Automotive and Household Chemical Specialties (713)
Expertise
Automotive Coatings
OEM clear topcoats for flexible substrate
Color keyed electroconductive primers for flexible substrate
Direct inmold decorative processes for flexible substrate (skunk works with GM)
Pigment quality assessment and specifications
Automotive Chemical Specialties
"Rain Dance" and "Rally" polishes
"Zerex" coolant
Dupont cooling system corrosion inhibitors and sealants
Automotive Refinish Degreasers "Prep Sol II"
Child resistant closures for automotive coolant containers
Personal Products
"Reach" toothbrush
Dupont combs and brushes
Household Chemical Specialities
Liquid (Chlorosulfamate) and dry (persulfate) laundry bleaches
"Right" fabric softener
Scouring systems and cellulose sponges
R&D Organizational Concepts
High performance product development laboratory structure and equipment
Experience
Presently INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT
With expertise in automotive paint and car care product formulation and testing
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., Philadelphia, PA
RESEARCH CHEMIST
Colgate-Palmolive Co., Jersey City, New Jersey, Household detergent products development
Honors & Publications
PATENTS AND PUBLICATIONS
Three patents and an ASTM procedure
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
American Oil Chemist Society; Emeritus member
American Chemical Society: Central New Mexico Sec.
ASTM D-1 Paint and Related Materials Gloss and Goniophotometry, Task Group Chairman
ASTM D-10 Packaging
ASTM D-21 Polishes
ASTM E-18 Sensory Evaluation
ASTM E-12 Appearance of Materials
ASTM D-2 Petroleum Products and Lubricants
ASTM C-28 Advanced Ceramics
ASTM F-15 Consumer Products
Rocky Mountain Society for Coatings Technology
Education
BS, Chemistry, Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY,