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Expert in Ceramics, Refractories
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HIGH PURITY OXIDE REFRACTORY CERAMICS; ALUMINA REFRACTORY. Expert is an authority on alumina ceramic shapes and refractories (80% purity and up), including raw materials such as calcined aluminas, tabular aluminas, and white, brown, dense, and insulating fused aluminas. He is also very knowledgeable about such refractory ceramic products as alumina-mullite, mullite, chrome-alumina, chrome-magnesia, and zirconia. He is knowledgeable in the field of refractory oxide flame-spray coatings. SILICON CARBIDE REFRACTORIES. Expert has extensive experience in the development and evaluation of silicon carbide refractories of several types, including oxide bonded, nitride bonded, and self bonded. In addition, he has experience with nitride bonded and recrystallized silicon carbides for wear resistant applications. In addition, he has experience with silicon carbide refractories for incinerators and kiln furniture. He is quite conversant with silicon carbide raw materials, powders, and grains. ADVANCED CERAMICS AND REFRACTORIES EVALUATION AND DEVELOPMENT; CERAMIC MATERIAL SELECTION. Expert has extensive experience with commercial advanced refractory ceramics, including material evaluation and selection, product development, product testing (both in-house and through field test results). He has worked in-depth in material selection, forming, firing, testing, and evaluation. REFRACTORY TESTING. Expert has been heavily involved in work in compressive creep of oxide refractories. He is an expert on the stability of oxides in hydrogen atmospheres at elevated temperatures, as well as thermal shock evaluation of refractory kiln furniture. ASTM AND ISO TESTS. Expert has extensive experience with the standard ASTM refractory tests as a member of the ASTM Committee C-8 on Refractories for over 35 years. In addition, he is a member of the Technical Advisory Group representing the U.S. on ISO Technical Committee 33 on Refractories. He is Convener (Chairman) of TC33's Working Group 16 developing standard test methods for measuring Modulus of Elasticity of Refractories. ZIRCONIA (ZIRCONIUM DIOXIDE). Expert is experienced with the development, fabrication, and evaluation of refractory zirconia parts -- including failure evaluation. CERAMIC KILN FURNITURE. Expert is skilled in the development and evaluation of alumina, mullite, zirconia, and silicon carbide kiln furniture. He also has a strong background in failure evaluation (such as after testing or field use).
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Secondary Expertise
aluminum oxide, basic refractory, carbide, castable refractory, ceramic corrosion, ceramic engineering, ceramic failure, ceramic failure analysis, ceramic forming, ceramic insulation, ceramic material, ceramic material manufacturing, ceramic mechanical property, ceramic powder, ceramic processing, ceramic property, ceramic property characterization, ceramic property measurement, ceramic quality, ceramic technology, creep, flame-spray coating process, high-purity oxide ceramic, high-purity oxide material fabrication, high-purity oxide material forming, high-temperature testing, hydrogen, materials selection, mullite, neutral refractory, nitride compound, non-oxide ceramic, oxide coating material, powder, refractory, refractory carbide, refractory ceramic failure, refractory coating material, refractory compound, refractory concrete, refractory mechanical property, refractory nondestructive testing, refractory porcelain, refractory thermal property, silicon carbide, spinel, spray coating, technical ceramic, white alumina
Basic Expertise
acid refractory, American Society for Testing and Materials, American Society for Testing and Materials standard, calcination, ceramic chemical property, dioxide, fabrication, failure process, field testing, firebrick, fireclay refractory, high-purity material, high-purity nonmetallic material, incinerator, ISO standard, kiln, magnesite refractory, magnesium oxide coating, material product development, new product development, nomenclature, oxide, product testing, raw material, silica, silica brick, silicate refractory, silicon dioxide, spraying, stability, standard, temperature, United States patent, wear resistance, zirconium, zirconium fabrication | 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;
New Haven, Connecticut;
Hartford, Connecticut;
Waterbury, Connecticut;
Manchester, New Hampshire;
and Providence, Rhode Island.
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1955
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PhD
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Ceramic Engineering
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Ohio State University
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1951
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MSc
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Ceramic Engineering
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Ohio State University
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1951
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BCerE
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Ceramic Engineering
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Ohio State University
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1990 to
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Independent Consultant
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1979 to 1990
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Norton Company
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Research Manager, Advanced Ceramics/Commercial
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1969 to 1979
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Norton Company
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Research Associate, Industrial Ceramics
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1955 to 1969
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Norton Company
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Senior Research Engineer
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Associations/Societies
He is a member of Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, and the National Institute of Ceramic Engineers.
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Licenses/Certifications
Expert is a Registered Professional Engineer in the state of Massachusetts.
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Publications and Patents Summary
Expert holds several U.S. and foreign patents on refractories. In addition, he is the author or co-author of over 30 technical papers on refractories, their properties, and testing. He contributed the "Ceramics" chapter to McGraw-Hill's "Chemical and Process Technology Encyclopedia" and the "Literature on Refractories" chapter to "Literature of Chemical Technology" published by the ACS.
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Other Skills and Services
He is a Fellow of the American Ceramic Society (ACerS), a member of its Executive Committee and its Board of Trustees, representing the Refractory Ceramics Division on the board. He is also a Fellow of ASTM, currently serving as Chairman of Committee C-8 on Refractories. He was the Senior U.S. Member of the International Executive Board of UNITECR (Unified International Technical Conference on Refractories) and was elected distinguished life member. He was Program Chairman and "Proceedings..." Editor for the first UNITECR meeting (UNITECR '89), held in Anaheim, California.
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