D. A. Rockstraw, Ph. D., P. E. (NM, TX)
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`David A. Rockstraw, Ph. D., P. E. (NM, TX)
`email: rockstraw@zianet.com
`2008 Calle de El Paso; Las Cruces, NM 88005
`website: http://wordpress.nmsu.edu/drockstr/
`phone: (575) 635-9539; fax: (575) 523-7502
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`Executive Summary
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`I have worked in the chemical processing industries; academia; government labs; and private
`practice as consultant, R&D engineer, expert witness, and forensic analyst. I have a diverse set
`of experiences including: commodity chemicals; energy; water; petrochem; pharmaceuticals;
`agricultural chemicals; fluorochemicals; monomers, polymers and plastics; plutonium
`processing; membrane/electromembrane processes; safety; biofuels; processed foods; and
`academic administration. I have provided expert testimony in deposition, trial, and arbitrations.
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`Specific areas of expertise (not exhaustive)
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`• engineering education and administration
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`• chemical plant design, simulation, economic evaluation, construction, and operation
`(including direct exposure to dozens of products, processes, and chemical plants)
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`• 29 CFR 1910.119 process safety management of highly hazardous chemicals
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`forensic analysis of chemical plant operations and incidents
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`intellectual property and trade secret law, including inter partes review
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`• scale-up of laboratory and pilot plant operations to commercial facilities
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`• kinetics and catalysis, spontaneous combustion, runaway reactions, and explosions
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`• chemical separation and heat/mass transfer phenomena
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`• activated carbon synthesis and application as an adsorbent
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`• ethanol from fermentation of biomass and subsequent processing
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`• biodiesel production facilities
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`• ultrasonic flash pyrolysis synthesis of metallic nanoparticles
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`Education
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`Aug 1986 – Sep 1989
`The University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
`Ph.D., Chemical Engineering: Experimental & Theoretical Electrodialysis Investigations
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`Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
`B.S., Chemical Engineering
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`Aug 1980 – Jun 1986
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`D. A. Rockstraw, Ph. D., P. E. (NM, TX)
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`Academic Employment Experience
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`New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico
`SINCE JULY 2012
`ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT HEAD, CHEMICAL & MATERIALS ENGINEERING
`SINCE SEP 2013
`ROBERT DAVIS DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR
`SINCE AUG 2012
`DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT PROFESSOR
`INTERIM ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT HEAD, MECHANICAL & AEROSPACE ENGINEERING AUG 2018 – AUG 2019
`DIRECTOR, NMSBREW BREWERY ENGINEERING PROGRAM
`JAN 2016 – APR 2019
`PROFESSOR, CHEMICAL & MATERIALS ENGINEERING
`AUG 2004 – AUG 2012
`ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
`MAY 1998 – AUG 2004
`ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
`AUG 1995 – MAY 1998
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`Department Head Administrative Highlights:
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`Installed Adobe Connect capability in CHME and leveraged the ability to broadcast
`classes to increase enrollments in undergraduate and Masters of Engineering programs.
`• Designed and implemented NMSBrew, a program in Brewery Engineering that included
`design and installation of a pilot brewery in Jett Hall on the NMSU campus. The
`program first appeared in the catalog in 2017, and the program was awarded a National
`Championship in the 2019 AICHE Brewing Competition.
`• Highlighted need for upgrades to program infrastructure leading to NMSU
`administration to put Chemical Engineering in the top capital outlay priority position.
`Began ~$20 million renovation to the building in May 2015 with completion 2Q 2018.
`• Led 2012 and 2018 Accreditation Board for Engineering & Technology (ABET)
`accreditation review of program.
`• Established safety program and modified safety culture that includes: requirement of
`rigorous documentation and analysis of all experimental procedures carried out in the
`department; continuous training on issues of chemical safety; an internal audit program;
`regular safety meetings for faculty, staff, grad students, and researchers; an awards
`program to reward outstanding leadership in laboratory safety. Promoted and drove
`effort to hire College of Engineering Safety Specialist position. Recognized as a “Friend
`of Safety” by NMSU Environmental, Health, Safety, and Risk Management.
`• Developed protocol and online form that permits a single advisor to advise 200
`undergraduate chemical engineering students in a couple of days.
