1048
This expert has extensive expertise in surface analytical instrumentation and in both light and electron optics. This experience includes the design, development and production of diode array UV-VIS spectrometers, monochromatic X-ray photoelectron spectrometers (XPS), Auger electron spectrometers, and a variety of Scanning Probe instruments. The Scanning Probe instruments include Ballistic Electron Emission Microscopes, Atomic Force Microscopes and Critical Dimension Measurement systems. This expert`s primary research interests include the application of Electron Spectroscopy to the analysis of pragmatic materials, and the development of a physically rigorous approach to the interpretation of XPS and AES spectra of insulating samples. He has developed several experimental methods and technical innovations that enable the use and control of surface potential distributions to enhance the understanding of the surface structural chemistry of inhomogeneous insulating specimens.

• Electron Beam Technology
• Electron Optics
• Electron Spectroscopy
• Light Optics
• Metrology Instrumentation
• Scanning Probe Instrumentation
• Semiconductor Wafer Contamination
• X-ray Photoelectron Spectrometry

1049
This expert is an industry consulting and patent holder. He develops biotech and medical products from concept to production and provides strategic hands-on assistance to entrepreneurs.

• BioTech Instrumentation
• MEMS and Lab-on-a-Chip
• Medical Devices and Disposables
• Hemodialysis Systems
• Catheters and Anesthesia Apparatus
• System Reliability and Safety
• Setting-up Manufacturing
• Material Selection/Optimization
• Independent Consulting
• Entrepreneurial Start-ups

1053
This expert is a professor in chemical engineering, an industry consultant and patent holder. His research studies the fundamental properties and behavior of electrodes employed in high-performance rechargeable batteries and fuel cells. He is an experienced expert witness with numerous expert witness assignments including deposition and trial testimony.

• Electrochemistry
• Battery Technology
• Fuel Cell Technology

1057
Expert specializes in both marketing and technical consulting in high technology separation processes for water purification, wastewater treatment and food/chemical processing applications. With expertise encompassing virtually all treatment technologies, his clients include manufacturers desiring to produce complete water treatment systems or components thereof. Typical applications range from point-of-use/point-of-entry drinking water units to ultra high purity water systems, to effluent treatment applications. He provides complete design, construction, installation and operating services covering the entire spectrum of water purification, wastewater treatment and environmentally conscious manufacturing. In addition, he offers market studies, comprehensive training and educational programs in all areas of water treatment. He has authored dozens of articles, written several book chapters, presented over 125 lectures in conferences around the world and has been awarded three patents for water purification processes. He is an experienced expert witness with numerous expert witness assignments including deposition and trial testimony.

• Water Purification
• Food Processing
• Ultra-high Purity
• Separation Processes
• Wastewater Treatment
• Chemical Processing
• Effluent Treatment
• Membrane Technologies
• Ozonation/Ultraviolet Irradiation
• Microorganism Reduction

1072
He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Delaware and a B.S.Ch.E. from Tufts University and has over 35 years of Industry experience. In his career as a technical professional at DuPont, he worked in R&D and Manufacturing in DuPont CR&D Imaging Systems, Photopolymer and Electronic Products and Photo Products. He was also involved in technical projects for several coating related businesses. His technical interests include coating process development and scale-up, coating application and drying of thin films, polyester base development, film defect mechanisms and image analysis techniques for characterizing coating films. He has also been active in professional development and innovation activities for scientists and engineers. He has many publications and is co-editor and co-author of two books on coating technology. He is an experienced expert witness with numerous expert witness assignments including deposition and trial testimony.

• Coating and drying of thin films
• Coating process development and scale-up
• Polyester base development
• Film defect mechanisms and analytical characterization
• Professional development activities for scientists
• Coating line design
• Coating formulation development

1100
Expert retired from the IBM Almaden Research Laboratory in early 1976 and took up part time employment in the Department of Chemical/Materials Engineering, where he currently holds a position. His consulting activity with local industries has been on a short term basis. Technical review activity, in particular with NSF, was always a large part of his career, and his publication activity was very high while at IBM.

