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Team member that developed and refined geometrically-shaped abrasive particles; the technology to produce identically sized and shaped abrasive particles currently used in many 3M abrasive products. The shaped abrasive particles technology was recognized with a Minnesota Techne Award and R&D Magazine Top 100 Award both in 2010. Inventor on 35 issued US Patents or pending applications.Expert in sol-gel alumina processing and firing as well as microstructure characterization by optical and electron microscopy. “Sol-Gel Abrasive Grains: History, Precursor Properties, and Microstructural Control” (with T. E. Wood, M. G. Schwabel and C. J. Goodbrake) Handbook of Sol-Gel Science and Technology, L. Klein et al. (eds.), Springer International Publishing AG, 2031-2048 (2018).` “Development and Growth of Sol Gel Abrasive Grains” (with D. W. Bange and W. P. Wood) Abrasives Magazine, June/July 2001. “Historical Development of Abrasive Grain” (with T. E. Wood and W. P. Wood) Ceramic Transactions 95 73-83 (1998).“Wear Studies of Alumina-Based Abrasives” Presented to the 99th Annual Meeting of the American Ceramic Society (1997).“Use of Thin-Film Substrates to Study Enhanced Solid-State Phase Transformations” (with P. G. Kotula and C. B. Carter) Journal of the American Ceramic Society 77 (12) 3287-3291 (1994).“The Use of High-Resolution FESEM to Study Solid-State Phase Transformations and Reactions” (with P. G. Kotula and C. B. Carter) Proceedings of the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Microscopy Society of America 1028-1029 (1994).“Thin-Film Substrates for the Study of Solid-State Transformations” (with P. G. Kotula and C. B. Carter) Proceedings of the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Microscopy Society of America 532-533 (1994).“A Thin-Film Method to Study Enhanced Solid-State Transformations” (with P. G. Kotula and C. B. Carter) Presented to the 96th Annual Meeting of the American Ceramic Society (1994). “In-Situ Magnetoplumbite Growth in Sol-Gel Derived Alumina Matrices” (with W. P. Wood) Ceramic Transactions 46 463-474 (1994).

Listed skills include Electron Microscopy, Ceramic Materials, R&D, Materials Science, and 8 others.