Chemical Petroleum Engineer Expert Witness

Expert Witness No.1147

New Jersey

Education

BS (Chemical Engineering)

MS (Chemical Engineering)

Ph.D. (Chemical Engineering)

Certifications and Affiliations

Member, ACS

Member, AIChE

Specialist Areas of Expertise

Reactivity Hazard Management

Pilot Plant

Thermal Hazard Analysis

Technology Transfer Packages

RC1/DSC/ARC/Dewar Calorimetry

Project Engineering

Process Safety

Cost Estimates

Vent Sizing

Environmental Analysis

Safety and Storage of Reactive Materials

Scale-up

Batch Process Development

Reaction Kinetics

Transport Phenomena

Powder Handling    

Start –up

Formulations

ISO 9000

Statistical Design Strategies

Simulation Programs

Standard Operating Procedures  

Professional Experience

Process/Pilot Plant Engineer – Novartis, St, Gabriel
Pilot Plant Engineer – A Private Corp., Princeton, NJ
         
Conduct Reactivity Hazard Management studies for pilot plant and plant projects. Conduct RC1/DSC/ARC/Dewar calorimetry work.  Prepare thermal hazard analyses (e.g. energy potential, cooling failure scenario, storage stability, time to maximum rate)
Improve the yield and cycle time in Chemical Manufacturing.  Apply statistical design strategies.  Prepare for the plant operations, procedures, P&IDs, equipment setup, safety analysis, and technology transfer package.

Design, build, and operate kilo laboratories.

Design Oracle databases for chemical inventories and equipment.  Develop innovative and time efficient cost estimating methods. 

Patents, Publications, Presentations

Available upon request