Charles R. Anderson, PhD
— Anderson Materials Evaluation, Inc.

Dr. Anderson is the founder of AME and is a co-owner of the company. Dr. Anderson has long specialized in the characterization of surfaces, interfaces, thin films, and coatings. He began applying surface analysis techniques to the solution of materials problems in 1972. He has had a wealth of experience with surface chemical phase identifications, corrosion, battery development, adhesive failures, contamination, electronic packaging, thin film and bulk materials composition, composite interfaces, particle and sintered ceramic surfaces, surface oxidation and degradation, and many other applications of surface analysis. He has served as an officer of the ASTM Committee E-42 on Surface Analysis and as a U.S. Expert on several subcommittees of the ISO Technical Committee 201 on Surface Chemical Analysis. He worked for Case Western Reserve University as a post-doctoral fellow, the Dept. of the Navy as a research physicist, and Martin Marietta and Lockheed Martin as a senior scientist before founding AME, Inc. in 1995. Dr. Anderson especially enjoys integrating the results of multiple analytic techniques to solve tough materials problems. He has assembled a team of materials scientists and engineers with complementary skills and experience who all enjoy working together to solve challenging problems. He is or has been a member of AVS, ASM, MRS, ASTM, the Electrochemical Society, ACS, APS, and SAMPE. He constantly migrates across the boundaries of physics, chemistry, biology, and the engineering disciplines to solve real-world materials problems.

Dr. Anderson has deposed, testified, or provided consultation on legal issues concerning materials such as the corrosion of a swimming pool ladder, fire-retardant in a camouflage suit, safety surface-hardened glass, blast-resistant glass windows, chemical damage to the surface of glass windows, concrete facade chemical damage, foam rubber identification with supplier, paint peeling, grout and mortar sand coloring intellectual property, plate glass shattering, weld debris damage to plate glass windows, polymer cup melting in microwaves, chemical damage to wallpaper, intellectual property issues of medical diagnostic sensors, the static coefficient of friction on walkways, the degradation of adhesives of laminate cabinetry, the degradation of coatings on cabinetry, and many other materials-related issues.