Expert Details
Materials Failure Analysis, Consulting Chemistry, Laboratory Analysis of Unknowns
ID: 713366
North Carolina, USA
Expert's materials experience has included investigations of metals, plastics, ceramics, glass, and composites by laboratory analysis. His specific strengths are the characterization of materials chemistry, microstructure, and fractography; identification of polymers, additives in commercial plastics, and other organic and inorganic unknowns; determination and development of product formulations; and analysis of corrosion, arson, drug, and other forensic residues.
Areas of materials laboratory analysis in which Expert is very experienced include light microscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), x-ray microanalysis (EDS), surface analysis by Auger electron spectroscopy and XPS photoemission spectroscopy, x-ray diffraction, microFTIR infrared spectroscopy, and physical testing. His extensive background in materials failure analysis and metallurgy is applied to many applications including structures, vehicles, industrial plants, electronics, appliances, and biomedical devices in the areas of product liability litigation, forensics, patent infringement, and materials failure analysis.
Expert's chemical analysis experience has included laboratory analysis of unknown materials, residues, and formulations. His specific strengths are identification of polymers, additives in commercial plastics, and other organic and inorganic unknowns; determination and development of product formulations; and analysis of arson, drug, and other forensic residues.
Areas of laboratory analysis in which Expert is very experienced include UV-visible, fluorescence, microFTIR infrared spectroscopy; gas, GC/MS, liquid, HPLC, TLC, and column chromatography; DSC thermal analysis; light, fluorescence, and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) including x-ray microanalysis (EDS). His extensive background in analytical chemistry, microbiology, and metallurgy is applied to many applications including drugs, cosmetics, food/beverages, and packaging in the areas of QA/QC, product liability and development, forensics, patent infringement, and personal injury litigation.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1971 | Degree: Ph.D. | Subject: Metallurgy | Institution: M.I.T. |
| Year: 1967 | Degree: M.S. | Subject: Metallurgy | Institution: M.I.T. |
| Year: 1965 | Degree: B.S. | Subject: Metallurgy | Institution: M.I.T. |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 2009 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Consultant | Department: |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2007 to 2008 | Employer: Libra Technical Center, LLC | Title: Sr. Partner | Department: |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1978 to 2006 | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: President | Department: |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1977 to 1978 | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Technical Director | Department: |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1974 to 1977 | Employer: PhotoMetrics, Inc . | Title: Director | Department: Analytical Services |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1971 to 1974 | Employer: Westinghouse | Title: Senior Metallurgist | Department: Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1965 to 1966 | Employer: Battelle Memorial Institute | Title: Metallurgist | Department: |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| Expert is a member of ACC&CE (Association of Consulting Chemists & Chemical Engineers), American Institute of Chemists (Fellow), AOPA (Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association), ASM International, Society for Applied Spectroscopy, and Society of Plastics Engineers |
| Licenses / Certifications |
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| Expert is licensed in New Jersey as a Professional Engineer and he is recognized as a Certified Professional Chemist by the National Certification Commission in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (AIC) |
Additional Experience
| Expert Witness Experience |
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| Expert has testified several times a year until recently by deposition and in court at the state and federal level in materials failure analysis (usually product liability) and chemistry (usually personal injury or street drug analysis) litigation. |
| Training / Seminars |
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| Expert has taught graduate courses in materials failure analysis at Stevens Institute of Technology and short courses in materials failure analysis and instrumental analysis at the Center for Professional Advancement. |
Fields of Expertise
materials failure analysis, ceramic failure analysis, composite failure analysis, failure analysis, forensic materials failure analysis, fracture analysis, metal failure analysis, nonferrous metal failure analysis, plastic failure analysis, steel failure analysis, metallurgy, corrosion, chemical injury, chemistry, chemical analysis, forensic chemistry, contamination analysis, fatigue failure, head-space gas chromatography, polymer crazing, nonferrous metal corrosion, microanalysis, metal deformation, plastic stress corrosion cracking, competitive analysis, wet chemical analysis, energy dispersive X-ray analysis, material characterization process, chemical testing laboratory, diffraction, metal corrosion, high-performance liquid chromatography, metal failure, plastic failure, arson residue analysis, X-ray diffraction spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Auger electron, forensics, electron spectroscopy, infrared spectroscopy, microscopy, X-ray diffraction analysis, surface analysis, scanning electron microscopy, polymer characterization, microbiology, metallography, metal chemical analysis, material analysis, liquid chromatography, infrared absorption spectroscopy, gravimetric analysis, gas-liquid chromatography, gas chromatography, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy, metal embrittlement, electron microscopy, chromatography, Auger electron spectroscopy, applied microbiology, analytical chemistry