`• Led effort to build and bring online (1Q 2019) a 1-barrel pilot plant brewery, as a
`component of a minor-of-study in Brewery Engineering for chemical engineering
`students, which will also be used in the unit operations laboratory for fitting
`mathematical models of fermentation kinetics.
`Integrated simulation science with Aspen Plus® across the BSCHE curriculum, including
`four formal lab courses, one in each of the upper division semesters, with informal use
`within courses at the lower division level.
`• Built and maintain department web site with form-driven data collection integrated into
`a continuous self-study for program assessment and accreditation.
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`Current and Recent Research Areas:
`• additive manufacture of
`mechanoluminescent materials
`• core & shell nanoparticle synthesis by
`ultrasonic aerosol formation
`• plastic pyrolysis to liquid fuels
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`D. A. Rockstraw, Ph. D., P. E. (NM, TX)
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`• activated carbon synthesis,
`characterization, and application
`• process simulation
`• ethanol from transgenic alfalfa
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`Primary Teaching Subject Areas: chemical kinetics & reaction engineering; equilibrium-staged
`separations; chemical process design & simulation (with Aspen Plus® and Dynamics®), and
`economic evaluation; transport phenomena; fundamentals of material and energy
`balances, numerical techniques in Matlab and Mathcad.
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`Comprehensive list of Subject Matter Taught at NMSU:
`• Fundamentals of Chemical Engineering
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`• Computer applications (Matlab, Excel, Mathcad, C++, Fortran)
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`• Material and Energy Balances
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`• Engineering Data Analysis
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`• Transport Operations II: Heat and Mass Transfer
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`• Transport Operations III: Staged Operations
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`• Process Instrumentation Systems Laboratory
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`• Simulation of Unit Operations (with Aspen Plus®)
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`• Transport Processes Laboratory and Unit Operations Laboratory
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`• Novel Industrial Separation Processes (adsorption, crystallization, membranes)
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`• Chemical Kinetics and Reactor Engineering
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`• Engineering Economics
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`• Chemical Process Design and Economic Evaluation
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`• Chemical Process Simulation (with Aspen Plus®)
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`• Chemical Plant Design
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`• Chemical Plant Simulation (with Aspen Plus®)
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`• Advanced Process Simulation (with Aspen Plus®)
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`• Senior Seminar (Fundamentals of Engineering Exam preparation)
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`• Graduate Chemical Engineering Calculations (analytical methods)
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`• Graduate Chemical Engineering Calculations (numerical methods)
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`• Graduate Chemical Reactor Analysis & Design
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`• Chemical Complexation Analysis
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`• Fundamentals of Inline Hockey and Beginning Racquetball
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`D. A. Rockstraw, Ph. D., P. E. (NM, TX)
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`Commercial Employment Experience
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`since 1997
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`David A. Rockstraw, Ph. D., P. E., Mesilla, New Mexico
`CHEMICAL PROCESS DESIGN/REVIEW/FORENSIC ANALYSIS & EXPERT WITNESS
`Expert Witness/Testimony
`1. Salvi, Schostok, & Pritchard, P.C.; Chicago, IL. Expert witness for the plaintiff on the
`emission of ethylene oxide from a sterilization facility (Kamuda v. Sterigenics U.S., LLC,
`et al., Case No. 2018 L 010475 in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, 2019-).
`2. Cabello Hall Zinda, PLLC; Houston, TX. Expert witness for the plaintiff of an inter partes
`review (Enercorp Sand Solutions Inc. Petitioner, v. Specialized Desanders Inc., Patent
`Owner. Case IPR2019-01582 Patent No. 9,861,921, 2019-).
`3. Kallie L. Dixon, Business Law Southwest, LLC, Albuquerque, NM. Expert witness for the
`plaintiff to determine cause and origin of a residential fire (Chaney, et al., v. Meagher
`Family Trust, FPI Management, Inc. and Sierra Meadows Apartments, LLC., Cause D-202-
`CV-2019-06097, 2nd Judicial District Court, Bernalillo County, NM, 2019-).
`4. McDowell Hetherington LLP; Houston, TX. Expert witness for the plaintiff to determine
`cause and origin of a residential fire (Liberty Insurance Corporation, as subrogee of
`Vamseedhar Konda, Plaintiff, v. Taylor Morrison Of Texas, Inc.; Hearth & Home
`Technologies; Parrish & Company, Inc.; Pass & Seymour, Inc.; Powerhouse Electrical
`Services, Inc.; Custom Electronics, Inc.; And United Subcontractors, Inc.; Cause NO. D-1-
`GN-005833 District Court of Travis County, TX, 200th Judicial District, 2019-).