• Chemical processes
• Chemical and reagents
• Polymeric materials
• Polymer properties and characteristics
• Conductive polymers
• Polymer processing
• Polymer coatings and films
• Electrochemical processes
• Electroactive polymers
• Contact electrification on polymers
• Toner materials for printers

1108
Expert has over 25 years experience in the biomechanics and orthopedic fields, including six patents on prosthetic knee implants. His entire professional career has been spent in medical centers and research institutes, researching and refining techniques and medical devices involving orthopedic patients and their rehabilitation. He has been an expert consultant in both civil and criminal cases involving orthopedic damage.

• Knee Reconstruction
• Orthopedic Implant Design
• Sports Medicine
• Biomechanics
• Bone, Joint, and Ligament Therapies

1112
Expert`s interests cover a broad range of analytical techniques including electrochemistry, pH, solution chemistry and bioanalytical techniques. In the past, his research covered broad areas of electroanalysis including potentiometry using ion-selective electrodes and the measurement of pH. His current research interests include the application of biological recognition (antibodies, nucleic acid probes and natural receptors) and liposome amplification strategies to the development of biosensing devices for extra-laboratory screening. Flow-injection analysis techniques, using regenerable immunoreactor columns and marker-loaded liposomes, are also being used to develop automated immunoanalytical systems for laboratory-based analyses of clinical analytes, environmental pollutants and food contaminants. These approaches combine the features of high specificity and ultra-sensitivity available with bioanalytical formats in conjunction with selective detection methods based on both optical and electrochemical transduction mechanisms. He is an experienced expert witness with numerous expert witness assignments including deposition and trial testimony.

• Electroanalytical Chemistry
• pH and Solution Chemistry
• Flow-injection Analysis
• Biosensing Devices/systems

1116
Expert is Chair in Chemical Engineering at a prominent University. He received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Kansas and the Ph.D. from Princeton University. He worked as a process engineer with the Continental Oil Company. For the past 30 years he has concentrated his academic work in process modeling, control, and optimization. He has published over 200 articles and book chapters in the above fields applied to separations, chemical reactors, coal combustion and gasification, and micro-electronics manufacturing. Recent efforts include the development of model-based control algorithms using nonlinear programming. He is an experienced expert witness with numerous expert witness assignments.

• Process modeling
• Process control
• Process optimization
• Textbook author
• Information technology
• Simulations and control software
• Web-based techniques in teaching

1124
This expert has over 50 years experience in chemical engineering, primarily in battery technology. He has been at the forefront of this technology - in addition to his Ph.D. in chemical engineering, he holds numerous battery related patents and is extensively published on the subject.

• Battery Technology
• Electrochemistry
• Materials Science
• Chemical engineering

1247
This expert holds a Ph.D. in natural sciences. He founded and directs one of the world`s leading laboratories in basic and applied research related to human neuro-musculo-skeletal health and well being. This lab is a multidisciplinary research group with backgrounds in anatomy, biochemistry, biomechanics, muscle mechanics, physiology and motor control. This expert`s research and consulting activities concentrate on human locomotion and the forces and effects produced (e.g. excessive load and injuries, positive and negative biological effects on bone, muscle, tendon, ligaments and cartilage). His research includes mobility and longevity with applications to clinical assessment (prevention and rehabilitation) and to movement-related products such as orthoses, shoe insoles, sport shoes, surfaces and sport equipment. He has more than 280 publications in scientific journals and is the author and/or editor of eleven books.

• Human Locomotion
• Biomechanics
• Kinesiology
• Orthoses
• Sport / Athletic Shoes
• Muscle Mechanics
• Sport Equipment
• Physiology

1271
Expert is a Professional Engineer and has a Ph.D. and has a broad background in the chemical processing industry, in commercial research, as well as most recently in academia. His experience includes chemical process development; waste treatment processes, and the development of materials with unique physical and chemical properties, tailored to achieve an objective related to catalytic, sorption, or thermal needs of a process. Operations experience includes virtually all aspects of chemical processing: membrane processes, reaction engineering, catalyst development, food processing (extrusion), novel separation technologies, and crystallization to name a few. He has expertise and is able to serve as an expert witness in the following: Chemical Engineering, Chemical Reactors & Reaction Kinetics, Spontaneous Combustion, Filtration Materials, Process Development & Design, Water & Wastewater Treatment, Activated Carbon Manufacture, Carbon Filtration, Membrane Filtration, Catalysts and Catalytic Reactions. He has used this expertise in at least eight litigation matters and completed testimonial work in two.

