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Expert in Lead-Acid Batteries, Other Electrochemical Power Sources and Their Applications
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Expert is an expert all types of lead-acid batteries. These include traditional flooded batteries with antimony and calcium grids, as well as valve-regulated batteries with acid containment using either gels or absorptive glass mats (AGM). She has developed designs ranging from 5 to 2000 AH for automotive, electric vehicle, nuclear, portable electronics, load leveling, solar energy storage, telecommunications, and UPS and other utility applications. Her industrial career began with R&D at Gates on the first commercial AGM cells and progressed to research management of batteries at Johnson Controls, Inc., technical management of batteries at AT&T Bell Labs, and Executive V. P. level management of batteries and electronics at C&D Technologies, Inc. She has published more than 50 papers and has nine patents in the field. She received several international awards for this work, including the Electrochemical Society Battery Research Award in 1980 and the Gaston Plante Medal in 1999. Please also see her recent publications: "Lead-Acid Battery Research and Development--A Vital Key to Winning New Business" in J. Power Sources, Vol. 116, Issues 1-2, July 1, 2003, pp. 8-13 and Chapter 4 in the book "Valve-Regulated Lead-Acid Batteries" (Elsevier, 2004).
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Expert has a Ph.D. in physical chemistry with research in electrochemistry from Northwestern University. She has more than 30 years of industrial post-doctoral experience in applications of the field. In 1995-6 she served as President of The Electrochemical Society, Inc. (ECS), an international professional organization of more than 7000 electrochemists and was elected Fellow of that Society in 1999. She continues to attend meetings and publish papers at the ECS and other technical organizations. She has more than 50 published papers and 11 patents in batteries and their applications, corrosion, and materials. She has taught at the University of Wisconsin and lectured in many other universities in North America and Europe.
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Expert has more than 30 years of industrial experience and publishing in research, development, manufacturing, and applications of electric batteries. This experience has included lead, nickel and zinc rechargeable batteries for utilities, UPS, telecommunications, automobiles, electric vehicles, and portable electronic equipment, as well as primary lithium batteries for implantable medical devices. Expert has held offices in the Battery Division of the Electrochemical Society and has received their Battery Research Award and Life Membership. She has published more than 50 papers and holds 11 patents. Please see "Batteries, 1977-2002," by R.J. Brodd, K.Expert, et al, in J. Electrochemical Society, Vol. 151, No. 3, 2004, pp. K1-K11.
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Expert is a leading expert in maintenance-free lead-acid batteries, including valve-regulated gelled and absorptive glass mat (AGM) types and calcium or low-antimony flooded types. She has developed designs ranging from 5 to 2000 AH for automotive, electric vehicle, nuclear, portable electronics, load leveling, solar energy storage, telecommunications, and UPS and other utility applications. Her industrial experience includes R&D at Gates on the first commercial AGM cells to research management in batteries at Johnson Controls, Inc., technical management of batteries at AT&T Bell Labs and Executive V.P. leadership of batteries and electronics at C&D Technologies, Inc. She has published more than 50 papers and 9 patents on lead-acid cells and their applications. Recent publications include Chapter 4 in the book "Valve-Regulated Lead-Acid Batteries" (Elsevier, 2004).
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For half of Expert's industrial career she led the battery research group at Johnson Controls, Inc. in the development of new technologies for automotive batteries. This included commercial SLI lead-acid batteries as well as U.S. Department of Energy-funded work on electric vehicle batteries. She served as an expert member of the National Academy of Sciences Committee to Evaluate the USABC Electric Vehicle Program and participated the Vice President's Workshop on Energy Storage Challenges for Hybrid Electric Vehicles at the White House. She has six patents and numerous papers in this area. Please see "Lead-Acid Battery Research and Development--A Vital Key to Winning New Business" in J. Power Sources, Vol. 116, Issues 1-2, July 1, 2003, pp. 8-13.
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Prior to forming her consulting business, Expert was Executive V.P. of Technology at C&D Technologies, Inc., a leading producer of reserve batteries for telecommunications, UPS, and utilities, and was responsible for R&D, process, product and manufacturing engineering, and quality. She had previously led the development of much of the reserve battery technology that C&D acquired in 1996 from Johnson Controls, Inc. during her 15-years there as a research scientist and Battery Department Manager and had spent five years at AT&T Bell Labs as Technical Manager of the reserve battery group. Please see, for example, "Standby Batteries for Back-up Power, Designed for Improved Cycling Performance," in Proceedings of INTELEC2002, IEEE Catalog No. 02CH37374, Paper No. 2.2, by S. Misra, A. Williamson, T. Noveske and K.Expert.
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Expert was the Battery Development Manager at Medtronic from 1996 to 1999. During that time she led the development of 13 batteries and a new flat electrolytic capacitor that have been incorporated in implantable medical pacemakers, defibrillators and other commercial devices. These included seven lithium-iodine designs for pacemakers, as well as designs using lithium-manganese dioxide, lithium-silver vanadium oxide and a new lithium-hybrid cathode chemistry. She was awarded two patents and published several papers on this work. She introduced an improved product development protocol, significantly reducing time to market. This work included close collaboration with the electronic device, manufacturing and quality teams to ensure reliable products with competitive advantages.