`5. McGlinchey Stafford; Houston, TX. Expert witness for the defense in a breach of
`contract matter based on the design and installation of commercial steam boilers (Civil
`Action No. 4:18-cv-4349 - Equistar Chemicals, LLC. v. Indeck Power Equipment Company,
`in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas Houston Div., 2019-)
`6. Motley Rice; Mt Pleasant, SC. Expert witness for the plaintiff in wrongful death matter
`occurring in a polyethylene terephthalate production facility (Civil Action No. 5:17-
`01010-JMC, United States District Court District of South Carolina Orangeburg Division -
`Sallie M. Zeigler vs. Eastman Chemical Company, and Mundy Maintenance Service and
`Operations LLC; 2019-).
`7. Gibson Dunn; Irvine, CA. Expert witness for the plaintiff in a patent infringement matter
`based on U.S. Patent Number RE38,844E (No. 18-1391 RGA, U.S. District Court for the
`District of Delaware, C.A. - Ingevity Corporation and Ingevity South Carolina, LLC, v. BASF
`Corporation, 2018-).
`8. Gibson Dunn & Crutcher; Irvine, CA. Expert witness for the plaintiff in a patent
`infringement matter based on U.S. Patent Number RE38,844E (U.S. International Trade
`Commission, Washington DC, Investigation No. 337-TA-1140 In the Matter of Certain
`Multi-Stage Fuel Vapor Canister Systems and Activated Carbon Components Thereof. -
`Ingevity Corporation and Ingevity South Carolina, LLC, v. Mahle, et al., 2018-).
`9. Alston & Bird; Charlotte, NC. Expert witness for the plaintiff in lawsuit involving
`intellectual property of HFC blowing agents and propellants (Civil Action No. 3:17-cv-
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`01390-N in US District Court for Northern District of Texas Dallas Division: Honeywell
`International Inc. v. MEK Chemical Corporation, 2018-).
`10. Provost & Umphrey Law Firm, LLC, Beaumont, TX – Provided expert opinion for the
`plaintiff on the viability of simulated data in wrongful death case involving a sodium
`hydrosulfide storage tank explosion (Civil Action No.: 2:16-cv-02944-DCN, In The United
`States District Court District of South Carolina Charleston Division; Kristie Allen, et al. v.
`Axeon Speciality Products, LLC, et al., 2018-).
`11. McDermott, Will, & Emery LLP, Chicago, IL – Provided expert opinion for the defense in
`litigation involving operation of a 30MM gal/yer biodiesel production facility in
`Dubuque, IA (Case No. 2:16-cv-1038-LRR, In The United States District Court for the
`Northern District of Iowa Eastern Division, United States of America v. NGL Crude
`Logistics, LLC and Western Dubuque Biodiesel; 2017-18).
`12. Stoel Rives, Portland, OR – provided expert opinion for plaintiff on formulations for fire
`resistant treatment chemicals (Case No. 12-2-01604-2 in Superior Court of the State of
`Washington for Whatcom County: Global Building Products LTD et al v. Blue Mountain
`Log Sales, LTD et al, 2017-2018).
`13. Akin Gump; San Francisco, CA. Expert for defense in litigation concerning design of a
`1,000 gpd biodiesel production facility (Case No. 5:16-cv-716-LHK, United States District
`Court Northern District of California San Jose Division - R Power Biofuels, Inc., vs.
`Chemex, LLC; 2017).
`14. Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch, LLP, Falls Church, VA – Expert opinion for the plaintiff on
`viability of chemical process simulation in IPR proceedings, (Case IPR2017-00165, U.S.
`Patent No. 9,073,843 - Celanese International Corp. v. Daicel; 2017)
`15. Vuono & Gray, LLC, Pittsburgh, PA – provided expert opinion for the plaintiff and
`valuation of various nanotechnologies (Case #5978 OF 2012 2012CI05978, Srikanth
`Raghunathan, Padmashri Sampathkumar, NGX, Inc. v. JP Morgan Chase, Mortgage
`Electronic Registration System, Phelan, Hallinan & Schmieg, Safeguard Properties, 2017).
