Consultant Engineer: Process Control, Dynamic Systems, Simulation, Modelling, Modeling, Operations Research, Industrial Applied Mathematics. Chemical, electrical, mechanical, physical sciences, production, financial.
McCann Science
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What we do: McCann provides the personal consulting services of Dr Mike McCann in engineering and applied mathematics to clients in science (R&D, physics, biology), engineering (control systems, chemical, pharmaceutical, electrical, electronic, mechanical) and business (marketing, finance, operations, planning, production).

The key contribution is in developing practical answers to tricky problems by the application of :

  • years of experience in a wide range of industries and commercial functions,
  • extensive knowledge in the physical and engineering sciences,
  • superior analytical skills,
  • quantitative methods.

    Where we are:
    McCann's base is in Northern Delaware, USA, but there are strong links to the UK where we have clients too.
    Washington DC, Philadelphia PA, Trenton NJ, Baltimore MD, Arlington VA, Camden NJ, Wilmington DE and New York NY are all easy to get to. Using Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) gives access anywhere, though we find much of the work can be done remotely using the internet saving travel costs.

    Examples from consulting experience.
    Chemical: Fermentation (antibiotics, stoichiometry and metabolic pathways), polymers, reaction kinetics, distillation, heat exchange, mass transfer, emulsification, supercritical fluids in any sort of distributed parameter system. Control systems and heat transfer instrumentation. Flow allocation for a toxic gas.

    Electrical & Electronic: Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), electromagnetic interference (EMI), electrostatic discharge (ESD), dielectric breakdown and lightning. Safety of pyrotechnic (explosives) initiation systems. Microwave antennae, RF soldering. Management of design and development. Transmission Line signal propagation.

    Production & Process: Vacuum web coating (metalization), paper making, glass making, molding and heat treatment, plastics extrusion, injection moulding (molding) high temperature plastics. Operation and productivity of automated manufacturing. Resource allocation and planning. Flow allocation of a toxic gas. Crimp and Press operation. Many applications involve heat transfer

    Market & Economics: Marketing of pharmaceuticals, paints. Automobiles, construction / building industry, retail security, value of advertising,  decorative wallpaper & paint,

    Business: Corporate cash flow dynamics, internal demographics. Planning, capital investment, international research and development strategy

    Tools: These models, simulations and other solutions have been developed in a range of programming and simulation languages, including proprietary tools McSim-DAC (for continuous systems simulation) and MkSim-TPN (for discrete event simulation). We can also do engineering drawings (CAD using AutoCAD etc) either as a separate project or linked in to computations.

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    Business & Commerce
    TV Advertising
    Drugs Competition
    Housing Demand
    Automobiles Demand
    Wallcoverings Battle
    Cash Flow
    Human Resources
    Project Management
    Patent Analysis

    Chemical Industry
    Cooling Tower
    Fermentation
    Polymer Process
    Heat exchange
    Supercritical Fluid
    Distributed parameter
    Toxic gas allocation

    Electrical
    Control systems
    Initiation systems
    Ferrite Filters
    Transmission Line
    Microstrip Antennas
    Lightning

    Production & Process
    Automated manufacture
    Crimp and Press
    Glass making
    Glass molding
    Glass to metal seals
    Heat exchanger
    Helium Leak Testing
    RF Soldering
    Vacuum web coating

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    Invitation. McCann can help if you have a design or operational problem that needs some technical support that is outside your team's experience, some quantitative assessment of what is really the cause of the difficulties, some design alternatives or just a fresh look by an intelligent interrogator.
    If you have a problem with the behaviour of a market sector, plant, process or item of equipment and would like to get a quantitative handle on it to improve yield or optimise performance, then contact us. We are always ready to give a little time to discuss a new puzzle, in confidence, of course. We'll only worry about fees when we have some defined work. We can be flexible about how we work with you.
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    McCann Science,
    POB 902,
    Chadds Ford PA
    19317 USA.
    T: 1 302 654-2953
    F: 1 302 429 9458
    E: mjmccann@iee.org
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