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Biography:
I am presently Penn United Carbide's (PUC) Chief Scientist, responsible for the development of Advanced Tribological Materials and initiation of new R&D activities. I am involved in assessing new technologies and integrating them into PUC's Technology Transfer Program. My present development programs are focused on hard metal and ceramic nano-powders processing with an emphasis on development of powder feedstock for cold isostatic pressing and powder injection molding.
Before my post doctorate studies with the Reaction and Ceramic Engineering Laboratory at
State University of NY at Buffalo, in 1987-1988, I earned a PhD in the Science of Advanced Ceramic Technology from Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, in 1987. Earlier, in Bucharest, Romania, I graduated - BS, in Industrial Chemistry from the Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest, Romania, 1968, and two years later a earned a MS in Ceramic Science and Engineering from the same Institute. Also studied for a MS program in Quantum Chemistry, with the University of Bucharest, Romania.
I have over 28 years experience in the development of medium-to-high temperature materials and processes, the synthesis and consolidation of fine and ultra-fine inorganic powders, thermodynamic and kinetic assessments of reactions and characterization of materials.
I have held R&D positions at Research Institute for Electronic Industry in Romania, The Technion Research Institute for Ceramics and Silicates in Israel, and Benchmark Structural Ceramics in Buffalo, New York, USA, and managed an entire host of government and industrial R&D programs involving application of advanced materials for industrial, chemical and oil fields components, gas, liquid and slurry circulation and transfer pumps, as well as aerospace, defense and molten metal applications. Also taught various Ceramics and Materials Technology courses with the School of Building Materials in Bucharest, Departments of Materials, Mineralogy and Civil Engineering of Technion in Haifa, and Laboratory of Reaction and Ceramic Engineering of the State University of New York at Buffalo. I specialize in the application of high temperature advanced materials and energy saving technologies, being presently involved in the development of tribological materials, opaque and transparent armor, and ceramic composites for molten metal handling and internal combustion engines.

Additional Information:
Over 80 reports, presentations and published work in scientific and technical Journals and Bulletins. US Citizen. Open to relocation and travel. Fluent in English, Romanian, Hebrew and Hungarian. Comprehend technical literature in French, Russian, and Italian.

Know-how and experience:
I am a highly educated interdisciplinary engineer, with extensive experience in powder processing and powder metallurgy, physics, materials science, industrial chemistry, chemical engineering tribology, chemical engineering,
quantum chemistry, process control and non-destructive evaluation, R&D, implementation of materials, manufacturing, and consumer product technologies. These attributes have placed myself on the forefront of advanced materials of colloidal dimensions, ceramics and composites
fabrication processes, tribological solids and multilayer wear coatings, and rapid prototyping materials technology. In this capacity I feel I can bring to your company a real value as an experienced professional, with a vast multicultural experience, people and their problems, bringing them together, vis-à-vis advanced materials research and development.

I am also a professional chemical and materials science and engineering authority, technologies champion with multi-culture, in-depth background in synthesis and processing of chemicals,
research and development and analysis, including rheology and separation technology, powder/slurry morphology, transfer and processing, powder metallurgy, materials of colloidal dimensions, image phase/microstructure detection, and instrumental chemical and physical analysis.
Highly proficient in manufacturing, problems solving, trouble shooting, strategic planning and intellectual property. Value-focused innovator who ensures the economic viability of R&D programs. Hands-on quality control/program director, including Standard Operating Procedures and Specification Control Test results, who cultivates the strength of others, gives them the tools to succeed, and promotes the free-flow exchange of ideas within interdisciplinary
environments.

Fields of Consulting work:
Powder Rheology, Mixing, Transport, Transfer and Separation Technologies, Mechanical Alloying, Powder Morphology, Analysis and Microstructure, Powder Synthesis and Processing, Ceramic, Glass and Metal Processing, Processing of Nano-phase Materials.