Ernest A. Coleman   Worldwide Consultant in Plastics, Chemistry, Manufacturing, Technology   Certificate #684   Senior Consultant   C P Technology, Inc.   950 Willow Valley Lakes Dr. H-211   Willow Street, PA   17584   1-717-464-2637 Voice   E-mail:ECcpt@aol.com Ernest A. Coleman is an experienced consulting chemist and materials expert who works carefully with all clients large and small in manufacturing, technology, or education. He will stay with a problem long enough to make the progress that the client needs, but he will not stay longer than necessary. Chemical manufacturers have come to him and received help. Plastics companies and companies that use polymers of all kinds have worked with him to improve their products while reducing cost.
		Education:
		B.S. Chemistry, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1951 M.S. Organic Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 1955 Ph.D Physical Organic Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 1959
		Professional Activities:
		American Association for the Advancement of Science; American Chemical Society; Society of Plastics Engineers - Elected Fellow of the Society 1994 - Founding Member of Polymer Modifiers & Additives Division - Member of PM&AD Board of Directors - Member Marketing and Management Board of Directors; Seminar Course Leader for Plastics Additives Course presented by the Center for Professional Advancement in the United States and The Netherlands.
		Previous Experience:
		DuPont Plastics, Wilmington, DE and Parkersburg, WV; Library of Congress, Washington, DC; GAF, Wayne, NJ; Dart and Kraft (Fiberfil Plastics and Wilson Color), Paramus, NJ; Union Carbide Silicones, Tarrytown, NY; Norton (now St. Gobain) Plastics and Ceramics, Wayne, NJ and Worchester, MA; Adjunct Professor University of Connecticut (Organic Chemistry), Stamford, CT, and Consultant in Materials and Modern Manufacturing Technology since 1986.
		Publications & Patents:
		Several invited papers for ACS, SPE, and SPI on plastics additives, reactive extrusion, and testing methods. SPE RETEC best paper award in 1995. US and foreign patents in the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s on thermoplastic composites, foams, barrier layers in packaging, fast crystallizing PET, and improvements in mechanical, thermal, chemical, and durability properties of various plastics.
		Scope of Activities:
		Plastics formulation and compounding with emphasis on manufacturing productivity and doing it right the first time. Finding low cost solutions to industrial problems and increasing profits by efficient use of all resources. Expert witness in plastics additives including color, coupling agents, fillers, reinforcements, and impact modifiers. Process selection and upgrade, cost effective use of tests and testing laboratories, reverse engineering of plastic materials, and helping clients find the best material for their applications: this includes plastics, ceramics, wood, and metals.
		Specializing In:
		Surface modification of plastics and additives, synthesis of specialized polymers for barrier layers in packaging, reactive extrusion, mechanochemistry, material selection, silicone based materials, fluoropolymers (PTFE and melt processable fluorine containing polymers), condensation and addition polymers, thermoset additives and fillers, quality improvement, cost effective processing, improved profits, source reduction, and recycling for profits. High performance ceramics, silicon nitride, silicon carbide, slip casting, injection molding plastics and ceramics, extrusion compounding.