PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
Licensed PE - State of Colorado (# 20279)
Entrepreneurial Activities
Copernican Energy (Boulder, CO)
Co-founded in November, 2006
(Univ. of Colorado spinoff)
ALD NanoSolutions, Inc. (Broomfield, CO)
Co-founded in June, 2001 (Univ. of Colorado spinoff)
Industrial Experience
The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI (1980 - 1996)
1980-1983: Sr. Research Engineer, Organic Chemicals Research
1983-1987: Project Leader, Chemicals Research/Engineering Research & Development
1987-1991: Research Leader, Ceramics & Advanced Materials Research (C&AMR)
1991-1994: Research Associate, C&AMR
1994-1995: Technical Leader, C&AMR
1995-1996: Associate Scientist, C&AMR
Co-Inventor of Commercial Technology
Invention, Fundamentals, Development, and Commercialization of the “Rapid Carbothermal Reduction" Process for Producing Super-Ultrafine Ceramic Powders
Additional Industrial (Non-Ceramics) R&D Contributions
Developed a Low Cost Melt Polymerization Process for the Manufacture of Polycarbonate Resin
Developed a Fluidized Bed Agglomeration Process for the Manufacture of Superadsorbent Polymers
Developed a Fluidized Bed Polymeric Coating Process for the Timed Release of Agricultural Chemicals
Developed a Fixed Bed Catalytic Reactor Process for the Manufacture of Methyl Methacrylate Monomer
Developed a High Pressure Fluidized Bed Fischer Tropsch Process for the Manufacture of Mixed Alcohols
Chairman of The Dow Chemical Company Technology Status Analysis Teams for (1) the Manufacture of Hydrogen Peroxide by a Novel Membrane Process (Sarnia, Ontario) and (2) the Catalytic Extraction Process for Recovering and Recycling Compounds from Hazardous Chlorinated Wastes (Freeport, TX)
Dow Chemical Company U.S. Area Dioxin Task Force
