LUIS H. ESPINOZA-NAVA Aluminum Company of America (ALCOA) 424 Fieldstone Dr. ALCOA TECHNICAL CENTER Monroeville, PA 15146 Alcoa Center, PA 15069 Phone: (412) 856-5083 Phone: (724) 337-5323 Fax: (724) 337-1860 Email:Luis.Espinoza-Nava@alcoa.com EDUCATION 1996 Ph.D. (Chemistry), University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM. 1993 M.S. (Chemistry), University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM. 1986 B.Sc. (Chemistry), Catholic University, Lima, Peru. 1979 Chemistry Technician, Middendorf Institute, Lima, Peru. RESEARCH AND WORK EXPERIENCE 1998-present Scientist, Aluminum Company of America (ALCOA), Alcoa Technical Center, Molecular Spectroscopy Department, Pittsburgh, PA. Analytical Methods Developmemt capabilities to support plant operation/process control, and analysis of oils, coatings, films, and pollution gases for environmental abatement in smelting/refining Aluminum processes. Development of problem solving web intranet page to assist Alcoa plants around the world to share a data base of molecular spectra compounds for important Alcoa processes. 1996-1998 Postdoctoral fellow chemist, Energy & Environmental Technologies Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories, Berkeley, CA. Project: Characterization of Hanford waste that has accumulated at DOE facilities to determine water content, polyatomic ions, metals, and total organic carbon using mid- and near-infrared spectroscopy, radiation resistant fiber optic probe, and chemometrics. Principal Investigator: Dr. Donald Lucas. 1992-1996 Research assistant, Department of Chemistry, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM. Analytical spectroscopy and chemometrics: application of multivariate calibration methods in chemical analysis. Thesis: Trace Water Vapor Determination in Corrosive Semiconductor Gases by FTIR Spectroscopy and Classical Least Squares (CLS) Analysis. Advisors: Professor Thomas Niemczyk (UNM), Dr. Dave Haaland and Dr. Brian Stallard (Sandia National Laboratories). 1991-1992 Teaching Assistant (Organic Chemistry Laboratory), Department of Chemistry, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM. 1988-1991 Research Associate, Department of Chemistry and Metallurgy,TECSUP Technological Institute, Lima, Peru. Instrumental analysis: AAS and GC. 1988-1991 Professor, Department of Chemistry and Metallurgy, TECSUP Technological Institute, Lima, Peru. (i) Chair of the Department (1989-1991). (ii) Developer of a three-year technician career in Chemistry and Metallurgy for the peruvian mining and chemical industries. 1987 Chemist, Quality Control Department, Peruplast-Dispercol, Lima, Peru. Chemical analysis of plastic and ink products. 1986 Research Assistant, Department of Chemistry, Catholic University, Lima, Peru. Quantitative chemical analysis of dolomites. 1984-1986 Teaching Assistant (General Chemistry, Advanced Calculus), Department of Chemistry, Catholic University, Lima, Peru. LANGUAGES English, Spanish, German. COMPUTER SKILLS Operating systems: Unix, DOS, Windows; experience with word processing, spreadsheet, graphics, and statistical software; programming in Basic, Array Basic, Fortran, C++ , Matlab. AWARDS Best poster award in Near-Infrared Spectroscopy, Eastern Analytical Conference, Sommerset, NJ, November 1997. Al Schnoebelen award for outstanding performance as a graduate student, May 1996. Graduate Studies Committee, Chemistry Department, University of New Mexico. MEMBERSHIPS American Chemical Society, Society for Applied Spectroscopy, The North American Chapter of The International