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1985 to

(Undisclosed)

President

Expert worked with colleagues to obtain approximately $4 million out-of-house funded research and development work in the areas of wear and corrosion resistant coatings, oxidation protective coatings for carbon/carbon composites for internal combustion engines, refractory metals and materials. Other research and development activities included ultra-fine grains (0.1 to 1 micron), nanoparticles (0.01 to 0.1 micron) and larger grained solids. Specific materials included ultra-fine grained aluminides W, Ta, Re, TiB2, AIN, B4C-- their processing, micro-structure and consolidation into useful bodies, and nanomaterials.

1970 to 1992

United States Army Reserves

Ordnance Corps

Colonel (O-6)

1984 to 1985

Aerojet Ordnance Company

Chemical Vapor Deposition Laboratory and three other Aerojet Labs.

Principal Designer and Organizer

Expert managed approximately $1 million in advanced materials projects, and directed the sourcing and acquisition of all laboratory equipment.

1978 to 1984

San Fernando Laboratories

Assistant Director

Expert was involved in process development utilizing chemical vapor deposition technology. He spearheaded the metallurgical characterization facility expansion program, including acquisition of approximately 3/4 million dollars in equipment. He also served as principal technological contact for all out-of-house funded development dialogue and interaction, as well as program management responsibility when negotiations resulted in contracts.

1976 to 1978

Eagle Picher Industries, Inc .

Boron Carbide Hot Pressing Pilot Production Plant

Assistant Director of the R&D Laboratory

In addition to responsibility for the facility expansion, Expert developed an MHD electrode prototype and installed a high production hydraulic cold press to make boron nitride preforms for breeder reactor experimentation, undertook a major equipment acquisition program, and upgraded ceramic fabrication, including redesign and upgrading of their hot press systems.

1974 to 1976

Valenite Division, Valeron Corporation

Valenite Division of Valcron Corporation

Manager

Expert organized and installed the hot pressed ceramic cutting insert production process equipment. He also developed ceramic material compositions and prototype tooling designs using an experimental hot press, while supervising the design, construction and testing for semi-continuous hot press production of ceramic inserts.

1971 to 1974

Boride Products, Inc .

Chief Engineer

Responsibilities included the development of Boride's hot pressing techniques and production of B4C (dense) -- B4C control rod materials -- and Al2O3/B4C burnable poison materials. Expert also installed and managed their B4C powder processing plant and installed and supervised their chemistry laboratory, including atomic absorption spectrophotometer and general wet chemistry techniques for boron determinations.

1969 to 1971

Cerac, Inc.

Chief Engineer

• He provided support leadership for the Dow Chemical Company Proposal team, resulting in $1.5 million in ceramic armor materials development work. During six years as consultant to the company and advisor to their technical staff and clients in France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and Israel, Expert developed an understanding and appreciation for cultural diversity, varying business models, and their effects on technology planning and development.
• A consultant to Ultramet for six years, Expert obtained $1.4 million in materials development projects for their company.
• During more than five years as consultant to BFGoodrich, Expert was involved in the development of ceramic matrix composites for use in heat exchangers, turbine components and several other commerical products. Through this experience, he gained an in depth understanding of the properties and capabilities of carbon-carbon and ceramic matrix composites, and the challenges inherent in making them, resulting in the development of cost-cutting processes required for application of the materials to other systems.
• Other ongoing projects include powder and particulate materials development and applications in the thermal spray industry, specialty coating development for use in continuous casting equipment-exposure to flowing, molten steel, an emerging electrochemical water purification technology, and proposal/report writing for research and development on ultra fine grained metals, ceramics and composites.
• Expert has done extensive development work on wear and corrosion resistant coatings and coating application processes, including chemical vapor deposition (CVD), plasma spray and hot isostatic press (HIP)cladding. He understands the importance of the environment, substrate and coating being considered from the outset in order to develop a successful, cost-effective solution to wear and corrosion problems.

• Expert in high temp materials for consulting on available materials the combinations suitable for design a solid propellant exposure.

• Expert for litigation involving asbestos/solvay process/calciner oven.
• Expert in coke ovens, asbestos& refractory for consulting on mesothelioma professional liability case.
• Differential thermal analysis expert needed for consulting on temperature analysis of refractory material in steel casting.