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Electronic Reliability & On-Chip ESD Protection
Expert currently works on predicting the electric breakdown of silicon dioxide gate dielectric. He is knowledgeable of the electric breakdown characteristics of silicon and air. Additionally, he has studied the effects of electric field on the reliability of semiconductor devices.…
Materials Processing and Manufacturing
Recent work in Expert's group has shown that high velocity sheet metal forming can dramatically improve material formability (the amount of stretch available without tearing) and wrinkling can be greatly suppressed. Electromagnetic forming is a very convenient way of flexibly…
CFC Alternatives, Electronics; Circuit Board; Circuit Board Solvents; Chlorofluorocarbon
Expert was responsible for developing and evaluating new products for their ability to substitute for CFC-113 solvents in electronics defluxing and industrial cleaning applications. He directed and managed the testing of two products for the IPC/DoD/EPA Phase 2 Test; both…
Plastics Fracture Mechanics, Plastics Service Performance, Plastics Wear, Plastics Friction
Expert has developed a criterion for the prevention of rapid crack propagation in plastic pipes. He developed a formula for calculating slow crack propagation as a function of the stress intensity factor. He developed a method of prediction of ductile-brittle…
Automotive Engineering Materials
METAL MATRIX COMPOSITE APPLICATION. Expert has expertise in the many aspects of incorporating metal matrix composites into mechanical devices. He has been involved in the design, fabrication, machining, joining, and evaluation process for automotive applications. In particular, Expert has extensive…
Welding, Flame Straightening
WELDING. Expert has over 20 years of practical welding experience working on products such as power plants, turbines, mining machinery, paper mill machines, rolling mill machinery, and rail car building. METAL FABRICATION. Expert has more than 25 years of experience…
Concurrent Engineering
CONCURRENT ENGINEERING. Expert has expertise and thorough knowledge of the many different tools, techniques, and applications of concurrent engineering. He has written two books and numerous articles on the subject, consulted with many companies, and taught thousands of engineers worldwide…
Economics of Polypropylene, Polyolefins, and Catalysts
Expert has over 20 years of experience with a leading petrochemical company (Amoco) that includes participation on design teams for four polypropylene projects, two manufacturing plants for Ziegler-Natta supported catalyst, and a polystyrene project. He is co-designer of the original…
Clean Water Act, Wastewater
WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT. Expert has designed, performed, and managed water quality studies of rivers, streams, lakes, estuaries, coastal ocean areas and bays, and groundwater systems for water bodies throughout the U.S. and in Puerto Rico. WATER QUALITY MODELING. Expert has…
Quality Management
QUALITY MANAGEMENT; CONTINUOUS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT. Ms. Expert has extensive background and hands-on experience in the management and implementation of quality improvement, as well as TQM (total quality management) and continuous improvement. Her experience includes implementation, planning, analysis, training, and measurement…