`16. Moyer Law Offices LPA, Columbus, OH - Expert for plaintiff on matter of failures in
`engineering, procurement, construction, and management of mixed feedstock biodiesel
`production facility (Re-filed Case No. 2014 CV 1575, Common Pleas Court Montgomery
`County, OH - Washakie Renewable Energy, LLC. Vs. Jatrodiesel, Inc., 2016-17)
`17. Miller, Maki, LLP, Sudbury, ON, Canada – Provided expert opinion for plaintiff on the
`potential for spontaneous combustion to occur in carbon chars (Ontario Superior Court
`of Justice; Helene Carter, et al. v. Placements C. Jolicoeur Limitee, Ontario Inc., Christine
`Jolicoeur, Isabel Lamarche, Marc Clement, Alain Lamarche, The Clorox Company of
`Canada, Ltd., and Charbon De Bois Feuille D’erable Inc.; 2015-16).
`18. Nossaman Guthner Knox & Elliott, San Francisco, CA – Provided expert opinion for the
`plaintiff on trade secret theft involving a process to manufacture ant insecticide baits
`(Case No. C13-01158, Superior Court of the State of California County of Contra Costa -
`Copper Harbor Co., Inc. vs. Central Garden and Pet Company et al., 2015-16).
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`19. Quarles & Brady LLP, Chicago, IL. Provided expert opinion for the plaintiff on novelty of
`patents associated with oil separation in the corn ethanol process (Case IPR2015-01586
`U.S. Patent No. 8,841,469, Hydrite Chemical Co. v. Solenis Technologies, LP; 2015-16).
`20. Stoel Rives, Salt Lake City, UT – provided expert opinion for defense on viability and
`economic evaluation of a process to manufacture an antibacterial additive intended for
`oral care use (Case No. 2:13-cv-01017, United States District Court District of Utah,
`Central Division - N8 Medical, Inc. and Brigham Young University; N8 Pharmaceutical,
`Inc. vs. Colgate-Palmolive Company; 2015-16)
`21. Davis & Associates P.C., Albuquerque, NM – Provided expert opinion on valuation of oil
`production operations (United States Bankruptcy Court District Of New Mexico, IN RE:
`Chuza Oil Company Domestic Profit, No. 14-12842-t1 EIN: 27-2717292 Debtor; 2015).
`22. Sills, Cummis & Gross P.C., Newark, NJ – Provided expert opinion for plaintiff on the
`physical mechanism and operation of suppression systems for a fire involving
`chlorinated swimming pool chemicals (Superior Court of New Jersey Law Division: Essex
`County, docket No. ESX-L-5111-13 - Aiden Leeds, Inc., v. QBE Specialty Insurance
`Company, and Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s, London; 2014-15).
`23. Stoel Rives, Minneapolis, MN – provided expert opinion for defense on patent
`infringement matter involving corn stover ethanol production, with emphasis on
`material handling and process design around the separation of residual corn oil from the
`stillage of the beer column bottoms (Master Case No.: 1:10-ml-2181-LJM-DML in the
`United States District Court
for the Southern District of Indiana - GS CleanTech Corp. v.
`Bushmills Ethanol, Inc., Chippewa Valley Ethanol Co., LLLP, Heartland Corn Products and
`Al-Corn Clean Fuel, 2013-2014).
`24. Dongell Lawrence Finney LLP, Las Vegas, NV – Provided expert opinion for defense in
`litigation involving the failure of a tank designed to store HCl at a rural water treatment
`facility (Case No. 37339, Tenth Judicial District Court, Churchill County, NV – City of
`Fallon et al v. Sierra Chemical Co., et al.; 2013)
`25. Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY – Provided expert opinion for
`plaintiff on chemical process design for manufacture of adiponitrile (International Court
`of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce, Paris, France, 2013).
`26. Levin & Associates, Cleveland, OH – Expert opinion for plaintiff in litigation involving
`failures in engineering, procurement, construction, and management of a biodiesel
`production facility from a beef tallow feedstock (American Arbitration Association,
`Western Biodiesel, Inc. v. Jatrodiesel, Inc.; 2013).
`27. Mitchell, Lang & Smith, Portland, OR – Provided expert opinion for defense in litigation
`involving bioethanol contamination and remediation for company in U.S. Bankruptcy
`Court on matters of causation, negligence, and mitigation of damage (USDC No. 3 : 10-
`cv-01441-BR, United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Oregon – In RE Cascade
`Grain Products, LLC; 2012).
