Academic Experience

Union College, Schenectady, NY

1997 to Present, Associate Professor

2012 to 2015, Chairman of the Union College Faculty Executive Committee

2005 to 2008, Chairman of the Department of Mechanical Engineering

Thomas J. Watson, Sr. & Emma Watson Day Associate Professorship

2004 to August 2005, Co-Chair of Dept of Mechanical Engineering

1993 to August 1997, Assistant Professor

Clarkson University Capital Region Campus, Schenectady, NY

January 2018 to Present, Adjunct Assistant Professor

Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

January 1992 to September 1993, Adjunct Associate Professor

University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

September 1988 to December 1989, Adjunct Assistant Professor

Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA

March 1985 to December 1986, Graduate Instructor

Industrial Experience

Innotech International, LLC, Niskayuna, NY: April 1990 to Present
Materials Sciences Corporation, Blue Bell, PA: Dec. 1989 to July 1993
Hercules Aerospace, Magna, UT: March 1987 to December 1989
Dyna East Corporation, Wynnewood, PA: June 1983 to September 1984
Boeing Aerospace Corporation, Seattle, WA: December 1979 to May 1980

Consulting Experience

Accumetrics Associates, Inc.
Actasys, Inc.
Automated Dynamics Corporation
Benet Labs (U.S. Army)
Boeing Aircraft Corporation
British Aerospace
Cameron
Campbell's Soup Company
CardioMag Imaging, Inc.
Carleton Technologies
Cyclics Corporation
Deviation, LLC
Douglas Outdoors
Ecovative Design LLC
eMagin Corporation
Failure Analysis Associates
Federal Highway Administration
Fiber Glass Industries
Free Form Fibers
FMC Technologies
GE Research and Development Center
Hercules Aerospace
High Technology Systems Incorporated
IGC SuperPower Inc
I-Tan Yu and Associates, Inc.
Kintz Plastics, Inc.
Knoll's Atomic Laboratory
Lockheed-Martin Corp.
MAS Composites
Materials Test Laboratories
NY State Dept. of Transportation
Philadelphia Gas Works
Raytheon Corporation
Ryan-Biggs Associates, P.C.
Saint Gobain
StatOil
Swathmore Products, Inc.
Trelleborg
Vistex Composites
Vital Materials
XC Associates

Forensic Investigation Clients

Carter, Conboy, Case, Blackmore, Maloney & Laird, P.C., Attorneys & Counselors at Law
Hiscock & Barclay, LLP
Hannigan Law Firm PLLC
Nixon Peabody, LLP
O'Connor, O'Connor, Bresee, Fist, PC
Roche, Corrigan, McCoy & Bush, Attorneys and Counselors at Law
Law Office of Kris T. Jackstadt
Connor, Curran & Schram, PC, Attorneys at Law
Bouck, Holoway, Kiernan and Casey LLP, Attorneys at Law
DeLorenzo, Pasquariello, Weiskoph, PC, Attorneys and Counselors at Law

Patents

US7384988 B2 (US8080591, US20050159497, US20110306145): Simultaneously heating and applying restraining force to sealed vessel via hot press plates then controllably releasing; minimizing venting; embedded chemical sensing agents; fast, simple, easily automated, industrial scale, Jun 10, 2008 (filing Aug 26, 2004)
US8080591 B1 (US7384988, US20050159497, US20110306145): Method and device for fabricating aerogels and aerogel monoliths obtained thereby, Dec 20, 2011, (filing Jan 29, 2008)