About the Author (updated)
Dr. Sami B. Awad is a Scientist and Technologist. He has more than 25 years of industrial experience in the areas of Surface Treatment and Ultrasonic Applications Technology
With his team of expert chemists, they developed tens of successful ultrasonic cleaning processes for small and large International companies. Many ultrasonic processes were developed for precision cleaning of components used in aerospace, electronics, disk drives, semiconductors, medical devices, medical and dental implants, Pharmaceutical, optical devices, flat panel display, automotive, aerospace, injection molds, various metal & carbide tools, weapons, metal surface finishing and filters and heat exchangers for the oil industry and for a special projects in the areas of Sonochemistry and Biodiesel and Decontamination of Produce.
He CO-founded NovChem Technology to fill in the need for highly reliable quality ultrasonic cleaning chemicals. The company is dedicated to help engineers, managers and chemists by offering them recommendations with solutions to their complex cleaning and / or corrosion issues and supply the necessary chemicals to do so. The chemicals are a newly developed line of high quality industrial chemical cleaners and corrosion inhibitors for general & critical ultrasonic cleaning. The the brand name is Novchem™.
Through his involvement with engineers and chemists worldwide, Dr. Awad has helped them in resolving challenging operational and chemical issues. He assisted many companies in successfully switching from using hazardous solvents in their cleaning operations to cleaning with aqueous chemistries.
He authored more than 25 academic papers in organic reaction mechanisms and has about 20 Patents. He made numerous presentations in different conferences and professional societies. Published many technical articles and authored individual book chapters on the applications and mechanism of Ultrasonics and Megasonics Precision Cleaning and nano-Particle Removal.
Dr. Awad is formerly VP of Technology and Lab Director at Crest Ultrasonic Corp., Trenton, NJ. He was a Principle Scientist at Henkel Corporation, USA, Surface Technology Group, Madison Hts, MI. Prior to his industrial career, Dr. Awad was a Professor of Chemistry at Cairo University and Drexel University, Philadelphia. Dr. Awad has a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry and been a member in the professional societies ACS, UIA, IDEMA, ASM, ASTM and SME. He served on several ultrasonic cleaning forums and on the board of advisors for a USDA project.
Contact: sawad@ultrasonicapps.com
Phone: 713-575-8782
Ultrasonic Cleaning of Medical/Pharmaceutical Devices and Equipment
By Sami B. Awad, Ph.D. (sawad@ultrasonicapps.com)
Novchem Technology PO Box 84632 Pearland, TX 77584
Phone: 713-575-8782 / 713 575 5459 contact-us@novchem.com
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