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Expert in Specialty and Industrial Gas Manufacturing, Safety, Explosions, Accident Investigation
Available for your Consulting and Expert Witness Needs
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industrial gas safety expert
fire safety code expert |
Expert has expertise with industrial and specialty gases. His current activities include safety auditing and litigation. Expert conducts on-site inspection of acetylene, hydrogen, specialty gas, and industrial gas fill plants for personnel and fire safety as well as for potential hazards in operations. He reviews compliance with CGA, NFPA, DOT, FDA, OSHA, and other industrial standards. |
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specialty gas expert
fluorine expert |
As manager of the specialty gas department of a major industrial gas corporation, Expert was responsible for product development, production, distribution, and applications of dopants (arsine, phosphine, diborane), fluorine products (nitrogen trifluoride,sulfur hexafluoride, sulfur tetrafluoride, tungsten hexafluoride, bromine trifluoride, iodine pentafluorine); silicon products (silane, di- and tri-chlorosilane), etchants (hydrogen chloride, nitrogen trifluoride), rare gases (krypton, neon, xenon), and other specialty gases (carbon monoxide, saturated and unsaturated hydrocarbons, acid gases, sterilants). Recently he has been the Chief Technical Advisor for the United Nations in the Peoples Republic of China establishing the Beijing Specialty Gas Research Institute. |
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industrial gas expert |
Expert was responsible for the production and distribution of acetylene, argon, carbon dioxide, helium, hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen. |
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materials safety data sheet expert |
Expert reviews and writes technical documents such as operating procedures for acetylene, specialty gas and industrial gas fill plants and other technical documents associated with the industrial and specialty gas industries. Editing is directed at improving clarity and syntax as well as recognizing all appropriate current requirements of CGA, NFPA, DOT, FDA, and OSHA. |
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carbon monoxide expert |
As a new Specialty Gas product, he developed and managed a process for liquefying, storing and distributing Carbon Monoxide as a cryogenic liquid. |
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industrial gas manufacturing expert |
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Localities:
Expert may consult nationally and internationally, and is also local to the following cities: Fayetteville, North Carolina; Wilmington, North Carolina; and Jacksonville, North Carolina.
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1946
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BS
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Chemistry
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Centenay College of Louisiana
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1983 to
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(Undisclosed Consulting Company)
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Owner
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Expert provides assistance to the chemical industry in industrial and specialty gas activities. He specializes in safety, operations, QA, government regulation compliance and accident investigation. He also serves as an expert witness in litigation. He has served as the
Chief Technical Advisor for the UN in the Peoples Republic of China where he established two National Research Institutes for Chemical Reagents and Specialty Gases
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1979 to 1983
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Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
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Technical Affairs Manager, IGD
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He managed the Safety, R&D, Operations, and Engineering activities in the Industrial Gas Division.
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1969 to 1979
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Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
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Manager, Specialty Gas Department
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Expert managed Operations, R&D, Engineering, Sales, QA--all of the department's activities. He was the primary "mover" in Air Products' entry into the basic fluorine production activities resulting in the production of new fluorine-based chemicals including nitrogen trifluoride, tungsten hexafluoride, sulfur hexafluoride, and most of the other "inorganic" fluoride compounds.
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1966 to 1969
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Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
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Technical Director, IGD
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He managed Operations, Safety, and Engineering in the Industrial Gas Division.
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Associations/Societies
He has been a member of the American Chemical Society for over 50 years.
Expert is a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemists, the New York Academy of Sciences, and the American Chemical Society. He has been very involved in the Compressed Gas Association.
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Professional Appointments
He has served on the Board of Directors of the Compressed Gas Association (1967-83) as Chairman of the Technical Screening Committee, was Vice Chairman of the Association Development Committee, and Past Chairman of the Industrial Gas and Related Products Division, the Hydrogen Committee, the Acetylene Committee, and the Commodity Specification Committee.
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Publications and Patents Summary
He has 30 plus publications in Safety, Operations, and Quality Contrrol in the field of Industrial, Medical and Specialty Gases.
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Expert has reviewed and advised on safety of handling flammable and toxic gases such as hydrogen, methane, silane, carbon monoxide, etc. in chemical and electronic manufacturing operations.
