Nanocomposites and Controlled Light Reflectance or AbsorbencyPolyvinyl butyral interlayer technology for laminated glass including interlayers with engineered optical, electrical, flow, and moisture barrier properties.Polyvinyl butyral nanoparticle composites.Photovoltaic device encapsulation with polymers; characterization of electrical properties of encapsulant sheet in the photovoltaic array.Polymer formulation, blending and compounding.Electrically conductive polymers.Electrical, optical and rheological properties of polymers and coatings.High performance nylon textile products and proces...

Polyvinyl Acetate, Adhesives, Executing Expert Witness Work, Technical and Sales Support Summary Skilled Adhesives Technologist providing 47 years of experience in formulating, designing and supporting the adhesives industry.  Polymer specialties include polyvinyl acetate, acrylics, pressure sensitives, elastomers, hot melts and epoxies. Adhesives Formulation Vinyl Acetate Polymer and Copolymer Development Adhesives Testing Polyvinyl Alcohol Technology Hot Melt Adhesives Epoxy Adhesives Solvent Borne Adhesives Contact Cements Insulation Adhesives Packaging Adhesives Wood Working Adhesives Radio Frequency Cure UV curabl...