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Organic Synthesis, Organometallics, Prostaglandins, Vitamin D, Catalysis
ORGANIC SYNTHESIS; ORGANIC REACTIONS; NATURAL PRODUCT. Expert and his research group have successfully carried through many total syntheses of natural products. In addition, he has originated, reduced to practice, and published many new methods for effecting organic transformations. He also…
Enzyme and Protein Technology
Expert has devoted much of his career to derivatization of surfaces, development of methods for immobilization of ligands, and characterization of affinity matrices. He pioneered development of the technique of analytical affinity chromatography and has used this technique to characterize…
Nuclear Oil Well Logging
NUCLEAR OIL WELL LOGGING; HYDROCARBON DETECTION. Expert (Expert initially, then Expert) is a physicist with extensive knowledge of nuclear oil well logging. His primary area of focus has been on neutron and gamma-ray transport to determine the presence of hydrocarbons…
Metallurgical Electrochemistry
Expert's research, teaching, and consulting have been focused in the design and optimization of electrochemical processes for extraction and refining of metals, and generation of coatings. He holds patents on new cell design, a reference electrode for control, and methodology…
Synthesis and Characterization of Ceramic Powders and Single Crystals
Expert has used microencapsulation as a method to prepare multicomponent ceramic powders containing two to five components. He developed (and is in the process of patenting) the first dry microencapsulation process that also can be used as a granulation method.…
Chemical Engineering, Enzymes
Expert has spent the majority of his professional career developing and refining the use of chemical engineering techniques to design biochemical reactors holding enzymes and microbial cells. Expert is an Anson Marston Distinguished Professor Emeritus in Employer's Chemical Engineering program.…
Chemical Analysis
Expert has expertise in many aspects of modern chemical analysis. He has had extensive experience in the use of state-of-the-art NMR spectroscopy to solve problems in chemistry and biochemistry. These problems have included determining the structures of organic molecules and…
Chemical Process and Design
Expert has expertise in design, system engineering, and practical applications focusing on packed and tray towers, evaporators, heat exchangers (i.e. shell and tube, spiral and plate type, and specialized heat transfer equipment), heat pumps, pressure and vacuum filtration, dryers, centrifuges,…
Reactive Metals
A significant portion of Expert's career centered on the reduction of titanium tetrachloride, using magnesium and/or sodium to obtain titanium metal. In particular, one portion was involved with the high-capacity production of molten titanium directly via a flow reactor. This…
Chemical Reactor Design & Control
Expert is one of the country's foremost experts in the design and control of chemical reactors. Expert's expertise involves modeling and scale-up of batch and continuous reactors for both homogeneous and catalytic reactors including multi-phase reactors such as trickle bed…