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He has served as expert witness in litigation, generally involving the misuse or misunderstanding of hazards associated with industrial and specialty gases. He has investigated the source and cause of explosions in the chemical and industrial gas industries.
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Expert has prepared industrial and specialty gas container label information so as to comply with DOT, F&DA, OSHA, EPA, etc.
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He has prepared operations manuals for the opperation of industrial and specialty gas production facilities.
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Expert has prepared material safety data sheets for the industrial and specialty gas industries. He has done so for approximately 2,000 compounds and mixtures.
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Recent Client Requests:
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Liquid nitrogen expert for consulting on evaluation of nitrogen plant.
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Nitrogen trifluoride expert for consulting on nitrogen fluoride safety and handling.
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Expert in bromine pentafluoride for consulting on producing bromine trifluoride using that is 99.5% pure.
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Expert in industrial gas intote for consulting on fleet optimization of tube trailers delivering industrial gases specifically hydrogen.
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As a member of the Intota consultant network,
Expert is a specialist who provides technical consulting to corporate, legal and government clients. Expert provides professional consulting as a Specialty Consultant and Industrial Gas Manufacturing Consultant, Safety Consultant, Explosions Consultant, Accident Investigation Consultant. Expert may consult as an independent consultant or as a member of a consultancy, consulting company,
or consulting firm. Consultants service will be covered by a consulting contract.
Ask an expert initial screening questions and ask the experts services particulars, by simply submitting
an expert request.
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Expert Witness Experience Summary:
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Expert has been a witness in many cases which generally involve the misuse or mishandling of any of the approximate 200 industrial and specialty gases.
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Recent Litigation Client Requests:
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Expert in industrial gas for consulting on capabilities to generate supplies of nitrogen from air separation units and customary practices for supplying or storage.
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Intota experts can serve as expert witnesses or litigation consultants offering expert testimony, expert advice, litigation support,
forensic services, and related expert witness services. Expert can serve as an expert witness or litigation consultant in intellectual property (patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright),
product liability, and insurance matters. Expert may provide forensic expert witness testimony, litigation consulting services, forensic investigation,
and forensic testing if appropriate in litigation areas as a Specialty Expert Witness and Industrial Gas Manufacturing Expert Witness, Safety Expert Witness, Explosions Expert Witness, Accident Investigation Expert Witness.
Intota provides attorneys and legal professionals the opportunity to ask an expert initial screening questions and
ask the experts services particulars by submitting an expert request.
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China (PRC)
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Served for approximately 7 years (late 80's-early 90's) as a Chief Technical Advisor for the United Nations in The Peoples Republic Of China.
As the technical advisor brought "on stream" the Beijing Specialty Gas Research Institute, Employing approximately 100 Scientists and technicians housed in a 4 story research laboratory.
The laboratory has developed a number of unique and accurate techniques for the production and purification of specialty gases for use mainly in the electronics industry.He also aided and improved the purification techniques and operations of the Beijing Institute of Chemical Reagents
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1970 to 1980
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England, Belgium and Germany
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He established satellite production and marketing facilities for Air Products Specialty Gas product line in these three foreign countries
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German
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He can read German.
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He managed sales of specialty gases for Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
Expert serves as a resource to
Intota Market Research Services
for customized marketing research in industries or areas related to
Specialty and Industrial Gas Manufacturing, Safety, Explosions, Accident Investigation.
Experts are an invaluable source of overall industry insight as well as insight into specific companies and firms for
custom business to business (b2b) and industrial market research. Intota uses analyst and
consultant resources from Guideline whose Research Directors manage the research and analysis of the qualitative
and quantitative data as well as report writing for the custom studies. The methods and tools
used by Intota market research combine the insights of technical experts and industry insiders with secondary
research to provide the custom b2b and industrial market research you need.
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Training/Seminars
He has given several seminars in the industry concerning the toxicological hazards associated with all of the industrial and specialty gases.
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Supplier and Vendor Location and Selection Expert has vendor knowledge only where it involves selection of analytical equipment or materials of construction for the safe use, storage and handling of the various industrial and specialty gases.
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