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Pure Metals & Compound Semiconductors
SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY; BRIDGMAN TECHNIQUE; CZOCHRALSKI PROCESS. Expert has 43 years of experience in the growth, characterization, and fabrication (to wafers, etc.) of the infrared sensitive compound semiconductors, including InSb, GaSb, InAs, CdTe, HgTe, and (Cd-Hg)Te. He presently is focusing primarily…
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…
Business Mentor and Patent Management Specializing Electronic Assembly (SMT, FPT, Heterogeneous) and Semiconductor Packaging
Expert is internationally renowned in the field of fine-pitch, chip scale, wafer level, and general surface mount electronic design and assembly. He is credited with founding the first U.S. based surface mount technology (SMT) contract design and assembly foundry and…
Semiconductor Device Process
Electronic Device Reliability; Semiconductor Device Reliability A major focus of Expert's research over the past two decades has been on the reliability issues in semiconductor devices; in particular, high-field effects, hot-carrier effects, and ionizing radiation effects. His research in this…
Electron Microscopy of Materials
Expert has over 30 years of experience in obtaining compositional and diffraction information from thin specimens in the electron microscope. Materials he has analyzed have included steels, aluminum alloys, oxide ceramics, and heterogeneous catalysts. Some significant effort has been made…
Freshwater Impact Assessment, Zebra Mussel Control, Inorganic Contaminants, etc.
Expert has published on, and is currently researching, the chemical, physical, and biological factors that control the duration, frequency, and intensity of fouling. Most of this work is related to fouling in domestic and industrial pipelines and is based on…
Cardiovascular Drugs & Therapy, Hypertension Development, Blood Flow, etc.
Expert is currently studying the mechanisms which may be responsible for the development of hypertension, particularly as it relates to an increase in sodium (salt) intake. More specifically, he is primarily concerned with potential abnormalities in kidney function, which may…
Project Management
Expert is the leading recognized expert on project management software. He has been responsible, either as manager or consultant, for the selection of project management software products for over four dozen organizations. He has contributed to the design and development…
Blood Wetted Devices and Biomaterials
BLOOD-WETTED BIOMATERIAL; CARDIOVASCULAR PROSTHESES; ARTIFICIAL INTERNAL ORGANS. Expert has been involved in the design, development, and evaluation of extracorporeal and implantable artificial internal organs for many years, first with the artificial kidney (including hemodialyzers and those based upon selective absorption)…
Power Electronics, Power Supplies
Expert is familiar with the characteristics of power semiconductor devices, and their relative strength and limitations as they are applied to power conversion equipment. His expertise also includes the non-destructive testing of devices to determine the failure mode and to…