Intellex Acquires Expert by Big Village

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Expert Details

Electroplating; Electroforming: Electroless plating; cleanliness testing; surface engineering;

ID: 727879 United Kingdom

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Expert has a long-term interest in development & application of low-cost methods for surface cleanliness testing & assessment, both in filming & particulate contamination. In particular, use of low-cost and/or consumer electronics products for this purpose and use of Open Access software, mainly as applied in the surface finishing industry. His work has been widely published in the USA, UK, Germany. His background is both academic (Universities of Oxford, London, Salford, Pennsylvania) and industrial (IBM, ICI, Leesona, EMI)

Education

Year Degree Subject Institution
Year: 1962 Degree: D.Phil Subject: Electrochemistry Institution: Oxford University
Year: 1959 Degree: M.A Subject: Chemistry Institution: Oxford University

Work History

Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1991 to Present Employer: Undisclosed Title: Director Department: Technical
Responsibilities:
General management & maintaining technical on-line Surface Finishing database. Creation of Position papers etc
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1984 to 1989 Employer: London Borough of Harrow Title: Head of Science Department: Higher Education
Responsibilities:
Overall responsibility for Science (Teaching, Research). Special Responsibility for Surface Finishing Courses in conjunction with Institute of Metal Finishing
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1979 to 1984 Employer: London University Title: Head of Biomaterials Dept Department: Post-Graduate Medical Div'n
Responsibilities:
Available upon request.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1967 to 1979 Employer: University of Salford Title: Lecturer Department: Chemistry Dept
Responsibilities:
Teaching & research in electrochemistry, supervision of applied industrial electrochemical projects in Nigeria.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1965 to 1967 Employer: ICI Title: Technical Officer Department: Mond Div'n, Runcorn
Responsibilities:
Development of industrial electrochemical processes
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1963 to 1965 Employer: Univ. Pennsylvania Title: Postdoctoral Department: Electrochemistry Group
Responsibilities:
Research in electrocatalysis
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1962 to 1963 Employer: Leesona Moos Title: Research Scientist Department: Fuel Cell
Responsibilities:
Development of NASA Fuel-cell technology

International Experience

Years Country / Region Summary
Years: 1962 to 1965 Country / Region: USA Summary: Employed by Leesona-Moos (Long Island, NY) and Univ. Pennsylvania. Attended various US professional meetings, conferences etc
Years: 1965 to Present Country / Region: Germany/Austria Summary: Expert, a fluent German speaker, has addressed numerous electrochemical & metal finishing conferences, visited German companies, liaised with German businesses on behalf of their UK counterparts.
Years: 1969 to 1979 Country / Region: Africa Summary: Expert has made a number of visits on behalf of British Council, Ghanaian & Nigerian & Sudanese governments to universities of Juba, Jos etc to set up teaching, research & technical activities, e.g a car battery factory in Nigeria

Career Accomplishments

Associations / Societies
Royal Society of Chemistry (MRSC)
Publications and Patents Summary
He has some 200 publications in the fields of electrochemistry, surface finishing, materials (incl. biomaterials) has authored and/or edited 6 books in these areas incl. oligodynamics (silver & copper as bactericides). Author of 3 patents

Additional Experience

Training / Seminars
Short courses in a range of electroplating & metal finishing for evening students, undcer auspices of Institute of Metal Finishing. Writing of 2 Distance Learning Modules for Inst. Metal Finishing National program.
Vendor Selection
As a result of database operation, most suppliers & vendors are known to the writer
Marketing Experience
Close connections to German metal finishing industry, from writing of regular monthly column in "Galvanotechnik" magazine and rendering services to readers.

Language Skills

Language Proficiency
German Fluent speech & reading, competent (though not perfect) writing.
French Fluent, though not faultless, command of the language

Fields of Expertise

product cleanliness requirement specification, surface cleanliness

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