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Expert provides consulting services in the area of electronic ceramics and electronics materials. Expert M. Expert is principal scientist at and has extensive expertise in varistor technology and overvoltage protection. He has acted as expert witness in litigation related to surge protective devices. A recognized authority on the manufacture, operation, and understanding of metal oxide varistors, Expert is familiar with the field of arresters and transient protective devices in general and the utilization of metal oxide technology for this purpose.

Expert has developed a fast resettable solid state circuit breaker (multi-use fuse) based on conductive polymer composites. This polymer current limiter can limit surge currents in the 100-kiloamp range in times less than 1 millisecond. He has five patents in this technology area.

Expert has invented a technique for transforming polycrystalline alumina to single crystal aluminum oxide (sapphire) while in solid state form (no melting). This allows one to cheaply fabricate sapphire parts in any shape available (tubes, plates, domes, etc.) by standard ceramic techniques. The applications range from lamps to fibers to radomes. Expert has five patents issued in this technology.

Expert has conducted extensive investigations of the behavior of superparamagnetic nanoparticles. This includes critical phenomena and the use of Mossbauer spectroscopy to evaluate magnetic oxides and nanopowders.

His organization is a nanotechnology company providing nanopowder-based research and development solutions to corporate customers. The company's key strength is a unique flame spray pyrolysis technology. This technology allows them to custom-design mixed-metal oxide nanopowders and produce them in quantity at competitive cost. The process scales easily and directly produces nanomaterials that are otherwise difficult or impossible to produce without grinding. The technology is unique in its ability to easily mix very specific levels of metal oxides such as gadolinium tantalum oxides, doped lanthanum manganates, and doped iron oxides.

Expert has extensive experience in the fabrication and use of silicon carbide materials for gas ignition in appliances such as gas ovens and gas ranges.

Expert's expertise and activities have included technical and administrative responsibility for teams of scientists and engineers active in electronic ceramics, solid state materials and electronic devices with operating budgets in the $5 million range. Projects have ranged from fundamental studies to applied device R&D and business development. His technical expertise in this field includes ZnO surge protectors, silicon carbide igniters, photovoltaics, thermoelectric materials, electronic packaging, magnetic devices, organic light emitting diodes, and polymer current limiters. In this regard he has had extensive interactions with a wide range of General Electric businesses and U.S. government agencies.

Expert has extensive experience in the application of microwave technology to the processing of ceramics (e.g. zinc oxide) and polymer materials (e.g. cyclics).

Expert is a consultant to Sandia Laboratories. The project he is assisting with relates to operational functionality and production of an electronic ceramic device.He consults with General Electric company on materials technology development for microwave processing and on flexible solar cells.Expert consults with TAL Materials, Inc. on program opportunities in nanomaterials technology.