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Automated Chemical Sensors
LABORATORY COMPUTERIZED ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTATION DESIGN; CHEMICAL AUTOANALYSIS. Expert has spent much of his career developing systems or subsystems for devices accomplishing automated chemical analysis. He has experience in all phases of this process, from basic research into sensors to the…
Design for Manufacturability, Mass Customization, Build-to-Order, Concurrent Engineering
Expert is a const reduction expert that helps companies reduce cost as much as half the total cost through product development and cost savings through on-demand production and spontaneous (pull based) supply chains. He has developed leading-edge methodologies that show…
Silicone, RTV Rubber
ROOM TEMPERATURE VULCANIZING (RTV) RUBBER; SILICONE ELASTOMER. Expert spent a significant portion of his career in the area of silicone RTVs. He has applied his expertise in developing new processes, test techniques, and troubleshooting manufacturing systems. His work has led…
Machine Vision
Expert (pronounced zoo-ick, and ) has been involved in applying machine vision, pattern recognition, and three dimensional machine vision for over 20 years, the last 10 as an independent consultant. He is Certified as a Manufacturing Engineer in machine vision…
Ceramic/Metal Seal, Glass/Metal Seal, Thin & Thick Films, Coating, Effective Manufacturing, Analysis
Expert has in-depth expertise of moly-manganese metallization on alumina, zirconia, mullite, sapphire, and others. His metallization knowledge includes Mo/Mn, W/Ti, and active alloy brazing, and has extensive experience with various soldering and brazing methods. His educational background covers the theory…
Coatings and Fluoropolymers
Abrasive blasting has been a solution to many applied coating situations. Expert has used this technique of preparation for a variety of applications over the past thirty years--everything from finite etching of glass to coarse surface preparation of classifier chutes…
Fact-Based Problem Solving: DoE, Taguchi, ISO 9002, Weibull, Manufacturing Cost Control, Design
Expert is concerned with controlling manufacturing costs and improving product quality through fact-based decisions, including design of experiments, statistical process control, and similar techniques. His A2Q Method(TM) was used to simultaneously develop a new heat exchanger and the production procedures…
Failure Analysis of Materials
MATERIAL FAILURE ANALYSIS; ADHESIVE FAILURE; COMPOSITE FAILURE; METAL FAILURE. Expert's (pronounced Wall-teen) principal occupation has been in the analysis of failures of machine components, including orthopedic (surgical) implants. Materials analyzed include metals and alloys of all types, polymers, elastomers, composites,…
Semiconductor Processing and Equipment
Expert has more than 23 years experience in the semiconductor industry, much of this time in a technical management position at Intel. He has hands-on experience with nearly every facet of processing silicon wafers to manufacturing semiconductor devices. His strength…
Semiconductor Devices, Testing and Product Engineering, Marketing and Administration
Expert has spent most of his career in the semiconductor device and process technology areas. His experience is wide, with exposure to germanium and silicon discrete to large scale silicon integrated devices in the sub-micron regime. An area that is…