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Education: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BA Chemistry, Olivet Nazarene University, 1959 Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, Michigan State University, 1963 Postdoctoral Fellow, Columbia University, 1964 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Technical Societies: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| American Chemical Society American Foundrymen's Society Society of Petroleum Engineers Technical Management Association of Chicago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Previous Experience: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3M Company, St Paul, MN 1964-1967, Research Chemist Polymer Development; CPC International, Summit, IL 1967-1969, Group Leader Polymer Development; Acme Resin Corp., Forest Park, IL 1969-1971, Manager Foundry Resin Laboratory; 1971-1978, Technical Director; 1978-1985, Vice President & Technical Director; Acme Resin Corp (a subsidiary of Borden, Inc.), 1986-1993, Sr. Vice President & Technical Director; Borden Chemical, Inc. 1993-1995, Technical Director, Foundry and Industrial Resins; 1995-1998, Vice President & Technical Director; Independent Consultant 1998 to present. Broad in depth experience in product and process development. Domestic and international experience. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Publications and Patents: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Twenty four US patents in resins, polymers, foundry materials and processes and oil field products. Sixteen technical papers on materials and processes. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Awards: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Award of Scientific Merit from the Am. Foundrymen's Society (AFS), 1996; elected to the AFS Research Board, 1993-1998; Chairmen, 1997-1998; President of the Research Directors Society of Chicago, 1994-1995. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Laboratory Facilities: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full service laboratory available for material analysis and product development. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Scope of Activities: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Providing consulting services to the plastics, chemical, foundry, oil field and related industries with a special emphasis on process, product and applications development. Improving manufacturing and laboratory productivity. Effective problem solving for current product and process difficulties. Activities also include literature surveys, regulatory compliance studies, expert witness, new product development, material failure analysis, total quality management, technology assessment, project management, research management, and training seminars. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Specializing in: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thermosetting resins and plastics, phenolic resins, urethane resins, foundry resins, foundry coatings, metal casting processes, lost foam casting, sand reclamation and beneficial reuse, release agents, resin coated sands, oil field proppants, shell molding, no bake resins, cold box resins, furan resins, insulation binders, friction materials, refractory binders, composites, adhesives, molding compounds, photo resist resins, forest products, UF resins, toy materials, MSDS, orthopedic bandages, soaps, detergents. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