`28. Ratiner, Lagos & Mirabal, P.A., Miami, FL – Providing expert opinion for plaintiff on
`batch process development methods in fungicide manufacture (Case No. 92-18377 CA
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`23, Circuit Court of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit in and for Miami-Dade County, Florida;
`Claire J. Sidran, et al. v. E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., Inc., 2012)
`29. Alston & Bird; Atlanta, GA. Expert witness for plaintiff in lawsuit involving theft of trade
`secret and intellectual property (Cause No. 2008-0673, In the District Court of Harris Co.,
`TX, 71st Judicial District - Norit Americas, Inc. v. ADA-ES, Inc., et al.). Client was awarded
`a $38 million dollar judgment and significant royalties for a period of eight years (2009).
`30. Travelers’ Insurance Boiler & Machinery Claim Service, Naperville, IL – provided
`consultation and expert opinion for plaintiff on the mechanisms that led to the
`explosion of a graphite refining furnace (2009).
`31. Haynes & Boone, LLC; Dallas, TX. Expert witness for plaintiff in lawsuit involving theft of
`trade secret and intellectual property (Cause No. 2008-0673, In the District Court of
`Harris Co., TX, 71st Judicial District - Norit Americas, Inc. v. ADA-ES, Inc., et al, 2008-09).
`32. McClaugherty & Silver PC, Santa Fe, NM – provide expert statement on the risk potential
`of using polybutylene pipe in radiant heating systems (2007).
`33. Miller Stratvert PA, Albuquerque, NM – Expert consultation for plaintiff on litigation
`involving a potentially contaminated feedstock of a food processing company (2006).
`34. Cronin & Howe, Phoenix, AZ – Provided expert testimony for defense on litigation of
`residential fire purportedly attributed to spontaneous combustion (Case No. CV2005-
`0553 Superior Court for the State of AZ for the County of Yavapai, Prudential Property
`and Casual Ins., v. PVO Construction, LLC and Arizona Paint Works, Inc.; 2005-06).
`35. Seaton & Husk, L.P., Vienna, VA – Provided expert opinion for defense on the operability
`of a gas processing unit (Civil No. WDQ-05-CV-657 United States District Court For The
`District Of Maryland Northern Division - Ramar Moving Systems, Inc. v. eSCRUB Systems,
`Inc., et al.; 2005-06).
`36. Christesen & Jensen, Salt Lake City, UT - Expert opinion on litigation for the plaintiff of
`residential fire attributed to spontaneous combustion (2005)
`37. Cronin & Howe, Phoenix, AZ - Provided expert testimony for defense on residential fire
`attributed to spontaneous combustion (Classic Coatings Corp.; 2004-05).
`38. Klecan & Childress, Albuquerque, NM - Expert opinion for defense on litigation involving
`corrosion of residential construction materials (Byers v. Smith Building, et al., 2004)
`39. Winston & Strawn LLP; Washington, DC– provided technical and economic analysis of
`potassium permanganate processes for the plaintiff in federal antitrust matter (Inv. No.
`731-TA-125 Potassium Permangenarte from China; Carus Chemical Co., Peru, IL; 2004).
`40. Paul M. Hood Law Offices, Dallas, TX - Provided expert opinion for defense on litigation
`involving injury incident liability from operation of a commercial molding machine
`(Falcon Plastics, Inc.; 2003)
`41. McDonald (Bruce S.) Law Offices, Albuquerque, NM - Provided expert opinion for
`defense on litigation involving a residential fire purportedly attributed to spontaneous
`combustion (2002).
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`42. Clausen Miller, New York, NY - Provided expert opinion for plaintiff in litigation involving
`explosion of a chemical reactor producing sodium dihydrobis (2-methoxyethoxy)
`aluminate (Travelers Property Casualty; 2001)
`43. Mound, Cotton, & Wollan, New York, NY - Provided expert testimony for plaintiff in
`arbitration involving a thermal explosion at a commercial chemical facility in Grants, NM
`involving a scrubbing tower that removes traces of hydrofluoric acid from propane
`(Travelers Property Casualty, 1997-1998).
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`Consultant/Design/Research Experience (alphabetical by client)
`1. Analytical Systems International Keco R&D Inc., Tomball, TX. Assisted with application
`of Henry’s Law to sensor applications (2006).
