Powder & Bulk Solids Conference Speakers
Tim Boland
Research Associate
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
Tim has 30 years of experience with Air Products and Chemicals Inc in the areas of size reduction, cryogenic technology and equipment manufacturing. He was employed for 5 years at synthetic rubber pilot plants of Goodyear Tire and Rubber before joining Air Products. Tim has a BSChe from Lehigh University, a MSChE from the University of Akron and a MBA from DeSales University.
Fred Callahan
Sales Engineer
REMBE®, INC.
Sales Engineer, REMBE®, INC., brings years of experience in engineering solutions for military, government and industry applications. Fred spends much of his time in the customer’s facility,
providing a hands-on, field perspective to the discussion.
REMBE® is a leader in the development and manufacture of cutting edge combustible dust explosion protection/prevention and is the inventor of indoor flameless venting technology currently being used in many locations in the US.
George D. Dumbaugh, PE
President
Kinergy Corporation
Mr. George D. Dumbaugh graduated from “Ole Miss” (University of Mississippi) with a B.S. degree in Mechanca; Engineering. He is President of Kinergy Corporation, but remains active as a practicing Professional Engineer.
For more than 40 years, he has been dedicated to the advancement of vibratory machines for use in material handling systems. He stirred considerable controversy in 1978 when he formally published the “Drive vs. Load” analysis of any vibratory machine, introduced the concept of “Induced Vertical Flow”, and predicted the same kind of vibratory drive could power all the different kinds of “Induced Conveying” machines. In this specialized field of professional endeavor, he has more than 45 U.S. and International patents.
Vahid Ebadat Ph.D.
CEO
Chilworth Technology, Inc.
Dr Vahid Ebadat Ph.D., M.Inst.P, MIEE, C.Eng., C.Phys. is the CEO of Chilworth North America. He has worked extensively as a process and operational hazards consultant for the chemical, pharmaceutical and food industries. Dr. Ebadat is a regular speaker at training courses on gas and vapor flammability, dust explosions, and controlling electrostatic hazards. He is a member of NFPA 77 Technical Committee on Static Electricity, NFPA 654 Standard for the Prevention of Fire and Dust Explosions from the Manufacturing, Processing, and Handling of Combustible Particular Solids and ASTM E27 Committee on Hazard Potential of Chemicals. Dr. Ebadat's research has culminated in the publication of numerous technical articles and papers.
Jack Hilbert
Principal Consultant
Pneumatic Conveying Consultants
Jack is a graduate of Penn State University with a BSME and Masters Degree in Engineering Science and is a registered Professional Engineer in Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey.
He has worked in the field of bulk material handling and dust collection for nearly 40 years, having help positions in field service, engineering, sales and marketing and senior management.
Since 2004, Jack has been continuing his career as a consultant with Pneumatic Conveying Consultants LLC based in Allentown, Pennsylvania and has been a contributing speaker at numerous trade conferences and technical seminars as well as partnering with his associate Paul Solt to conduct the quarterly webinars sponsored by Powder Bulk engineering and he and Paul also continue to author the quarterly Pneumatic Conveying Points to Ponder Series.
Jack's academic training, combined with his years of practical field experience result in a unique approach to sharing his experience with others.
Industries such as Petrochemical, Minerals, Cement, Power Generation, Food and Chemicals are the areas where Jack has spent the majority of his career and those same industries continue to be where Jack can be found if not in the office doing detailed engineering work.
Jack's blue collar, real world, approach to the technology and his ability to successfully share that approach with others as well as having the ability to bring the academic reasoning into the discussion when necessary, makes his seminars and lectures extremely effective to all participants.
Karl Jacob
Research Scientist
The Dow Chemical Company
Karl has 30 years experience with solids processing with The Dow Chemical Company in nearly all facets of particle technology and is presently a Fellow within the Solids Processing Discipline of Engineering & Process Sciences. He has been active in the Particle Technology Forum within the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and presently serves on the board of directors for the AIChE. He is a graduate of Case Western Reserve University.
Kerry Johanson Ph.D.
Chief Operations Officer
Material Flow Solutions Inc.
Dr. Kerry Johanson began his career in powder flow and material handling as a summer lab technician with Jenike & Johanson in Billerica, Massachusetts during his high school and undergraduate years. After receiving his BS in 1985, he spent 14 years with JR Johanson, Inc. in San Luis Obispo California, finally serving as their Chief Technical Officer. He received his Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Brigham Young University in 1994 and in 2000, he branched out and moved to Florida, where he divides his time researching at the University of Florida Particle Engineering Research Center and serving as the Chief Operations Officer for Material Flow Solutions, Inc., the consulting firm he founded in 2001. He has authored 40+ technical papers which have been published in numerous technical journals internationally. He has developed a course for teaching powder flow and technology to graduate students and mentored three recent doctoral graduates at the University of Florida. Dr. Johanson has presented numerous industry seminars on the topic of powder flow in industrial applications. Married for 31 years, he is the father of six children, and a grandfather to 4. He holds the rank of Eagle Scout with the Boy Scouts of America, and continues to serve as a Scout leader in his community. Dr. Johanson holds PE licenses in both Florida and Utah and is an active member of AAPS, AIChE, ASME, and ASTM.
 Gary Q. Johnson
Industrial Ventilation and Combustible Dust Consultant
Work Exposure Solutions LLC
Gary Q. Johnson is an Industrial Ventilation and Combustible Dust consultant specializing in developing containment, industrial ventilation, and procedural solutions for workplace exposures and providing maintenance and troubleshooting training to sustain results. He has broad experience across several manufacturing processes from his 27 year tenure with Procter & Gamble and from 10 years consulting since leaving P&G. He has been helping clients address gaps from best practice or NFPA requirements and by providing technical training.
