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EWF Consulting,
Inc.
676 De Tamble Avenue Highland Park, Illinois
60035 United States of America  Contact:
Dr. Edward W. Funk Tel: 847-433-5659,
Fax: 847-433-2837
Chemical Engineering Consultant & Expert
Witness
Expert Witness - Speaker Bureau
EWF CONSULTING, INC., headed by Dr. Funk, is a
chemical engineering consultant & expert witness firm
which provides attorneys services in chemical engineering,
chemical products, patent infringement, hazardous materials
and environmental
technology.
Services
Chemical processes, specialty chemicals,
industrial chemicals, consumer chemicals, solvents,
fluorocarbons, fine chemicals, petrochemicals, separation,
purification, extraction, distillation, adsorption, molecular
sieves, carbons, absorption, crystallization, supercritical
processes, industrial chromatography, membranes, filtration,
ultrafiltration, reverse osmosis, catalytic membranes,
inorganic membranes, electrodialysis, dialysis,
electrophoresis, acids, bases, oxidation, reduction processes,
reactors, mixing, kinetics, catalysis, heterogeneous
catalysis, catalytic membranes, catalytic distillation, novel
processes, refinery processes, pharmaceutical processes,
ethanol, biomass, alcohol fuels, thermodynamic heat
exchangers, polymers, resins, composites, films, plastics,
dental chemistry, medical devices, gas processing, cryogenics,
shale, coal, tar sands, chemical accidents, safety, pollution,
patent, intellectual property, product liability, chemical
engineering, bioprocesses, OSHA, EPA., electrochemistry,
process design, process synthesis, novel
materials.
Profile
Dr. Funk has over 20 years experience in R&D,
chemicals, and advanced engineering with Exxon and Honeywell.
He is the author of 6 patents and 70 technical publications.
He has a BS in Engineering Science from Yale and a PhD in
Chemical Engineering from University of California, Berkeley.
Since 1992 Dr. Funk is a Visiting Professorship of Chemical
Engineering at University of Illinois.
Dr.
Funk can help you by providing the following services:
- Advice on technical issues concerning
chemical and related processes/products
- Analysis
of scientific/engineering literature in comprehensible and
relevant language
- Interpretation of patents and
issues of patent infringement and trade secrets
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Site visits and reports involving industrial accidents and
injuries
- Coordination of testing/analysis by
laboratories
- Expert reports, and deposition and
trial testimony
Professional
Experience
Visiting Professor,
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois,
1992-.
Honeywell International, Manager of Chemical
technology. 1985-1992
UOP/Allied Signal. Research
Group Leader, 1982-1985
Exxon Corporation, Senior
Engineer, Corporate Research. 1974-1982
Legal
Experience & Services
Broad
experience in patent infringement issues within Honeywell and
as a consultant.
Directed R&D groups which
generated over 100 US patents.
Litigation cases
involving product and process defects, chemical accidents, new
materials, medical products, handling of chemicals, vapor
emissions.
Examples of Dr. Funk's legal case
experience :
- Patent infringement using
desalination membranes
- Markman patent issues on
membrane control valves
- Detection of oils/solvents
involved in personal accidents
- Impurities and
health effects of polyamides, polyacrylates and similar
polymers
- Fuel processing and handling in
helicopter/aircraft crashes
- Evaluation of
negligence in selling and labelling of trichloroethylene
- Interpretation of patent claims involved in teeth
whitening
- Accidents involved in nylon
manufacturing
- Chemical damage of computer screens
- Trade secret violations involving processes for
chemical manufacturing
- Causes of operational
problems in film and paper processes
- Exposure of
industrial workers to chemicals
- Regulatory laws
involved in shipping flammable oils, fragrances, and solvents
- Patent issues concerning fire retardant chemicals
- Surface treatment of glass
- Causes of
fires/explosions in chemical plants and equipment
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Selling of faulty chemical processing
equipment
Affiliations
American Chemical Society
American
Institute of Chemical
Engineers
Qualifications
A complete resume is available upon request or at
www.ewfconsulting.net
Awards &
Honors
Allied-Signal Technical
Achievement Award
Ford Foundation
Fellowship
Publications
Available at www.ewfconsulting.net. Over 70
technical publications and 6 US
patents.
Professional
References
Available upon
request
Education
BS, Engineering and Applied Science, Yale
University
PhD, Chemical Engineering, University of
California, Berkeley
Consulting
Practice: All States
Areas of Expertise:
 Accident
Analysis
Accident
Diagnostic
Accident
Prevention
Accident
Reconstruction
Biochemistry
Bioengineering
Chemical
Accidents
Chemical
Analysis
Chemical
Engineering
Chemical
Identification
Chemical
Process
Chemicals
Chemistry
Demonstrative
Evidence
Document
Examination
Energy
Engineering
Aeronautical
Engineering
Aerospace
Engineering
Chemical
Engineering
Design
Engineering
Environmental
Engineering
Forensic
Engineering
Investigation
Environmental
Environmental
Forensic
Evidence
Expert
Witness
Explosion
Fire
Flammability
Forensic
Experts
Forensic
Technology
Fuels
and Fuel Systems
Hazardous
Materials
Household
Chemical Products
Industrial
Chemical Products
Insurance,
Property Casualty
Intellectual
Property
Investigation
Laboratories
Litigation
Materials
Science
Mining
Oil
Analysis
Patent
Personal
Injury
Plastics
Polymers
Products
Liability
Research
/ Testing
Safety
Safety
Management
Solvents
Technology
Total
Quality Control
Waste
Treatment
Water
Safety
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