Petrochemical Engineer and Legal Liaison with Expert Knowledge in Incident Investigation Process Safety Management, Risk Management ProgramsIncident investigation, process safety management, risk management programs.Thirty-five years of experience in the petrochemical and the oil refining industry.Lead Investigator for the second largest U.S. petroleum refinery.Specializing in refinery design, management, and maintenance and process unit start-up and commissioning, development, and optimization.Compliance audit programs associated with mechanical integrity, process hazard analysis, compliance, and personnel compliance training.Technical gu...

Technical Petroleum and Petrochemical Knowledge in Refinery Operational Excellence, Oil Spill and Fire Emergency Response and Litigation.Petroleum and petrochemical technical refinery operations excellence in, oil spill, fire emergency response, and litigation.Over forty years of experience in all aspects of refining, including personnel selection and development, line operations (P/M/T) of global refineries.Operations safety, increase in capacity utilization, growth in profitable operations, and development and startup of new facilities.Successful in leadership or support of spills and Fire response.Recognized leader in business unit per...

Refinery Turnaround and Start-Up Technical Consultant, with Expert Knowledge in Engineering Process Optimization, Training, and Troubleshooting ServicesPetroleum refining process technology.Technology transfer, engineering technical service, process optimization, operator and engineering training, reformer regeneration support and troubleshooting.Specialist in reforming and hydrotreating processes.Undisclosed Company, PresentSenior Technical Advisor serving the petroleum, refinery and hydro...

Petrochemical Refining: Safety, Environmental Issues, Operating Procedures and Regulations. Catalyst manufacturing.Petroleum refinery operations: Process engineering, engineering and operations, management, and consulting, for refineries and catalyst manufacturers.Million man hour turnaround including Crude, FCC, HCU, and HF Alkylation.Entire refinery operations developing plans for continuous improvement of refinery and equipment reliability.Safety and environment operations.Key AreasRefiningPetrochemicalProcess SafetyPetroleumHazopGasDownstream oil and gasFactory and commissioningCatalyst manufacturing

Chemical Engineer Specializing in Fractionation and Distillation Processes, Debottlenecking Projects, and Waste Management ConsultationThirty years of experience in fractionation, distillation, and other separation processes for the petroleum and chemical industries.Areas of expertise include separation sequence development, FCC flue gas scrubbing, modeling and simulation using commercial (PRO/II) and other proprietary simulators, troubleshooting, debottlenecking, operations support, and waste water stream treatment.

Analytical and Physical Chemistry Expert for Carbon Nanotubed-Based Materialslaboratories and production environments.Assess, diagnose, design and teach novel preparation, run, and mechanics of the following instrumentation and tools: Scanning Probe.Analytical and physical chemistry laboratory and production processes.Synthesis and characterization of hierarchically-nanostructured second generation carbon matrix composite materials.Electronic and photonic measurement at the macroscale, through the microscale, and into the sub-nanoscale.Nanoscale catalyst deposition and design expertise for templated nanoarchitecture.

Adhesives and Thin Films Consultant with expertise in Scale-Up, New Product Development, Market and AnalysisIndustrial applications development, market analysis, scale up, for thin film adhesives industry.Market analysis and development of structural adhesives.New product introduction, film adhesives: Electronics, construction, medical device, renewable energy.Six sigma and design for six sigma certified.Thin film and die cutting process web handlingThin film process development: Extrusion, UV-curing, and solvent.Reaction Injection Molding (RIM) process development: Moisture curing urethane adhesives.Expert Witness ExperienceIntellectual p...

Thermoset Chemistry and Material Composites (Eepoxy, Phenolic, Cyanate Ester, Benzoxazine, Vinyl Ester, Polyester, Polyurethane, Polyimides) Development and Manufacturing ExpertPolymer matrix formulation for composites (autoclave cured, VBO, RTM, VaRTM, FW, Press-cure).Thermoset chemistry (epoxy, phenolic, cyanate ester, benzoxazine, vinyl ester, polyester, polyurethane, polyimides).Chemical, thermal, mechanical and physical characterization.Product development and qualification process (project management, stage/gate, timeline, financing).Quality process (Root cause analysis, AS9100C manufacturing environment, SPC, DOE, Six Sigma)Markets...

Ph.D. Material Scientist Specializing in Polymer Coatings and Composites, Electrical and Electronic Materials, Nanomaterials, Conducting PolymersPolymer coatings and composites.Polymer surface functionalization.High voltage materials.Polymer, metal and ceramic surfaces.Electrical insulation materials.Polymer/ceramic filler optimized interfaces.Conducting polymers.Polymer structure property relationships.Polymer electronic and electrical properties.Nanomaterials and processes.Polymer synthesis and characterization.Polymer metallization and adhesion science.Battery electrode materials.Flexible circuits and manufacturing processes.Electronic...

Energy Design Engineering Consultant with Expertise in Clean Technology, Renewable Diesel, Ethanol, Hydrotreating, Coking, Crude, and RefiningSummaryProcess engineering, design engineering, research, intellectual property development and business strategy.Conceptual and detailed design engineering, commercial scale coal upgrading in reducing mercury and increasing the BTU value of coal.Provide analysis and proposal writing residual hydrotreating catalyst systems for companies worldwide.Renewable diesel, bio-diesel, and ethanol plants.National and International Trainer: Remote and onsite.Industries and AreasRenewable DieselEthanolHydrotreat...