Manage & Grow Your Manufacturing Business
Flaney Associates is a leader in advanced materials science solutions, delivering expert engineering support and specialized consulting tailored for the manufacturing sector. With a mission to enhance product performance and operational efficiency, Flaney Associates works closely with clients to address complex materials challenges, ensuring they achieve optimal results. Flaney Associations brings an in-depth understanding of materials science and practical applications across various industries.Continuous Improvement
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More than 40 Years!
Flaney Associates brings over 40 years of experience working with a diverse array of industries, including aerospace, automotive, and biomedical materials. Their longstanding commitment to innovation, sustainability, and cost-efficiency allows them to deliver solutions that meet the evolving needs of today’s market. Through targeted problem-solving and innovative approaches, Flaney Associates supports clients in achieving sustainable growth and long-term competitive advantage.More Than a
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Meet the CEO & Principal Partner!
I have had a professional career path of more than 40 years that spans North American, European, and African continents, including visiting professorships in ETH Zurich in Switzerland, INSA de Lyon in France, and University of Alberta in Canada amongst other universities. I am the Founder and Principal Partner of Flaney Associates LLC, a technical consulting company that provides value-added materials engineering solutions and innovations to industry. I am also a full Professor Emeritus of Polymer Science & Engineering at the University of Southern Mississippi. I can translate strategic value-added materials ideas to practice, a proven problem solver, and a registered Chartered Engineer.
I have enjoyed highly successful careers in industry and academia. I specialize in polymer engineering and materials science, and I have held numerous senior level appointments including Senior Project Leader and Engineer at Corning Incorporated and the Fulbright-Tocqueville Distinguished Chair Professor in Engineering in France for 2013-2014. The latter award is an appointment reserved for international eminent scholars with substantial experience and publications in their respective fields.
From 2003-2012, I was awarded invited visiting professorships in the Swiss Federal Institute of technology (ETH-Zurich) and Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA) in Lyon, France. I earned my PhD in polymer science and engineering from the University of Manchester (UMIST) in England in 1984. I joined The University of Southern Mississippi in 2002 as a professor of polymer engineering and science following a successful career at Iowa State University as professor of chemical engineering and of materials science and engineering, and elsewhere. I have won several awards, including the Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining (U.K.), Fellow of the Society of Plastics Engineers, Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Engineering, and the prestigious U.S. National Science Foundation CAREER Award. I am the holder of seven patents and author of more than 150 publications in refereed archival scientific and engineering journals and books.
Key Accreditations
- U.S. National Science Foundation CAREER Award
- Jefferson Science Fellow Award by the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
- Fellow, Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining (U.K.)
- Fellow, Society of Plastics Engineers
- Tocqueville-Fulbright Distinguished Chair Professor in Engineering, University of Lyon, France
- Registered Chartered Engineer (UK)
