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An exceptionally well educated scientist with extensive experience in all phases of chemical product development – design and development of both chemical and mechanical systems; field implementation; intellectual property; environmental permitting; chemical production; equipment production; sales; marketing; project financing; capital development; entrepreneurship.

BUSINESS EXPERIENCE -

AQUAFOAM, INC.
   1997 - Present, West Chester, PA
    Founder & President

A consulting firm emphasizing aqueous foam based product development, including both chemical and mechanical systems across all disciplines and market areas.

RUSMAR INCORPORATED
    1986 – 1997, West Chester, PA
    Founder & President

• The Company specializes in aqueous based environmental foam applications, primarily soil replacement on sanitary landfills, and hazardous material applications – suppression of dust, odors, VOCs, etc.
• Incorporated the Company in 1986 after approximately two years of technology development.
• Invented the chemical and mechanical technology.
• Obtained seven patents.
• Negotiated a license agreement with Japanese chemical firm.
• Raised $3.1 MM through private placements.
• Company operates profitably.

ASSOCIATED CONSULTANTS
   1981 - 1986, West Chester, PA

A sole proprietorship initially involved in technical recruiting, but later developing the technology for Rusmar Incorporated.

ARCO CHEMICAL
   1980-1981, Glenolden, PA
    Manager of Functional Products

Initiated the program to move the company into specialty chemicals.

APOLLO TECHNOLOGIES
   1976 - 1979, Whippany, NJ
    Director of Marketing, 1976 - 1978
    Director of Research, 1979 - 1980

A specialty chemical company emphasizing products for the mining and utility industries.

ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY
   1964 - 1976, Various locations
            1974 - 1976, Bristol & Spring House, PA
                    Senior Research Associate
            1969 - 1974, Philadelphia, PA
                    Senior Research Chemist
            1964 - 1969, Huntsville, AL
                    Research Chemist

AWARDS -

    Undergraduate Research Grant (NSF), Senior Year, 1959 - 1960
    NSF Fellowship, Graduate School, 1961 - 1962
    NIH Fellowship, Graduate School, 1962 - 1963
    NIH Post Doctoral Fellowship, 1963 - 1964
    1989 Pa. Society of Professional Engineers Governor's New Product Award
    1992 Phila. Chamber of Commerce Innovative Business of the Year Award

MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS -

    American Chemical Society
    American Society for Testing and Materials
        Member, D-35 Committee on Geosynthetics
        Past Task Group Leader for Alternative Daily Cover Materials
    Environmental Industry Associations
        Member, National Solid Wastes Management Association
        Member, Pennsylvania Waste Industries Association
        Member, Professional Services Institute
        Member, Waste Tech Committee
    Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry
        Member, Environmental Advisory Committee
        Member, Solid Waste Advisory Committee
    Pennsylvania Fire Services Institute
        Member, State Wide Advisory Board
    Pennsylvania Governor Thomas J. Ridge's Environmental Platform Committee
    Governor's Technology 21, Envirotechnology, Leadership Committee

PUBLICATIONS -

   Undergraduate Thesis - "Diferrocenylethane Studies"
        Director - Dr. K. L. Rinehart, Jr.
    Graduate Thesis - "The Cyclization of o-Benzoylbenzoic Acid."
        Director - Dr. D. S. Noyce.
    Acyl- from Alkylferrocenes by Manganese Oxidation. Ferrocobenzoquinone.
        JACS 82, 4112 (1960).
    1,1"-(tetramethylene)ferrocene. Obliquity and NMR in Bridged Ferrocenes.
        JACS 82, 4111 (1960).
    1,1-Diferrocenylethane - Friedel-Crafts Rearrangement.
        JACS 82, 2082 (1960).
    1,2-Diferrocenylethane from an Unusual Reaction.
        JACS 82, 3162 (1960).
    Effect of Substituents Upon the Formation of the Lactol Carbonium 
    Ion of Benzoylbenzoic Acid.
        J. Organic Chem. 30, 1899 (1965).
    The Protonation of Benzoylbenzoic Acids.
        J. Organic Chem. 30, 1896 (1965).
    The Effect of Substituents on the Rate of Formation of 
    Substituted Anthraquinones.
        J. Organic Chem. 32, 2583 (1967).
    Kinetic Isotope Effect in the Formation of Anthraquinone.
        J. Organic Chem. 33, 1500 (1968).
    Analysis and Calibration of Tubular Flowmeters.
        Ind. Engr. Chem. Fundam. 6, 304 (1967).
    Chemical Solutions to Problems Encountered in the Gasification of Coal.
        Combustion 49, 18 (1978).
    Flammability of Plastics & Polymers Used as Alternate Daily Covers - 
    A Summary of Technical Information from the Public Domain.
        A Technical Brochure
    Comparison of Long Duration Foam, Synthetic Tarpaulins, Geotextiles, and 
    Soil as Subtitle D Compliant Daily Cover Materials for Sanitary Landfills
        A Technical Brochure
    Sanitary Landfill Cover Materials Compared.
        Public Works, May, 1993, page 51.
    Alternate Daily Cover Materials and Subtitle D - The Selection Technique
        A Technical Brochure
    Biodegradability of AC-645 by OECD Method 301C
        A Technical Brochure    
    Alternative Daily Cover Materials and Subtitle D - Control of Fires
        A Technical Brochure
    Flammability of Alternative Daily Cover Materials - A Summary of 
    ASTM E1354 Cone Calorimeter
        A Technical Brochure
    Evaluation of Volatile Organic Compound Emission Control of Rusmar
    AC-900L and AC-900 Foam Using the Surface Emission Isolation Flux Chamber
        A Technical Memorandum
    Sanitary Landfill Alternative Covers - Combustibility and Control of Fire
        The Times
        National Fire Protection Association,
        Fire Service Newsletter, Issue #2, July, 1994, page 10.
    Sanitary Landfill Alternative Covers - Combustibility and Control of Fire
        The Information Source
        Official Publication of the National Association of State Fire Marshals
        Volume 2, Issue 1, August, 1994, page 10.
    Foam Wafer Cleaning - Experimental Proof of Concept
        A technical report demonstrating the technology of cleaning wafers with foam.
    Particulate Removal Using a Foam Medium
        Background summary of surface tension gradient (foam) drying and cleaning of semiconductor wafers
        Abridged version, "Removing Particles with a Foam Medium," A2C2, page 11-15, January, 2002.
    Photoresist Residue Removal Using Aqueous Foam (as submitted, better, clearer SEMs)
        A2C2, pages 13-17, May, 2002 (as published).

