Dr. Bruce Buchanan

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Job History

Employer Position Dates
Merck & Co., Senior Project Scientist 9/93-2/99
Savannah River Technology Center

Westinghouse Savannah River Co.

Senior Scientist A 4/89-8/93
Savannah River Laboratory

E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Co., Inc

Senior Scientist A 9/87-4/89

 

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Contact Information

bruce_buchanan@compuserve.com

216 Virginia Avenue

Shenandoah, VA 22849

(540) 289-9806 Voice

(540) 421-1500 Cell

(603) 415-1196 Fax

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Projects

Developed Validation Documents for Foss NIRSystems Spectrometer.

Developed Validation Documents for Pharma Vision Systems Particle Analyzer

Developed Validation Documents for IDI MoistureWave instrument

Write program to automatically format documents.

Develop Near-IR And Microwave Moisture methods.

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Biographical Information

School Date Major Degree

Walla Walla College

9/83 Chemistry (Minor in Business Administration) B. A.
University of Washington 12/87 Analytical Chemistry Ph. D.

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Publications & Patents

 

 Fiber Optic Hydrogen Sensor. Bruce Buchanan and William S. Prather Patent Number 5,153,931 Oct. 6, 1992.

 

 Method for Verification of Constituents of a Process Stream Just as the go through an Inlet of a Reaction Vessel. Lewis C. Baylor, Bruce R. Buchanan, and Patrick E. O’Rourke. Patent Number 5,412,465 May 2, 1995.

 

 Fiber Optic Detector and Method for Using Same for Detecting Chemical Species. Lewis C. Baylor and Bruce R. Buchanan. Patent Number 5,457,313 Oct. 10, 1995.

 

 Method and System for Determining the Homogeneity of Tablets. Eric. W. Richmond, Bruce R. Buchanan, Mark A. Baxter, Andy Duff, Oksana Tully, and Samuel A. Thornton. Patent Number 5,504,332 Apr. 2, 1996.

 

 B. R. Buchanan and D. E. Honigs, "Advances in Near-Infrared Spectroscopy," Spectroscopy 1986, 1, 40

 

 B. J. Tenge, B. R. Buchanan, and D. E. Honigs, "Calibration in the Fiber Optic Region of the Near-Infrared," Applied Spectroscopy, 1987, 41,779

 

 B. R. Buchanan, E. W. Ciurczak, A. Q. Grunke, and D. E. Honigs, "Determination of the Enantiomeric Purity of Valine Using Near-Infrared Spectroscopy," Spectroscopy, 1987, 3, 54.

 

 B. R. Buchanan, and D. E. Honigs, "Detection of Methanol in Gasolines Using Near-Infrared Spectroscopy and an Optical Fiber," Applied Spectroscopy 1987, 41, 1388.

 

 B. R. Buchanan, D. E. Honigs, C. J. Lee, and W. Roth, "Detection of Ethanol in Wines Using Optical-Fiber Measurements and Near-Infrared Analysis," Applied Spectroscopy 1988, 42, 1106.

 

 B. R. Buchanan and E. W. Baumann, "Colorometric pH Determination with Computer Modeling," Applied Spectroscopy 1991, 45, 632.

 

 B. R. Buchanan "NIR Analysis of Petrochemicals," Chapter 23, Handbook of Near-Infrared Analysis, (Marcel Dekker, Inc NY, NY 1992) D. A. Burns and E. W. Ciurczak, ed.s.

 

 G. A. Duff, S. A. Thornton, M. A. Baxter, and B. R. Buchanan, "On-Line Monitoring of Pelleted Product Uniformity by Remote Reflectance Near-Infrared Spectroscopy," S. T. P. Pharma Pratizues 4(1), 1994.

 

 Bruce R. Buchanan and Patrick E. O’Rourke "Fiberoptic Multiplexers," Spectroscopy 7(2) 2, 1994.

 

 L. C. Baylor and B. R. Buchanan, "Reflectance Probe for Uranium (VI) Based on the Colorimetric Indicator Arsenazo III", Applied Spectroscopy 49(5), 679, 1995.

 

 Bruce R. Buchanan, Mark A. Baxter, T.-Show Chen, Xue-Zhi Qin, and Priscilla A. Robinson, "Use of Near-Infrared Spectroscopy to Evaluate an Active in a Film Coated Tablet," Pharmaceutical Research 13(4) 616, 1996

 

 "Molecular Spectroscopy Workbench, Chapter II.B.7 and II.F.2" (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, New York 1998) E. W. Ciurzcak, Editor

 Zhihao Lin, Bruce Buchanan, Eric W. Richmond, and Jozef Timmermans, "Evaluation of a Self-Referencing Fiberoptic Probe for Process Analysis", Spectroscopy 13(10) 2, 1998.

 Glen Wollenberg, Bruce Buchanan, and Eric W. Richmond, "An Organized Approach to Instrument System Validation", Pittsburg Conference March 12-17, 2000, New Orleans, LA.

 

 

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Last Revised: 1-Jun-99