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At Johnson Controls, Inc. (JCI) Expert led the development of load-leveling batteries, and a 300 kVA test facility and a modular commercial prototype at JCI, in a cooperative program with Wisconsin Electric and the Department of Energy. Both advanced lead-acid batteries and zinc-bromine batteries were developed and tested. A 300 KW/580KWH turnkey commercial prototype was successfully installed and operated at a Johnson Controls brass foundry in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Expert published five papers on this work from 1986 to 1991. Recently at C&D Technologies, Expert led the development of an improved valve-regulated lead-acid battery for solar energy systems, as reported in K.Expert, J. Power Sources, Vol. 116, Issues 1-2, July 1, 2003, pp. 8-13. She has recently attended DOE and EESAT meetings and continues to maintain an active interest in battery energy storage systems for utility applications.
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Expert has worked in R&D, and product, process, and manufacturing engineering and quality of storage batteries for more than 17 years. Her expertise in lead-acid batteries includes sizes from 5 to 2000 AH, and automotive, electric vehicle, portable, standby power, telecommunications, and UPS and utility applications.
In addition to lead-acid, she has a broad knowledge of other storage battery chemistries, with specific experience in nickel and zinc chemistries. She has published more than 50 technical articles and holds eight patents in this field. Prior to forming a consulting business, she was Executive V.P. of C&D Technologies, Inc., and had also led technical battery work at Johnson Controls, Inc. and AT&T/Lucent Bell Labs.
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Expert was the Battery Development Manager at Medtronic from 1996 to 1999. During that time she led the development of 13 batteries and a new flat electrolytic capacitor that have been successfully incorporated in implantable medical pacemakers, defibrillators and other commercial devices. The batteries included lithium-silver vanadium oxide and a new lithium-hybrid cathode chemistry for defibrillators. She was awarded two patents and published several papers on defibrillator power sources. She also introduced an improved product development protocol, significantly reducing time to market. This work included close collaboration with the electronic device, manufacturing, and quality teams to ensure reliable products with competitive advantages.
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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: New York, New York;
Yonkers, New York;
Newark, New Jersey;
Jersey City, New Jersey;
Paterson, New Jersey;
Elizabeth, New Jersey;
Trenton, New Jersey;
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;
Allentown, Pennsylvania;
and Baltimore, Maryland.
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1972
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Ph.D.
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Physical Chemistry/Electrochemistry
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Northwestern University
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1969
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M.S.
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Chemistry
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Northwestern University
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1967
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B.A.
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English
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Colorado University
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Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa
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2003 to
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Corporate
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President
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Expert is founder and Chief Executive Officer of a technical consulting company that specializes in DC power sources such as batteries, capacitors, and fuel cells and their applications in electronic systems.
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1999 to 2003
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C&D Technologies, Inc.
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Manufacturing Engineering, Product & Process Development, Quality/Technology
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Vice President (CTO)
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She was Executive Vice President, with responsibility for Technology and Product Development, Quality, Process Engineering, and Manufacturing Engineering.
She was responsible for development of new battery products and new product applications such as solar energy and fuel cell systems and for providing technical leadership and support to Executive and Board members. Expert was responsible for overall management of an organization of up to 60 scientists and engineers, with analytical, development and testing laboratories, design, patents, documentation, project management, plant expansions, and the quality program. The Eastern Technology Council named C&D Technologies Technology Company of the Year in 2000.
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1996 to 1999
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Medtronic, Inc.
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Product Development/Promeon
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Development Manager/Power Sources
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Expert managed a department of 14 technical staff members, including mechanical, material, and chemical engineers, chemists, and technicians. She was responsible for developing batteries for implantable medical devices, and for supporting manufacturing, systems development, and quality organizations. She led a 40-person team in the development and qualification of a new capacitor design, manufacturing facility, and process. She also led development of 13 new battery designs, including three new lithium battery technologies.
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1991 to 1996
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AT&T/Lucent Bell Laboratories (now TYCO)
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Batteries and Purchased Products/Power Systems
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Technical Manager
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She supervised up to 17 technical staff members, including six Ph.D. chemists and chemical engineers, six electrical and mechanical engineers, and technicians in two laboratory facilities (Texas and New Jersey). She was responsible for the development, engineering, and quality of all batteries and other purchased products such as power cable and wire, inverters, converters, UPS, connectors, etc. for AT&T telecommunications power systems. Expert provided technical support to customer service, marketing, product management, legal, and advanced technology planning groups. She developed staff and facilities, established a total quality management system for purchased products, obtained ISO 9001 quality certification, and led D & E of new or improved lead-acid battery products and processes. She was a member of the Quality Team that won the JUSE Deming Prize in 1994. She also led core competence group for portable rechargeable batteries.
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1977 to 1991
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Johnson Controls, Inc.
