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Ralph D. Nelson, Jr.
earned a BA in chemistry from Colby College and a PhD in physical chemistry from
Princeton University and was then appointed as an NSF-NRC Postdoctoral Fellow at the National
Bureau of Standards for two years. For seven years he taught physical chemistry at Georgetown
University, Middlebury College, Brown University, and West Virginia University, then earned an
MSE in chemical engineering at West Virginia University.
He joined the DuPont Company in 1974 and spent twenty-five years in technical assistance to manufacturing and as an internal consultant in particle technology, retiring in 1998 as a Senior Research Associate. He wrote Dispersing Powders in Liquids (Elsevier, 1987 and 1995) and has taught continuing education courses at the Center for Professional Advancement, the Univ. of Florida, and within DuPont. He is now the managing editor of Educational Resources for Particle Technology -- a new venture in the on-line, just-in-time, free-of-charge delivery of tutorials in particle technology. |