• Chemical Engineering
• Chemical Reactors & Reaction Kinetics
• Spontaneous Combustion
• Filtration Materials
• Process Development & Design
• Water & Wastewater Treatment
• Activated Carbon Manufacture
• Carbon Filtration
• Membrane Filtration
• Catalysts and Catalytic Reactions

1273
Expert has over 35 years of industrial and academic of experience in the field of chemistry and chemical engineering. He has consulted with hundreds of corporations involved in the development, optimization, technical marketing and quality control of new and existing consumer and industrial products. The expert also has advanced training as a nationally certified fire and explosion investigator and is skilled at determining the origin and cause of fires and explosions relating to flammable liquids, aerosol cans, gases and clothing fires. He is also experienced in products liability issues and complex litigation relative to safety in design, formulation, packaging and handling, warnings and instructions and labels. The expert has been involved in over 400 forensic litigation cases as well as intellectual property litigation matters. He is a patent holder and published expert.

• Chemical Engineering
• Chemistry
• Product and Process Development
• Household and Industrial Products
• Fires and Explosions: Origin & Cause
• Safety in Design & Formulation
• Safety in Packaging and Handling
• Rheology
• Surface and Interfacial Chemistry
• Hazardous Chemicals
• Chemical Burns
• Toxic Exposures
• Water Soluble Polymers
• Organosilicones; Emulsions

1275
Expert has over 35 years of industrial design and plastics experience. He has expert witness experience and has been deposed and testified at trial. Expert holds multiple patents and is published.

• Plastic Product Design
• Plastic Packaging Design
• Injection Molding
• Injection Mold Design
• Fastening Plastic Parts

1277
Expert has a Ph.D. in Biochemistry and over 30 years of experience in Nutrition from both the agricultural and medical perspectives. His work and research combines the disciplines of biochemistry, molecular biology, nutrition, and medicine. He has expertise and is able to serve as an expert witness in the following: trace mineral metabolism, vessel wall or vascular tissue disease, vitamin metabolism, quinone cofactors, growth and connective tissue metabolism, developmental nutrition, and use of animal models to study disease and nutritional relationships. Using this knowledge the expert has assisted in four litigation matters.

• Trace mineral metabolism
• Vessel wall or vascular tissue disease
• Vitamin Metabolism
• Quinone cofactors
• Growth and connective tissue metabolism
• Developmental nutrition
• Use of animal models to study disease and nutritional relationships

1304
Expert holds a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering with a focus on bachien vision. His research in image analysis, computer vision, pattern recognition and image instrumentation has also enabled him to pursue research in the fields of computational biology and quantitative microscopy. He is extensively published and holds multiple patents.

• Imaging
• Computer Vision
• Image Analysis
• Bioinformatics
• Microscopy
• Cellular Diagnostics

1314
Expert has a Masters in Chemical Engineering and over 30 years of industry experience with image processing and capture. He has prior expert witness experience and a patent holder.

• Digital Imaging Technology
• Digital Camera Design
• Digital Image Asset Management
• Electronic Imaging
• Photographic Engineering
• Photographic Imaging Systems

1353
Expert holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering. He is a patent holder well published and has prior litigation support experience.

• Capacitor
• Battery

1361
Expert has practical experience in the fields of medical devices and systems, medical systems software, digital signal processing in various applications: data communications, cell phone technology, medical and military. He holds 6 patents and published peer reviewed articles. During his twenty-six years of experience, he has been a testifying expert witness, a corporate executive, an academic in Computer Science, a software development engineer and a Bell Labs researcher. Expert has taught courses and conducted research at Stanford University and McGill University in electrical engineering and computer science. As President of a publicly traded medical device company, he oversaw the development of clinical diagnostic systems incorporating clinical information systems and bio-chip technology, portable medical devices including pulse oximetry, insulin pumps, cardiac resuscitation, drug infusion and medical software requiring extensive FDA validation. Expert developed and launched several new intravenous drug delivery products for hospital, anesthesia, ambulatory pain therapy, ambulatory home drug delivery, and international markets. As a testifying expert witness, he has argued both sides of infringement, validity and business/market analysis for non-obviousness.