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Electrochemical Research
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Department Manager
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Expert supervised 17 technical staff members, including seven Ph.D. chemists and chemical engineers. Her work included R&D on materials such as conductive oxides and semiconductors, polymers, and catalysts; innovative processes and designs for lead-acid batteries; new battery systems, including zinc-bromine, nickel-hydrogen, nickel-zinc, rechargeable lithium, zinc-manganese dioxide, and conductive polymer batteries; battery system components such as chargers, sensors, and thermal management subsystems. New products developed include a load management system, an electric vehicle battery, and new lead-acid battery designs for automotive and industrial use.
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1972 to 1976
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Gates Rubber Company
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Electrochemical Research/R&D
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Senior Electrochemist
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She was a member of a team that developed the commercial VRLA battery. She conducted award-winning research in electrochemistry of lead-acid batteries. She also developed a design with extended shelf life. She taught three in-house courses in electrochemistry and corrosion to technical staff.
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Associations/Societies
Expert is Past President and Technical Advisor to the Battery/Corrosion Divisions of the Electrochemical Society, Inc. She is a member of ACS, ISE, IUPAC (Affiliate), and the North Penn Chamber of Commerce.
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Licenses/Certifications
She is an AIC Certified Professional Chemist.
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Professional Appointments
Expert is an Electrochemical Society Representative to the Chemical Heritage Foundation Heritage Council. She was a member of the Program Committee of Intelec (IEEE) 1992-1996, 2000. She was formerly the U.S. National Representative to the National Academy of Sciences to Commission V.8 (Solubility Data) of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. She is a member of National Academy of Sciences Committee to Evaluate the USABC Electric Vehicle Battery Program.
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Awards/Recognition
Expert is an Elected Fellow, the Electrochemical Society, 1999; the Royal Society of Chemistry, 1988; and the American Institute of Chemists, 1987. She received the Medtronic Star of Excellence Award in 1998. She gave the Best Poster Presentation at the Medtronic Science and Technology Conference, 1997. She is a Gaston Plante Medalist from the The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1996. She received the Battery Division Research Award from The Electrochemical Society, 1980. She was a National Institutes of Health Fellow, 1969-1972, and an Electrochemical Society Summer Fellow, 1969. She was elected Phi Beta Kappa, 1966. She is listed in American Men and Women of Science, Who's Who in America, Who's Who of American Women, The World Who's Who of Women, Who's Who in Science and Engineering and Who's Who in Technology Today.
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Publications and Patents Summary
She has 11 U.S. patents plus associated foreign patents issued. She is co-editor of the Proceedings of the Symposium on Advances in Lead-Acid Batteries, The Electrochemical Society, Inc., 1984. She is author or co-author of more than 55 technical papers published primarily in the Journal of the Electrochemical Society, the Journal of Power Sources, IEEE Proceedings, the Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, and Analytical Chemistry.
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Selected Publications and Publishers
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- IEEE INTELEC, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
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- Valve-Regulated Lead-Acid Batteries.
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- Journal of the Electrochemical Society, The Electrochemical Society
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- Power Sources
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- IEEE INTELEC, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
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Expert has experience working with attorneys on several cases in industrial companies. She has given depositions in two cases for her employers.
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1992 to 1996
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Europe
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Expert served as V.P. and then President of the Electrochemical Society, a worldwide organization with more than 7000 members in about 80 countries. While President, she traveled to Italy to personally assist European members in forming a successful European Section of the Society. On that trip she helped them to organize the first European Local Section meeting, held in Bologna, Italy, met with the officers and gave a speech to the members. This activity led to the development of other Sections outside of North America and furthered the international growth of the Society. She also helped to organize and later attended the first all-Society meeting in Europe, which was held in Paris, France.
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1998 to 1999
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The Netherlands
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Expert led a U.S. Product Development team in a joint development of a battery for medical implantation with a medical device team in The Netherlands. To facilitate this activity she traveled to The Netherlands to discuss requirements for the battery as well as the set up of an efficient computer design linkage between the two groups.
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1996 to 1998
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Japan
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Expert successfully led the transfer and modification of a capacitor technology from a Japanese company to a U.S. manufacturer. She traveled to Japan to see the manufacturing process and meet with the engineers and managers, then returned to the U.S. to develop the design and manufacturing processes in record time.
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1995 to 1996
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Thailand/China
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Expert assisted the Asian Marketing group of a major U.S. corporation in the application of U.S.- made batteries in Asian telecom markets. She traveled to Bangkok, where she inspected battery installations and met with Asian officials and U.S. sales representatives to explain solutions to application problems.
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French
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Expert is proficient in reading French, and able to speak and write it at a moderate level.
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Spanish, Italian, and similar languages
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With an education in French, Spanish, and Latin, Expert can read and translate technical Spanish and Italian and other languages in the same family.
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She has provided technical assistant to sales and marketing in consumer, automotive, telecom, utility, nuclear, and industrial markets.
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Training/Seminars
She has taught courses/seminars at several major universities in the U.S.A., Canada and Europe. She has also presented industrial courses and seminars in her previous management positions.
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Supplier and Vendor Location and Selection Expert has five years experience managing the technical aspects of the Purchased Product business at AT&T, including development and quality control of electronic components for telecom systems.
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