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Expert in Refractories and Ceramics
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Expert has had extensive experience in industry as well as academia in the area of advanced ceramics. He was a professor of Ceramic Engineering for 12 years, and has been a Summer Researcher at three national labs. He has been closely involved with the advancement of oxide and non-oxide ceramics. In addition, his consulting work has included projects on aluminosilicate, SiC, AlN, spinel, Al2TiO5, glass-ceramics, and other ceramic products.
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Most of Expert's career has been spent conducting refractory failure analyses in a wide range of high-temperature manufacturing/processing applications. These applications include steel, glass, chemicals, non-ferrous metals, and incinerators. For the last 25+ years Expert has conducted refractory failure analyses in a variety of different contexts; as an industrial technologist, academic, and a consultant. A diversity of materials has been involved in his work, including both oxide and non-oxide types. His research and work apply to industrial applications including steel, glass furnaces, aluminum and copper furnaces, incinerators, foundries, ladles, chimneys, duct-work, heat recuperators, and PFBC air filters.
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Expert has had 25+ years of experience in almost all aspects and types of fired, unfired, fibrous, and monolithic industrial refractories. This includes fireclay, alumina, silica, basic, insulating, carbon, and special products for many different applications. His experience and contact network in the field is international in scope and includes more than 200 lectures on five continents.
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Expert has had 25+ years of experience in the research, testing, and practical studies involving a variety of fired and unfired basic products such as magnesia, magnesia-chrome, chromite, dolomite, and magnesia-carbon/graphite.
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Expert's 25+ years of experience have included research, development, testing, and practical studies on many fired, unfired, and monolithic fireclay and alumina products. Some of the specific types of refractories include high-duty fireclay, super-duty fireclay, 70% alumina, mullite, 85% alumina, 90% alumina, alumina-chrome, and alumina-zircon-silica.
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Expert has been involved in the thermal characterization of refractories for at least 25+ years, including DTA, thermal shock and conductivity, lining design and heat flow, energy conservation, and others. His efforts in this field have resulted in multi-million dollar savings for several companies. In addition, his work on the thermal shock testing of refractories resulted in a new ASTM standard test (C-1100, Ribbon Test).
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Expert was the Director of the Refractories Research Center at Ohio State University for 12 years. The RRC was the only full service referee refractories testing lab in the US, offering over 100 ASTM standard tests, each of which included a variety of mechanical property determinations. As the Director of the RRC, Expert managed and wrote reports for 200-250 testing projects per year.
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Expert has had 20+ years of hands-on lab and field testing experience using non-destructive, ultrasonic techniques on refractories. He has helped to develop methods to non-destructively estimate the strength (or Weibull Modulus) of a refractory/ceramic, to monitor and compare its thermal shock resistance, and to detect internal cracks or defects. These techniques have been summarized in published papers.
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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: Phoenix, Arizona;
Tucson, Arizona;
Mesa, Arizona;
Glendale, Arizona;
Scottsdale, Arizona;
Chandler, Arizona;
Tempe, Arizona;
Gilbert, Arizona;
and Peoria, Arizona.
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1968
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PhD
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Mineralogy, Ceramic Engineering (minor)
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Ohio St. University
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1965
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MSc
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Mineralogy
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Miami University, Ohio
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1962
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BS
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Geology
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Miami
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1997 to 1999
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The Winters Company
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Manager of Consulting Services
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Provided a wide range of refractories consulting services to industry.
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1986 to 1997
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Expert Materials Services
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Consultant
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1974 to 1986
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Ohio State University
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Associate Professor and Director Refractories Research Center
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1971 to 1974
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Harbison Walker Refractories Company
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Senior Research Minerologist
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1970 to 1971
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Washington University
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Assistant Professor
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1968 to 1970
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Monsanto Corporation
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Senior Research Chemist
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1964 to 1965
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Ferro Corporation
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Research Engineer
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Professional Appointments
Expert is a Fellow and was Vice President-International for the American Ceramic Society. He is also a reviewer/abstractor for the National Science Foundation, the American Foundrymen's Society, American Ceramic Society, and Technical Association of Refractories, Japan.
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Awards/Recognition
Expert received the St. Louis Refractories Award in 1995.
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Publications and Patents Summary
Expert holds three patents, 70+ publications, and he is active in the international refractories community.
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Selected Publications and Publishers
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- UNITECR
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- Mining Engr.
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- Proceedings, Outlook for Refractories, Industrial Minerals
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- Proceedings.Okayama Ceramics Center
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- UNITECR
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Expert Witness Experience Summary:
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Expert has been involved more than 50 legal cases since 1980. He was retained in most of these cases to determine the causes for failure of equipment such as furnaces, incinerators, chemical reactors, and ovens used in various applications, both industrial and commercial.
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Worldwide
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Expert has consulted for more than 200 corporations worldwide, including Ford Motor Company, General Electric, Allied Chemical Corporation, 3M Company, Alcoa, and Chevron Chemicals. His consulting efforts have yielded multi-million dollar savings for several clients.
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German
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Expert has some speaking ability in German.
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Japanese
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Expert has some ability in conversational Japanese.
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Supplier and Vendor Location and Selection Expert has experience locating vendors of industrial refractory products (U.S. & foreign), refractory raw materials (U.S. & foreign), and refractory testing services.
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Other Skills and Services
Expert has consulted for more than 200 corporations worldwide, including Ford Motor Company, General Electric, Allied Chemical Corporation, 3M Company, Alcoa, and Chevron Chemicals. His consulting efforts have yielded multi-million dollar savings for several clients.
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