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Expert in Crystallization
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Summary of Expertise:
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CRYSTALLIZATION. Expert has expertise in a wide variety of areas related to crystallization. These include impurity-crystal interactions, solvent inclusion formation, and control of crystal size and crystal shape. He conducts a major academic research group in crystallization, consults for a number of companies in the U.S., Europe, and Japan, and teaches a short course in this area. CHEMICAL RECRYSTALLIZATION; TEREPHTHALIC ACID. Expert has extensive experience in industrial problems related to crystal purity. He has worked extensively on the purification of terephthalic acid and has also worked with a number of organic and inorganic materials. CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTAL HABIT. Expert is particularly interested in the area of crystal habit prediction, using calculational methods. His current work includes production of the effect of impurities and solvents on crystal morphology. POLYMORPHISM. Expert has experience in searching for new polymorphs experimentally and by employing calculational methods. DIFFUSION THEORY. Expert has an active research program which studies diffusion in metastable solutions. He is able to measure diffusion coefficients in the liquid phase employing interferometers.
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Expert conducts basic research in the area of nucleation and focuses on methods to control nucleation using new and novel methods.
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Show Secondary and Basic Areas of Expertise | Localities:
Expert may consult nationally and internationally, and is also local to the following cities: Boston, Massachusetts;
Worcester, Massachusetts;
Springfield, Massachusetts;
Lowell, Massachusetts;
Cambridge, Massachusetts;
Brockton, Massachusetts;
New Bedford, Massachusetts;
Hartford, Connecticut;
Manchester, New Hampshire;
and Providence, Rhode Island.
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Degree |
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1973
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BS
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Chemical Engineering
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Columbia University
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1975
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MS
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Chemical Engineering
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University of Virginia
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1977
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PhD
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Chemical Engineering
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University of Virginia
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2000 to
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(Undisclosed)
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Armour College of Engineering and Science
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Professor of Chemical Engineering and Dean
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1992 to 2000
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Polytechnic University
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Chemical Engineering
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Joseph J. Jacobs Professor of Chemical Engineering
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1988 to 1992
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Polytechnic University
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Chemical Engineering
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Professor
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1985 to 1988
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Polytechnic University
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Chemical Engineering
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Associate Professor
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1979 to 1985
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Georgia Institute of Technology
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Chemical Engineering
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Assistant and Associate Professor
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1977 to 1979
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University of Dayton
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Chemical Engineering
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Assistant Professor
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Associations/Societies
Expert is a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the American Chemical Society, the American Society of Engineering Educators, Sigma Xi, and Tau Beta Pi.
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Licenses/Certifications
He is a registered PE in the states of Ohio and New York.
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Publications and Patents Summary
He holds 12 United States patents. He is author or co-author of numerous scientific publications and has edited four books including the Handbook of Industrial Crystallization. He has over 100 papers published on crystallization and related topics.
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Selected Publications and Publishers
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- Cambridge University Press
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- Butterworth
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| Selected Consulting Examples: |
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Expert has served as a consultant to over 40 companies in the chemical process industries in the area of crystallization.
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Expert teaches in house short courses in crystallization for a number of companies.
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Expert has served as an expert witness in a number of cases.
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Recent Client Requests:
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Expert in sugar crystallization for consulting on crystallization of honey.
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Expert for a free initial screening call regarding your expert consulting needs.
Expert is available for consulting to corporate, legal and government clients.
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Expert is free.
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Expert Witness Experience Summary:
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Expert has testifies in Federal Court several times and has been deposed in a number of cases.
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Recent Litigation Client Requests:
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Expert in medical crystallization for consulting on the length for kidney stone to form.
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Crystal chemistry pharmaceutical expert expert witness for consulting on crystalline structures and polymorphs; generic pharmaceutical case.
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Training/Seminars
Expert offers on-site short courses in crystallization.
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