`2. Automation Correct, LLC; Syracuse, NY. Performed analysis of computer code written to
`simulate operation and control of coal stove (2004).
`3. Clean Can Technology, Bloomfield, NM. Advised company in the development of an
`adhesive foam for applications in trash can cleaning (2003).
`4. Entegris, Inc., Round Rock, TX. Provided consultation on redesign of company’s
`MegaVap metallic vapor feed system (2015).
`5. Environmental Remediation Services, LLC., Seattle WA. Performed material & energy
`balances in support of design & construction of a mineral processing pilot plant (1996).
`6. Fluxtron Holdings, Inc., Houston, TX. Served as chair of the Technical Advisory Board;
`performed numerous calculations and experimental work in support of design and
`commercial installation of electrocoagulation cell (2001).
`7. JatroRenewables, Miamisburg, OH. Performed technology evaluation and rating of a
`supercritical biodiesel manufacture process (2018).
`8. King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology, Daharan, Saudia Arabia. Consultant on
`“Development of Selective Catalyst for conversion of CO to Formic acid.” (2015)
`9. LaSys, Inc., Las Cruces, NM. Consultant on self-assembly; designed and operated flash
`pyrolysis reactor to synthesize nanoparticles for optical applications (2004).
`10. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM. Provided expert opinion on transport
`phenomena calculations in support of the design of Plutonium-238 aqueous scrap
`processing units (2000).
`11. Modular Process Technology Corporation, San Jose, CA. Design and economic evaluation
`of a 104 mtpy silicon production facility. Presentation of the design in Wuhai City and
`Hohhot in the Chinese province of Inner Mongolia, Chengdu in the Sichuan province,
`and in Taipei, Taiwan (2006).
`12. Northern Biodiesel, Ontario, NY. Performed distillation column design and rating
`calculations for biodiesel process (2007).
`13. OZONELite™, Boca Raton, FL. Performed literature review and testimonial in support of
`a light bulb that employs a photocatalytic surface to disinfect the air. Served as
`technical expert in infomercial. Designed, constructed and operated a photocatalysis
`reactor to quantify the reaction kinetics of the Ozonelite™ bulb (2005-06).
`14. Peduzzi & Company; Houston, TX. Provided technical advice on the synthesis of
`tetraethyl lead and bismuth derivatives (2005).
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`15. Potter Industries Inc., Potsdam, NY. Assisted to analyze feasibility of using a non-ideal
`feedstock to a glass recycling facility (2006).
`16. ProTech Systems, Albany, NY. Developed heat transfer models of a wall mounted vent
`kit for boilers and water heaters (2004).
`17. Rio Valley Biofuels, Anthony, NM. Third party engineering review for RFS2 certification
`of a waste vegetable oil feedstock biodiesel production facility (2010).
`18. Sets Systems, Inc.; Miami, FL. Reviewed heat transfer calculations for furnace (2006).
`19. SolAqua, LLC, Las Cruces, NM. Operated solar distillation prototype with spiked feed of
`organic contaminants (2006).
`20. Sound Earth, LLC, Fishkill, NY. Assisted with processing of a homemade cleaning product
`(“The Velvet Hammer”) to eliminate phase separation of the product (2007).
`21. Southwest Bio Fuels, Albuquerque, NM. Third party engineering review for RFS2
`certification of a waste vegetable oil feedstock biodiesel production facility (2011).
`22. T-P Domestic Bio-Fuels, Rincon, NM. Performed sizing calculations for elements of a
`biodiesel and bioethanol production facility (2007).
`23. Tri-State Biodiesel, New York, NY. Provided expertise in the design of an ultrasonic
`transesterification reactor system for biodiesel conversion (2007).
`24. Winslow Life Rafts, Lake Suzy, FL. Designed prototype chemical-based, commercial life
`raft inflation system (2003).
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`(summers)
`Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico
`1997 - 2000
`VISITING SCIENTIST- NUCLEAR MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY DIVISION
`• Measurement and prediction of stability constants in complex systems.
`• Fundamental studies of crystal habit and specific cake resistance for hydroxide
`neutralization precipitates from actinide process.
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`E.I. DuPont de Nemours Co., Inc. / Conoco, Inc., Ponca City, Oklahoma
`RESEARCH ENGINEER - CORPORATE PROCESS DEVELOPMENT
`Aug 1990 Jul 1995
`• Managed research program for pilot plant production of Suva® HFC-134a by both
`catalytic and non-catalytic reaction technologies.
