Biography of Dr.
François
CARDARELLI
Professional
Experience
2010
-
Present ELECTROCHEM
TECHNOLOGIES
&
MATERIALS INC
(Montreal, Quebec,
Canada)
President &
Owner
(1) Industrial
Electrochemistry - Electrochemical Processes - Electrode Materials -
Electroremediation - Corrosion
(2) Recycling Processes -
Electrowinning of Iron and Iron-rich alloys from Mining Residues -
Metallurgical Effluents
& Industrial Wastes
(3) Extractive Metallurgy
of Vanadium, Niobium and Tantalum - Electrometallurgy - Hydrometallurgy -
Pyrometallurgy
(4) High Temperature
Materials - Molten Salts - Pyrochemistry - Sulfation Acid Baking - Salt Roasting - Alkaline Roasting - Refractory Metals &
Alloys
(5) Radioactivity (NORM,
TENORM) in Mining & Metallurgy - Recycling Rare Earths from
Fluorescent Lamps - Separation by Ion Exchange (IX)
(6) Metallurgy of Strategic
Metals: Lithium, Cesium, Vanadium, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Chromium, Tungsten
(Wolfram), and Rare Earths (Lanthanides)
2008
-
2010 5N PLUS Inc.
(St Laurent, Quebec,
Canada)
Recycling Manager
(1) Recycling
processes for the photovoltaic (PV) solar modules based on thin-film
technologies (CdTe)
(2) Recycling of
production wastes and by-products from the electronic and solar
industries
(3) Hydrometallurgical
processes for the recovery of cadmium, copper, tin, selenium, and
tellurium from
industrial and mining wastes
(4) Geological exploration
and
mining prospection of new ore deposits worldwide
for
the sourcing of
tellurium-rich ores and tailings
(5) In-house scientific
and technical support for various hydrometallurgical and
pyrometallurgical processes
2007 - 2008
MATERIALS &
ELECTROCHEMICAL
RESEARCH
(MER) Corporation (Tucson, Arizona, United States)
Principal
Electrochemist, Materials
(1)
Electrowinning of
titanium metal powder from composite anodes using the MER Process
(2) Design and scale-up of
molten salt electrolyzers for the production of titanium metal and
titanium alloys
(3) Synthesis
of titanium
alloys powder by various metallothermic processes
(4) Electrochemistry of
titanium in molten metal chlorides
(5) Design and
installation of auxiliary equipments (vacuum evaporation retort,
chlorine gas
scrubber, lithium brines recovery)
2000 - 2007
RIO
TINTO
Iron & Titanium, Inc. (QIT-Fer
&
Titane, Inc.) (Sorel-Tracy, Quebec, Canada)
Principal
Chemist, Materials
(1)
Electrowinning of
titanium metal from titania-rich slags in molten salts
(2) Electrochemical
recovery of metallic iron and vanadium from metallurgical wastes and
mining residues in
aqueous chloride solutions
(3) Benchmarking of
refractories for ironmaking and steelmaking
(alumina-carbon
bricks, castables)
(4)
Mineralogy and chemistry of titanium slags and titania-rich feedstocks
(5) Radioactivity of
titanium-rich feedstocks (NORM, TENORM)
1997
–
2000
AVESTOR
Corp. (formerly ARGOTECH
Productions, Inc.) (Boucherville, Quebec, Canada)
Industrial
Electrochemist and Materials
Expert
(1) Developed a process for recovering
lithium and vanadium values from
spent lithium metal batteries
(2) Sourcing and characterization of
strategic raw materials (lithium metal, vanadium pentoxide, polymer)
(3) Scientific and technical support to
the processing of lithium metal ultra-thin film anodes
(4) Metallurgy and
processing of lithium
metal
Battery
Product Leader
In charge of
lithium polymer batteries for
electric vehicles (EV), down hole drilling and telecommunications
Product
Development Specialist
Defined technical specifications
for lithium polymer batteries to meet customers requirements
1996
–
1997 Registered
Professional Consultant
(Toulouse,
France)
(1) Inert anode for
electrowinning aluminum from cryolite melts (e.g., metals and alloys,