• Medical Devices and Systems
• Medical Information Systems
• Medical Software & Systems
• Intravenous Drug Delivery Systems
• Infusion Pumps and Disposables
• Insulin Therapy and Devices
• Auditory and EEG Devices
• Digital Signal Processing

2018
Consultant is currently Professor of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering He also is a faculty member in the Biomedical Engineering, Biophysics, and Applied Mathematics graduate groups. His research is highly interdisciplinary and covers the areas of endovascular device design and performance, vascular drug delivery systems, arterial flow and transport, and the role of mechanical forces in regulating cellular structure and function. He has published extensively in some of the top journals in the fields of biomedical engineering and the cardiovascular sciences.

• Endovascular stent technology
• Intravascular devices
• Vascular drug delivery systems
• Biomechanical factors in cardiovascular disease
• Biomedical flow and transport
• Cellular mechanotransduction
• Vascular wound healing
• Health effects of nanoparticles

2037
Consultant is a Polymer Chemist, inventor, and entrepreneur. His major technical interests are the application of polymer technology to biomedical areas, polyurethane chemistry, hydrogel chemistry and technology, and non conventional polymer processing. He has founded several technology companies and is the holder of 25 patents and has 9 publications. He has been involved in over 80 legal cases.

• Polymer Chemistry
• Elastomers
• Polyurethane
• Hydrogels
• Hydrophilic Polymers
• Foams

2063
This expert is Professor of Chemistry. His research interests include analytical applications of optical spectroscopy, sensor technology, developing novel techniques for obtaining optical spectra and improving data processing methodologies. His current research is focused on methods and sensors for identifying and quantifying components from optical spectra of chemical and biological samples. He was an NIH post-doctoral fellow at the University of Maryland; he holds a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota and M.S. and B.S. degrees from Xavier University. He is a former board member of Applied Spectroscopy and Vibrational Spectroscopy, and is currently on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Instrumentation Science and Technology, and Spectroscopy. He was recipient of the 1993 Meggers Award from the Society for Applied Spectroscopy and the 1996 Eastern Analytical Symposium Award for Process Analysis. He was the General Chairperson of the 1997 Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS) national meeting. He has 145 journal publications, 8 book chapters and one book. He has served as the major professor for 30 Ph.D. and 19 M.S. students. He has experience as an expert witness and has been deposed several times.

• Optical Spectroscopy
• Infrared and Raman Spectroscopy
• Near-IR, Visible/UV Spectroscopy
• Quantitative Analysis
• Medical Diagnostics
• Environmental / Terrorism Detection
• Gas and Crystalline Phase Spectra
• Chemometrics

2065
Expert is a native Texan, He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Wildlife Management from Texas Tech University his Masters of Science degree in Wildlife Biology from Utah State University, and his Ph.D. in Range Science from Texas A&M University. He was Professor of Range Management in the Department of Range and Wildlife Management at Texas Tech University. The subject of his research has ranged from coyotes to white-tailed and mule deer, from pronghorn antelope to domestic livestock. The principal focus of his international research was on the pastures and rangelands with specific emphasis on grazing animals. He has co-authored a book, and is also the author of 3 book chapters, 58 journal articles, 27 bulletins and symposia reports, and 21 popular articles and 67 published abstracts. He has consulted for different organizations.

• Wildlife Biology
• wildlife Animals

2106
Research and product development of new or novel pesticides and/or formulations and devices for the control of pests in the areas of urban, medical, veterinary, vector and speciality products entomology. Specialties include; experimental design, protocol development and consulting in the conduct of efficacy studies to be used for scientific and/or regulatory support in the U.S. and internationally for a diverse client base. Laboratory and field research on an independent contract basis which can be conducted under U.S. EPA guidelines (40 CFR Part 160 -FIFRA) for Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) Standards as well as non-GLP and basic applied research. One area of specialized research is on flea and tick control products for use on companion animals with emphasis on insect growth regulator (IGR) and insecticide combinations. Other research expertise is in livestock and urban entomology as it pertains to new product development. He has worked as an expert witness in several litigations matters.

• Pesticides
• Formulations and devices
• Entomology
• Experiment design
• Protocol development
• GLP Efficacy Studies (EPA)

2269
This expert is a current University researcher whose work includes Li-ion chemistry and cell design, solid state chemistry, electrochemical devices, polymer electrolytes for thin-film batteries and fuel cells.

• Chemistry
• Electrochemical Devices
• Polymers