Diesel engine emissions requirements and technology.Diesel engine installations.Diesel engine systems/fuel/air/cooling/exhaust.Diesel engine maintenance procedures and requirements.Technical training isolated to diesel engines and diesel exhaust emissions.Sales training and management of sales teams.Independent Consultant, PresentUndisclosed Firm, Project-Program Manager, 2007 - 2008Managed major projects: Setup, product install, training centre, investigation, and procurement of a 500 BHP AC Dynamometer, including the construction of the Dynamometer Test Cell.Managed Case Studies for established customers utilizing Hy-Drive Technologies...

Specializing in the Commissioning and Cracking of:  Furnaces, EDC, VCM, LPG, Distillation, Oxygen Feed Reactors, Chlorination Reactors, Refrigeration Units, and Steam Units Cracking furnaces: EDC, (Ethylene Dichloride) Cracking furnaces at high (20 atm) or low (9 atm) pressure, methane gas or LPG combustion, and horizontal burners. Distillation columns: All types of distillation columns (package or tray columns) in various operation conditions, (high pressure; low pressure; vacuum). Oxychlorination reactors: Oxygen feed reactors; fluidized bed catalyst. Chlorination reactors - liquid phase reaction; high or low chlorination temper...

International Hydrogen Energy, Renewable Energy, and Fuel Cell Technology Research and Consulting - High Level Project Management Hydrogen and fuel cell technology, high level innovation and project management. Integrated energy systems. Design hydrogen, solar and solar solar-hybrid systems. Research management. Project management and team leadership skills. Hydrogen energy and fuel cell systems. Gas processing and coal gasification. Power generation. Renewable energy. Process engineering. Successfully mentor and supervise research students and lead high performance research teams.

Ph.D .Mechanical Engineer Consultant in Diesel and Alternate Fuel Engines: Performance, Aftertreatment Systems, Fuel Injection (Piezo-electric), and VVADiesel and gasoline engine controls.Variable valve actuation (VVA).Fuel injection systems.NOx control in Diesel engine and aftertreatment-based systemsModeling, design and control of advanced powertrains.Powertrain control strategies that allow the efficient and clean use of conventional fuels, coal-derived fuels and biofuels.Modeling, integration and control of variable valve actuation (VVA) systems in IC engines.Engine algorithm development for closed-loop control and virtual sensing.Res...

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...

Waste management consultant specializing in combustion and waste management processes for industrial and municipal waste.Waste combustion, incineration, air pollution, hazardous waste disposalRegistered Professional Engineer: Delaware, Texas, PennsylvaniaIndependent Consultant: Specializing in combustion and waste management processes. Key projects:Debottlenecking (mechanically, then via permit modification) liquids incinerator, effectively doubling capacityInitiated diversion of clean hazardous waste liquids to boile...

Chemical Reacting Flows for Fuel Combustion and Analysis and Fuel Chemistry Engineer and Combustion Experienced with Diesel, Bio and Fisher-Tropsch FuelsChemically reactive flows.Chemically reacting Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD.)Diesel, Fischer-Tropsch, bio fuels chemical mechanisms.Emissions and soot chemistry and volatile organic compounds (VOC) mechanisms.Chemistry of Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) and Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD.)Computer simulation.Chemical kinetic mechanism testing and reduction.Training course development.Expert witness on matters related to fluid dynamics and chemical reactive flows.

Mechanical Engineering & Maintenance Consultant – Oil-Gas and Power PlantsSummary Over 40 years of worldwide experience at various positions in the design, engineering, projects, EPIC, maintenance in upstream, midstream, refineries, NGL plants, petrochemicals, and power plants. Project Engineering Design Technical Authority (PTE/SME) for rotating, static and piping engineering. Participated in FEED, detailed engineering, AFC, start-up and commissioning. Peer design review of EPC deliverables from PID's to AFC drawings including FAT/SAT. Coordinated engineering activities of various disciplines, management of change leader. S...

Developing Abradable Coatings for Ceramic Matrix Composites, Develop New Processes such as Chemical Vapor Deposition and Thermal Barrier Coatings, and Super alloy DevelopmentSummary Materials researcher and manager providing many years of diverse managerial and technical experience in process and product development, primarily with companies requiring “world class” level of product quality, including wide experience in gas turbine materials and coatings. New processes development and introduction into production.  Specific areas of knowledge in chemical vapor deposition; oxidation and corrosion; diffusion coatings; thermal barri...

Consultant for Internal Combustion Engines, Combustion Technology, Alternative Fuels, Emissions and Exhaust TreatmentConventional and alternative fuels for passenger cars and trucks.Gasoline and diesel engine combustion.Exhaust gas analysis.Gasoline and diesel exhaust after treatment (TWC, DOC, fuel reformer, LNT, SCR, DPF).Undisclosed University, Assistant Research Scientist, 2003 - PresentGasoline combustion technology.Exhaust after treatment and catalysis of gasoline engine emissions.Exhaust hydrocarbon identification and...