`• Commercialized methyl 3-hydroxy-2-thiophenecarboxylate process (sugar beet
`herbicide with trade name Harmony®).
`• Designed and piloted process for the continuous depolymerization of polyether glycols
`(trade name Terethane®). Supervised construction & start-up of the commercial facility.
`• Designed, constructed, operated pilot systems simulating modifications to the
`commercial operations of spunbound polyethylene process (tradename Tyvek®) and a
`polyester-polyurethan copolymer (tradename Lycra®) depolymerization facility.
`• Safety & Occupational Health Excellence Team Leader
`• Sulfonyl Urea Process Engineering Creativity Team
`• Hydrodechlorination Technology Committee
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`Ethyl Corporation, Orangeburg, South Carolina
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`Sep 1989 – Jul 1990
`SENIOR R&D ENGINEER, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
`• Developed, patented, commercialized novel Na/K catalyst and catalytic process for
`production of an Ibuprofen® pharmaceutical intermediate.
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`Kraft, Inc., Glenview, Illinois
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`Aug 1981 – Aug 1986
`ENGINEER I / CO-OP STUDENT- R & D DIVISION
`• Performed material and energy balances on fuel-grade ethanol process in Melrose, MN
`(ultrafiltration, reverse osmosis, fermentation, and azeotropic distillation).
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`• Supported R&D processes at the R&D facility in Glenview: extrusion, ultrafiltration,
`evaporation, emulsification, spray drying, and other food processing technologies.
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`Peer-Reviewed Publications
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`1. Corrected rate law for sulfite oxidation mechanism with ethanol-inhibition, D. A. Rockstraw,
`Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 51(35), p. 11587 (2012).
`2. Old Dead Guy Trading Cards, D. A. Rockstraw, Chemical Engineering Education, 46(1),
`Winter 2012.
`3. Synthesis of Nanowires by Spray Pyrolysis, K. C. Pingali, S.Deng, and D. A. Rockstraw, Journal
`of Sensors, Article ID 683280, 2009, doi: 10.1155/2009/683280.
`4. Synthesis of Ru-Ni Core-Shell Nanoparticles for Potential Sensor Applications, S. Deng, K. C.
`Pingali, D. A. Rockstraw, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Sensors Journal:
`Nanosensors for Defense and Security, 8(5-6), pp. 730-734 (2008).
`5. Synthesis and Thermal Stability of Carbon Supported and Carbon Coated Ru-Ni Core-and-
`Shell Nanoparticles, K. C. Pingali, S. Deng, D. A. Rockstraw; Powder Technology, 187 (2008)
`19–26.
`6. Effect of Ammonium Nitrate on Nanoparticle Size Reduction, K. C. Pingali, S. Deng, D. A.
`Rockstraw; Research Letters in Nanotechnology, Volume 2008, Article ID 756843,
`doi:10.1155/2008/756843.
`7. Direct Synthesis of Ru-Ni Core-Shell Nanoparticles by Spray-Pyrolysis: Effects of
`Temperature and Precursor Constituent Ratio, K. C. Pingali, S. Deng, D. A. Rockstraw;
`Powder Technology, 183(2), p.282-289 (2008).
`8. Deposition of Ru-Ni-S Nanoparticles on Carbon by Spray-Pyrolysis: Effects of Solvent, K. C.
`Pingali, S. Deng, D. A. Rockstraw; Current Nanoscience, 2007, 3, 215-221.
`9. Physicochemical properties of carbons prepared from pecan shell by phosphoric acid
`activation, Y. Guo and D. A. Rockstraw, Bioresource Technology; 98(8), 1513-1521. (May
`2007).
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`10. Direct synthesis of Ru-Ni nanoparticles with core-and-shell structure, K. C. Pingali, S. Deng,
`D. A. Rockstraw; Chemical Engineering Communications, 194(6), 780-786 (2007).
`11. Activated carbons prepared from rice hull by one-step phosphoric acid activation, Y. Guo
`and D. A. Rockstraw, Microporous & Mesoporous Materials, 100(1-3); 12-19, March 23,
`2007.
`12. Synthesis of carbon nanoparticle thin film with spray pyrolysis, K. C. Pingali, S. Deng, D. A.