Chemometrics Society. REFERENCES Dr. Neal Dando, Senior Scientist, ALCOA Technical Center, Aluminum Company of America, Alcoa Center, PA 15069. Phone: (724) 337-5367; Fax: (724) 337-1860; E-mail: Neal.Dando@alcoa.com Dr. Donald Lucas Energy and Environmental Technologies Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories, Berkeley, CA 94720. Phone: (510) 486-7002; Fax: (510) 486-7303; E-mail: lucas@ux5.lbl.gov Professor Thomas M. Niemczyk Department of Chemistry, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131. Phone: (505)277-5319; Fax: (505)277-2609; E-mail: niemczyk@unm.edu. Dr. David M. Haaland Sandia National Laboratories, P.O. Box 5800,Albuquerque, NM 87185. Phone: (505)844-5292 or (505)277-9107; E-mail: dmhaala@sandia.gov. LIST OF PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS L. H. Espinoza, D. Lucas, and D. Littlejohn Characterization of Hazardous Aqueous Samples by Near-IR Spectroscopy, Appl. Spectr., Vol. 53, Jan. 1999. L. H. Espinoza, D. Lucas, D. Littlejohn, and S. Kyauk, Total Organic Carbon Content in Aqueous samples determined by Near-Infrared Spectroscopy, Appl. Spectr., Vol. 53, Jan. 1999. L. H. Espinoza, D. Lucas, and D. Littlejohn: Characterization of Hazardous Aqueous Samples by Near-IR Spectroscopy, presented at the Eastern Analytical Symposium, Somerset, NJ, November 1997. L.H. Espinoza, T.M. Niemczyk, B.R. Stallard, and D.M. Haaland: Generation of Background Spectra for the determination of trace water vapor in gaseous samples using FTIR, submitted to Apply Spectroscopy, 1997. L.H. Espinoza, T.M. Niemczyk, B.R. Stallard, and W.M. Doyle: A new FTIR Double Beam Spectrometer for the Determination of Trace Water in Corrosive Gases, 47th Pittsburgh Conference, Chicago, IL, March 1996. L.H. Espinoza, B.R. Stallard, and T.M. Niemczyk: Generation of Background Spectra for the Determination of Trace Water Vapor in Gaseous Samples using FTIR, 22nd Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies Conference, Cincinnati, OH, October 1995. B.R. Stallard, L.H. Espinoza, R.K. Rowe, M.J. Garcia, and T.M. Niemczyk: Trace Water Vapor Detection in Nitrogen and Corrosive Gases by FTIR Spectroscopy, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Vol. 142, No. 8, p. 2777, 1995. B.R. Stallard, L.H. Espinoza, and T.M. Niemczyk: Trace Water Determination in Gases by Infrared Spectroscopy, Proceedings of the Institute of Environmental Sciences, p.1, May 1995. B.R. Stallard, L.H. Espinoza, T.M. Niemczyk, M.J. Garcia, L. Zhang, W.M. Doyle, and N.A.Jennings: A Spectroscopic Instrument for the Determination of Trace Water in Corrosive Gases,46th Pittsburgh Conference, New Orleans, LA, March 1995. L.H. Espinoza, T.M. Niemczyk, B.R. Stallard, and R.K. Rowe: Trace Water Determination in Semiconductor Corrosive Gases by Infrared Spectroscopy, Materials Research Society Conference, Boston, MA, November 1994. B.R. Stallard, R.K. Rowe, L.H. Espinoza, M.J. Garcia, T.M.Niemczyk, and D.M. Haaland: Trace Water Vapor Determination in Nitrogen and Hydrogen Chloride by Infrared Spectroscopy, SEMATECH Technology Transfer 94022206A-ENG, 1994. R.K. Rowe, B.R. Stallard, L.H. Espinoza, and T.M. Niemczyk: FTIR Spectroscopy for the Determination of Water in Corrosive Gases, Microcontamination Conference Proceedings,p. 112, Canon Communications, Santa Monica, CA ,1994. B.R. Stallard, R.K. Rowe, L.H. Espinoza, M.J. Garcia, T.M. Niemczyk, and D.M. Haaland: Trace Water Vapor Determination in Corrosive Gases by Infrared Spectroscopy, Report SAND 93-4026, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, 1993.