Charles R. Anderson, Ph.D.

Biography

Founder, President, and Principal Scientist of Anderson Materials Evaluation, Inc. (Columbia, MD, est. 1995). He holds a Sc.B. in Physics from Brown University (1969) and a Ph.D. in Physics from Case Western Reserve University (1978), with an interruption for U.S. Army service in Vietnam. Career: NSF Postdoctoral Fellow and Research Associate, Case Western Reserve (1978–1980, Mössbauer/Auger surface analysis); Research Physicist, Naval Surface Warfare Center, White Oak MD (1980–1990, surface analysis for corrosion, batteries, coatings, energetic materials); Senior Scientist & Head of Surface Analysis Laboratory, Lockheed Martin Laboratories, Baltimore (1990–1995, adhesive bonding, corrosion in electronics, rocket-engine failures, satellite electronics). His focus is surface chemistry/contamination, adhesive bonding failure, thin film/coating characterization, corrosion at surfaces/interfaces, aerospace and biomedical materials, using XPS/ESCA, SEM/EDX, FTIR, and related techniques. His resume lists 19 expert-witness and litigation-investigation matters by subject, among them eyeglass-lens safety-glass analysis, aluminum dump truck weld failures, and a coloration-coatings IP-theft dispute that produced "the largest intellectual property theft damages ever in the State of Connecticut, damages later reduced." His CV lists 30 publications (1979–2021), including conference papers and a book chapter on failure analysis.

Credentials & Certifications

• PhD

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