advanced ceramics, cermets)
(2) Tantalum-coated
biological
implants prepared by electrodeposition in molten salts
(3) Management of
radioactivity in rare
earths concentrates (monazite, bastnaesite, xenotime, loparite)
(4) Corrosion resistant
materials to molten caustic akali-metals hydroxides (e.g., NaOH, KOH)
1993
–
1996 University
Paul Sabatier - Laboratory
of
Chemical
Engineering
(Sponsored by EDF)
(Toulouse,
France)
Research
Scientist
(1) Developed new base metals for
preparing industrial dimensionally stable anodes
(2) Designed and constructed two
high temperature furnaces for carrying electrolysis in molten salts
1992
–
1993
Centre
National de la
Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) - Laboratory
of Marine
Biogeochemistry
(Paris, France)
Design
Engineer
Designed, built and tested
electrochemical
sensors for monitoring pollution in natural water
1990
–
1992
Universtité
Pierre et
Marie Curie - Laboratory
of
Electrochemistry
(Paris, France)
Scientist
Designed, built and used a
nuclear
scintillating detector for tracing radiolabelled compounds
1986
–
1990 All
study expenses financed through various part-time jobs for examples:
Teacher in Mathematics (89–90) /
Supervisor of School childrens (86–89)
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Academic
Background [top]
1996
Ph.D. in Chemical
Engineering (Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse 3)
Electrochemistry of tantalum in molten salts and preparation of
electrode materials for oxygen evolution in acidic media
1992
Postgraduate Degree
(DEA) in
Electrochemistry (Université
Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris 6) [PROGRAM (1.4 MB)]
Electrokinetics / Electrodics / Electroanalysis /
Electrochemical Engineering / Industrial Electrochemistry /Corrosion /
Batteries / Fuel Cells
1991
M.Sc. (Maîtrise)
in Physical
Chemistry (Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris 6) [PROGRAM (1.4 MB)]
Electrochemistry
& Chemistry of Materials / Photochemistry & Radiochemistry
/ Catalysis & Interfacial Chemistry / Radiocrystallography
1990
B.Sc. (Licence) in
Physical
Chemistry (Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris 6) [PROGRAM (1.6 MB)]
Quantum Physics / Electrochemistry / Crystallography /
Thermochemistry & Statistical Thermodynamics / Chemical Kinetics / Atomic &
Molecular
Spectroscopies
1989
5 credits of the DEST in
Nuclear
Sciences & Technologies (Conservatoire
National des Art et Métiers, Paris)[PROGRAM (2.0 MB)]
Radiations,
Radionuclides & their Industrial Applications / Nuclear
Power Reactors Technology / Radioprotection / Mathematics for Engineers
Nuclear
Physics &
Spectrometry / Radiochemistry & Radiation Chemistry / Detection of Radiations & Nuclear
Spectrometry
1987
Associate Degree
(DEUG B) in
Geophysics & Geology (Université
Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris 6)
Mineralogy / Petrography /
Geochemistry / Geophysics / Stratigraphy / Tectonics / Paleontology /
Zoology & Botanics
Mathematics & Statistics / Physics / Inorganic Chemistry /
Organic Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry / Computer Science
1985
Baccalaureate C
(Maths, Physics & Chemistry) (CNED,
Versailles, France)
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Professional
Societies [top]
American
Chemical Society (ACS)
American
Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
Chemical
Institute of Canada (CIC)
Canadian Society for Chemical
Engineering (CSChE)
The Electrochemical Society (ECS)
The
Minerals,
Metals, and Materials Society (TMS)
Mineralogical
Society of America (MSA)
Ordre
des
Chimistes du Québec (OCQ)
The Oughtred Society
Société
Chimique de France (SCF)
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