ARTICLES BY OTHER AUTHORS

   Finegan, Jay, "Down in the Dump", INC., September, 1990, page 90.

    Eisele, Stella M., "Foam Deals Knockout to Town's Odor," 
        The Philadelphia Inquirer, Wednesday, November 7, 1990, page B-1ff.

    Deutsch, Claudia H., "A New Way to Carve Out Space For Ever-Expanding 
        Piles of Trash," New York Times, Technology Section, December 30, 1990.

    "Anatomy of a Start-Up," Longsworth, Elizabeth K., Editor, INC. Publishing, 
        Boston, MA, 1991, page 291ff.

    Fried, John J., "Foaming 'Mousse' Puts Unruly Waste Under Tight Cover," 
        The Philadelphia Inquirer, December 14, 1992, page D-10.

    Perkowitz, Sidney, "Universal Foam - From Cappuccino to the Cosmos,"
        Walker & Company, New York, NY, 2000, page 91.

    Lester, Maria A., "Is Foam Wafer Cleaning and Drying the Future?"
        Semiconductor International, 25, #2, 42 (2002).

PATENTS

    (1)   Mixed Bed Deionization.
            US 3753899, August, 1973.

    (2)   Removal of Residual Organolead from Organic Liquids.
            US 3838043, September, 1974.

    (3)   Method of Removing Iodine and Compounds Thereof from Gaseous Effluents
            US 3943229, March, 1976

   (4)    Process for the Thermochemical Cleavage of Water into Hydrogen and Oxygen.
            US 3995016, November, 1976.

    (5)   Method for Forming an Inorganic Thermal Radiation Control
            US 4034129, July, 1977.

    (6)   Foamable Composition and Method for Suppressing Coal Dust.
            US 4561905, December, 1985.

   (7)   Method of Providing a Barrier Between a Substrate and the Atmosphere 
           and Compositions Therefor.
           US 4874641, October, 1989.

    (8)   Membrane-Forming Foam Composition and Method.
            US 4990373, February, 1991.

    (9)   Foam Distribution Apparatus.
            US 5011330, April, 1991.

    (10) Foam Generating Apparatus.
            US 5066428, November, 1991.

    (11) Method of Providing a Foam Barrier Between A Substrate and the 
            Atmosphere and Compositions Therefor 
            US 5096616, March, 1992.

    (12) Composition for Providing a Foam Barrier Between Substrate and the 
            Atmosphere and the Method of Use.
            US 5215786, June, 1993.

    (13) Composition and Method for Generating a Foam Barrier and 
            Methods of Use Thereof.
            US 5853050, December, 1998

    (14) Surface Treatment of Semiconductor Substrates
            US 6090217, July, 2000

    (15) Surface Treatment of Semiconductor Substrates
            Taiwan 131,360, April, 2001

    (16) Surface Treatment of Semiconductor Substrates
            US 6,296,715, October, 2001

    (17) Surface Treatment of Semiconductor Substrates
            US 6,439,247, August, 2002

    (18) Surface Treatment of Semiconductor Substrates
             US 6,797,071, September 28, 2004

    (19) Gas Recovery From Landfills Using Aqueous Foam
            US 6,929,423, August 16, 2005

    (20) Gas Recovery From Landfills Using Aqueous Foam (H₂S Control)
            US 6,994,491, February 7, 2006

PRESENTATIONS -

Semiconductor Wafer Cleaning and Drying Using a Foam Medium
       Sematech Novel Wafer Cleans Working Group Meeting
        Internet Presentation, November 13, 2001

Aqueous Foam Drying and Cleaning of Semiconductor Wafers
        This is a PowerPoint presentation with about 90 slides and many SEM photographs.  The
        presentation covers the major background technology plus the recent experimental work.
        This is a large file, 28MB.  April, 2002.

Photoresist Residue Removal Using Aqueous Foam: Proof of Concept Experiments
       Sematech Wafer Clean & Surface Preparation Workshop
        Austin, TX, May 21-22, 2002

Four Aqueous Foam Sanitary Landfill Applications
        Waste Management Technology Forum
        Houston, TX, August 10, 2004
        Large file, PowerPoint, 30MB.

UPDATED, 08/25/07 12:38 PM