Biography of Dr. François CARDARELLI

Professional Experience
Academic Background
Professional Societies
Publications

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Professional Experience

2010 - Present ELECTROCHEM TECHNOLOGIES & MATERIALS INC (Montréal, Québec, Canada)
                          President & Owner

                          Industrial Electrochemistry | Electrochemical Processes | Electrometallurgy | Hydrometallurgy | Pyrometallurgy | Molten Salts |
                          Recycling | Electrowinning of Iron | Recycling Sulfuric Acid | Recycling Rare Earths | Extracting Tantalum and Niobium |

                          Commercial activities:
                        Licensing | Selling | Patented Technologies |
                          Manufacture | Industrial Electrodes | Recycling MMO anodes | PGMs recovery |
                          Production | Recycling | Vanadium Electrolytes |
                          Commercial Production | Vanadium | Tantalum | Tungsten | Cesium | Rhenium | Chemicals |
                          Sourcing Critical Metals for Customers

                           Administrative tasks:
                           Corporate Filing and Registrations | Federal and Provincial Taxes Reporting | Book Keeping |
                           HR | Training and Supervising | Implementation of EH&S |
                           Patents Filing | Trademarks Filing | Sales & Marketing of Products | Advertising | Contract Negotiations |
                           Book Publishing | Copyright Registration | Legal Deposits | Website Design & Maintenance |
                           Packaging & Shipping Goods | Preparing BoL | GHS Pictograms | HS Tariffs Codes | Export Paperwork |

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 alkali-metals hydroxides (e.g., NaOH, KOH)

1993 – 1996    University Paul Sabatier - Laboratory of Chemical Engineering (Sponsored by EDF) (Toulouse, France)
                          Research Scientist
                        (1) Developed novel metal substrates 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 Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society (TMS)

Mineralogical Society of America (MSA)

Ordre des Chimistes du Québec (OCQ)

The Oughtred Society (OS)

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