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Expert in Advanced Materials, Surface Engineering, High-Temperature Coatings, Vacuum Technology and Analysis
Available for your Consulting and Expert Witness Needs
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high-temperature coating material expert
high-vacuum technology expert
physical vapor deposition expert
surface coating corrosion expert
surface modification engineering expert
advanced material expert
advanced material processing expert
advanced material technology expert
coating expert
surface science expert
surface treatment expert
coating material expert
equipment design expert
new product development expert
new product development management expert
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Expert has over 30 years of leadership experience in advanced materials engineering, surface science, and vacuum-based technologies. As Vice-President of Research & Development at Surface Engineered Products Corp./Westaim, he spearheaded the invention and commercialization of high-temperature coatings for applications in the petrochemical industry. When Bodycote Plc. purchased the above technology in 2003, Expert continued to provide technical support for the new production plant in UK, while simultaneously heading the High Temperature Coatings Laboratory at Bodycote Material Testing Canada. His development experience includes invention, project design, supervision, strategic planning and implementation. Industry experience includes advanced materials development, innovation and commercialization of new coating products and processes, proprietary equipment design, trial manufacturing plant management, and start-up business leadership. Following the transfer of Bodycote's High Temperature Lab to the United Kingdom, Expert founded a firm devoted to Research and Technology Consulting. |
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surface engineering expert |
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1987
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PhD
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Surface Science
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McMaster University/Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
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1974
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MS
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Vacuum Physics
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Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
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1968
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BEng.
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Electrical Engineering
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Technical University, Sofia
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2003 to 2006
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Bodycote Testing Group
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High Temperature Coatings Laboratory
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Manager
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Responsible for the transfer of CoatAlloy Technology to Bodycote, Technical support to the new production plant in Knowsley-UK, as well as for any R&D related to technology scale-up, diversification, and new coating products development.
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2001 to 2003
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Surface Engineered Products Corp.
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VP Research and Development
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- Member of Senior Management Team with overall responsibilities for the research and development activities;
- Spearheaded the development and scale-up of a new coating process that reduced manufacturing cost by 70%
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1998 to 2001
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Surface Engineered Products Corp.
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Research & Development
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Senior Research Principal
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- Developed novel technologies for coating internal surfaces of long tubular products and complex shapes;
- Initiated and supervised the development of alternative low-cost processes for surface modification of high-temperature alloys
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1994 to 1998
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WESTAIM Corp.
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Research Principal
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- Acted as Production Manager for Shapes in the Trial Manufacturing Plant
- Responsible for development and scale-up of enabling PVD/PECVD technologies for coating internal surfaces of annular shapes
- Part of the team that developed high temperature oxidation and coking resistant coatings for Petrochemical applications (the CoatAlloy product line)
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1982 to 1993
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McMaster University
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Chemistry Department
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Research Associate
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Research related to:
- Segregation and oxidation of modified high temperature alloys and optimization of their surface properties;
- PECVD of Titanium Nitrides;
- AES analysis of transition metal nitrides;
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1969 to 1991
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Bulgarian Academy of Science
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Institute of Electronics
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Research Scientist
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- Development of integrated Laser/UHV system for material surface engineering
- Development of a novel approach to ion-assisted PVD;
- Development of new type ion-getter device (BINION) for Ultra High Vacuum generation.
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Associations/Societies
AVS, ASM, NACE
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Publications and Patents
He has 10 patents and more than 25 puplications
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Expert is a specialist who provides technical consulting to corporate, legal and government clients. Expert provides professional consulting as an Advanced Materials Consultant, Surface Engineering Consultant, High-Temperature Coatings Consultant, Vacuum Technology Consultant and Analysis Consultant. Expert may consult as an independent consultant or as a member of a consultancy, consulting company,
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