User:Khamar

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Kyle Hamar[edit]

Plant Manager[1], Chemist[2], Materials Scientist, Skeptic.

I firmly support the intent of Wikipedia to bring people together on topics and work toward common goals in an open and transparent manner.

Controversy[edit]

I proudly support the work of Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia, where all edits are open and transparent and secondary references are more important than your belief system on any one subject. Editors with similar interest should work together on articles. I do not edit controversial pages. Although I will be happy to help you with any article in my core subject areas - I am unlikely to join in "your cause" on a given controversy. In my opinion this is not the role of a good editor nor the purpose behind Wikipedia. Collaboration on subjects of interest for the improvement of those articles is my choice instead.

Did you know? contributions:[edit]

Steven Novella

New articles[edit]

Important tips and articles[edit]

User:Khamar/FAQ

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Early work[edit]

Graduate research at Tulane University included laser photo-kinetics of group I elements[3] and semiconductor precursor materials.[4][5][6]

Early career[edit]

  • Supervisor, Texas Instruments Silicon Engineering Technology Center.
  • Supervisor and Manager at Ashland Specialty Chemical.
  • Site Manager for Houghton Fluidcare

Current[edit]

Plant Manager, Kanto Corporation.

Recent professional focus has involved process safety and associated regulations.

29 CFR Department of Labor/Occupational Safety and Health Administration
40 CFR Environmental Protection Agency
49 CFR Department of Transportation/National Transportation Safety Board
State and Local Codes (varies)
National Standards
API American Petroleum Institute
ASHRAE American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers
ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers
NFPA National Fire Protection Association
NIOSH National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Recognized and Generally Accepted Good Engineering Practices (REGAGEP)
This may include other code requirements and or good Engineering (best practices) considerations not mentioned above.
All manufacturers’ written instructions, requirements, and recommendations.

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Tomorrow's featured article

James and Margaret Reed of the Donner Party
James and Margaret Reed of the Donner Party

The Donner Party was a group of American pioneers who set out for California in a wagon train, but became snowbound in the Sierra Nevada mountains in November 1846. Running out of food, some resorted to cannibalism to survive. The journey west usually took between four and six months, but the Donner Party had been slowed by following a new route called the Hastings Cutoff, which crossed the Rocky Mountains' Wasatch Range and the Great Salt Lake Desert in present-day Utah. They lost many cattle and wagons in the rugged terrain, and divisions formed within the group. Their food supplies ran low after they became trapped by an early, heavy snowfall high in the mountains. In mid-December some of the group set out on foot and were able to obtain help. Of the 87 members of the party, 48 survived to reach California. Historians have described the episode as one of the most spectacular tragedies in California history. (Full article...)


References[edit]

  1. ^ "Kanto Corporation". Kanto Corporation. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
  2. ^ "MS Degrees Awarded". Tulane University. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
  3. ^ Panayotov, Valentin; Hamar, Kyle; Red, Clarence; Birdwhistell, Teresa L. T.; Koplitz, Brent (1998-05-01). "Selective ionization of group I elements from laser ablated plumes of Rb⋅Ga⋅Sb,K3Ga3As4, and K4In4As6". Journal of Applied Physics. 83 (9): 4974–4979. doi:10.1063/1.367300. ISSN 0021-8979.
  4. ^ Panayotov, Valentin G.; Hamar, Kyle; Birdwhistell, Teresa L. T.; Koplitz, Brent D. (1995-01-01). "III-V semiconductor thin films via laser ablation/ionization of I-III-V Zintl-phase materials". 2547: 328–341. doi:10.1117/12.221486. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. ^ Koplitz, Brent D.; Panayotov, Valentin G.; Hamar, Kyle; Birdwhistell, Kurt; Koplitz, Lynn V.; Birdwhistell, Teresa L. T.; Xu, Xiaodong; Deshmukh, Subhash; Brum, Jeffrey L. (1993-01-01). "Using lasers to understand and control the chemistry of semiconductor-related precursors". 1804: 79–86. doi:10.1117/12.142079. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. ^ Panayotov, Valentin; Hamar, Kyle; Birdwhistell, Teresa L. T.; Red, Clarence; Dillon, Jennifer; Dennison, David; Barnes, Anthony P.; Koplitz, Brent (1995-04-24). "Selective removal of potassium from K4In4Sb6 via laser ablation/ionization". Applied Physics Letters. 66 (17): 2241–2243. doi:10.1063/1.113179. ISSN 0003-6951.