`Rockstraw; New Mexico Journal of Science, 44, 149-163, August 2006.
`13. Physical and chemical properties of carbons synthesized from xylan, cellulose, and Kraft
`lignin by H3PO4 activation, Y. Guo, D. A. Rockstraw, Carbon, 44(8); 1464-1475 (July 2006).
`14. Silver nanoparticles from ultrasonic spray pyrolysis of aqueous silver nitrate, K. C. Pingali, D.
`A. Rockstraw, S. Deng; Aerosol Science & Technology, 39:1010–1014, 2005.
`15. ASPEN Plus® in the Chemical Engineering Curriculum: Suitable Course Content and Teaching
`Methodology, D. Rockstraw, Chemical Engineering Education, 39(1), Winter 2004.
`16. A Generating Equation for Mixing Rules and Two New Mixing Rules for Interatomic Potential
`Energy Parameters, A. K. Al-Matar, D. A. Rockstraw, Journal of Computational Chemistry;
`25(5), p.660-668 (April 2004).
`17. Rapid oxidation of sulfide mine tailings by reaction with potassium ferrate, M. Murshed,
`D.A. Rockstraw, A.T. Hanson, M.D. Johnson, Environmental Pollution, 125(2), 245-253 (Sep
`2003).
`18. A model for the adsorption of multiple metal ion solutes in aqueous solution onto activated
`carbon produced from pecan shells, S. A. Dastgheib, D.A. Rockstraw, Carbon, 40(11), 1853-
`1861 (2002).
`19. Copper and strontium adsorption by a novel carbon material manufactured from pecan
`shells; RA Shawabkeh, DA Rockstraw, RK Bhada, Carbon, 40(5), 781-786 (2002).
`20. Rare Earths and Actinides: Science, Technology and Applications IV, (ISBN: 0-87339-470-4),
`Bautista and Mishra, editors, “Vitrified Magnesia Dissolution and Its Impact on Plutonium
`Residue Processing,” K.W. Fife, J.L. Alwin and D.A. Rockstraw, pp. 123-135.
`21. Pecan shell activated carbon: synthesis, characterization, and application for the removal of
`copper from aqueous solution, S. A. Dastgheib, D.A. Rockstraw, Carbon, 39(12), 1849-1855
`(2001).
`22. Modeling Substrate Particle Degradation by Bacillus Coagulans Biofilm, S. Rajagopalan, D.
`Rockstraw, S. M. McGee, Bioresource Tech., 61, (1997).
`23. An Integrated Course/Project in Chemical Process Design, D.A. Rockstraw, S. Bellner, J.A.
`Eakman, N. Nabours, Chemical Engineering Education, 31(1), Spring 1997.
`24. Use of Electrodialysis to Remove Acid, Salt, & Heavy Metal Mixtures from Aqueous
`Solutions, D.A. Rockstraw, J.F. Scamehorn, Separation Science. & Technology, 32(11),
`(1997).
`25. An Integrated Electrodialysis/Evaporation Process for the Treatment of Aqueous Process
`Streams Containing Electrolytes, D.A. Rockstraw, J.F. Scamehorn, E.A. O’Rear III, J. of
`Membrane Science, 52 (1990) 43-56.
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`Other Publications and/or Presentations
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`1. With a Grain of Salt: Crystallization and Dissolution in Salt Attack. E. Liefeld, D. A. Rockstraw,
`P. Taylor, G. Figeroua, D. Ellis, Earth USA 2019 Conference, Santa Fe, NM Oct. 25-27, 2019.
`2. Brewing Education & Training (Topical Conference: Food Innovation & Engineering). Chairs:
`Catherine E. Brewer, David A. Rockstraw, American Institute of Chemical Engineers National
`Meeting, October 29-31, 2018, Pittsburgh, PA.
`3. Designing a Brewery Engineering Minor within Chemical Engineering to Meet MBAA
`Specifications; David Rockstraw, Catherine E. Brewer, and Stephen Taylor, American
`Institute of Chemical Engineers National Meeting, October 29-31, 2018, Pittsburgh, PA.
`4. Teaching Safety in Research through a Rigorous Experimental Safety Program, Juanita Miller
`and David Rockstraw, 2018 American Society of Engineering Education, June 24-27, 2018,
`Salt Lake City, UT.
`5. Industrial Safety Curricul