He is a frequent presenter and trainer at Powder & Bulk Solids Conferences, Powder & Bulk Engineering webinars, and Industrial Hygiene conferences around the country as well as an author of several magazine articles on containment, industrial ventilation, and combustible dust. He is also a trainer for the OSHA Training Institute.
As a member of the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering team developing the second edition of the 2008 Oral Solid Dose Baseline Guide, he was a co-leader of the EH&S Chapter team. He is also a former member of the American Conference of Government Industrial Hygienists Ventilation Committee during the time it issued the 25th and 26th editions of Industrial Ventilation, A Recommended Practice for Design, and the 1st edition of Industrial Ventilation, A Recommended Practice for Operation and Maintenance.
Prior to Procter & Gamble, he served in the US Navy and was qualified in nuclear propulsion operations and in submarines.
Mark Jones Ph.D.
Professor and Director
The University of Newcastle
Professor Mark Jones is Head of the School of Engineering, Director of TUNRA Bulk Solids Handling Research Associates and has held the Chair in Bulk Solids Handling at the University of Newcastle since 1999. His research interests span the broad area of Bulk Materials Handling and he specialises in pipeline transport. He has worked with many multi-national companies in the US, Europe, South America, India, China, Russia and South Africa. He has been a Member of Council of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), London, Chairman of the UK National Bulk Material Handling Committee and Member of the Board of the CRC for Integrated Engineering Asset Management. He is currently Honorary Secretary of the Australian Society for Bulk Solids Handling, Vice-President of the International Federation of Measurement and Control of Granular Materials and has been appointed Guest Professor of Central South University, Changsha, China.
Joe Kiolbasa
Senior Project Manager
Donaldson Torit
Joe Kiolbasa is a Torit Product Manager at Donaldson Company, Inc. He holds a BA in business from the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management in Minneapolis, MN and has more than a decade
of experience in industrial air filtration.
Johannes Lottermann
Head of Projects and Expansion Department
Senior Consultant Explosion Protection REMBE® Safety + Control
REMBE®, INC.
Senior Consultant Explosion Protection; Head of Projects and Expansion Department, REMBE® GmbH. Johannes has spent most of his life studying, researching and developing new concepts and approaches to combustible dust explosion protection. In addition to his recent doctoral thesis (to be published in 2012), “Approaches to Integrated Fire and Explosion Safety…”, Johannes has worked for notified bodies charged with certifying compliance with ATEX certifying requirements in Europe, governmental regulatory bodies equivalent to OSHA, standards associations equivalent to NFPA, as well as conducting risk analyses in manufacturing facilities.
Joe Marinelli
President
Solids Handling Technologies, Inc
Joseph Marinelli, President of Solids Handling Technologies, Inc. in Fort Mill, SC is a solids handling expert who has been active in testing bulk solids and consulting on material handling systems design, since 1972. He lectures frequently on the topic, has published several technical articles including a chapter in a chemical encyclopedia, and presents in-house seminars on solids handling as well as at the University of Wisconsin, and the Powder & Bulk Solid Show. Mr. Marinelli also writes the popular column “Ask Joe” for the Internet website, www.powderandbulk.com.
Eric P. Maynard
Senior Consultant
Jenike & Johanson, Inc.
Eric P. Maynard is a Senior Consultant for Jenike & Johanson. Eric received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Villanova University in Villanova, Pennsylvania and his M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts. As an engineer at Jenike & Johanson, he has designed handling systems for bulk solids including cement and its raw materials used in its manufacture, coal, plastic powder, food products, and pharmaceuticals. He is also the cement industry specialist at Jenike & Johanson, where he specializes in crushing technology and equipment design for handling cohesive and sticky bulk solids. He frequently lectures on the storage and flow of bulk solids for the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), individual companies, in-house courses, and numerous conferences (e.g., Powder & Bulk Engineering Conference, Powder & Bulk Solids Conference, Pharmaceutical Production TechSource® Conference).
 David Mills, Ph.D.
Consultant
Pneumatic Conveying
Consultant, UK
David Mills graduated in 1961 from Woolwich Polytechnic in London with a first class honours degree in Mechanical Engineering. He first worked in industry as a nuclear engineer with Atomic Power Constructions Ltd and then in academia as a thermodynamicist at Thames Polytechnic, specialising in heat and mass transfer. He undertook a PhD programme on Pneumatic Conveying in 1973 and has been working in this area ever since, first at the University of Greenwich in London, then as Professor of Bulk Solids Handling at Glasgow Caledonian University in Scotland. Since 1997 he has been operating as an independent consultant. He has written over 200 articles for technical journals and conferences, and has presented short courses and undertaken consultancy on a worldwide basis. In 2003 he was appointed Conjoint Professor at the University of Newcastle in Australia and in 2007 he received the UK Institution of Mechanical Engineers Solids Handling Award in recognition of his professional excellence in bulk solids handling technology. He is author of the 'Pneumatic Conveying Design Guide' (SI units) (Second Edition) and the 'Handbook of Pneumatic Conveying Engineering' (US units), both published in 2004. He has been associated with the Rosemont Powder & Bulk Solids Conference since it first started in 1976.
Jim Plummer
Product Application Manager
GE Energy Air Filtration
Jim has been helping companies address their air pollution control issues for over eighteen years. He not only understands the issues, but also the best solution to address them. From food processing to pharmaceutical, he can provide the design expertise, application experience and technical support needed to optimize existing dust collection systems. He’s a seasoned dust collection system specialist who regularly shares his experience with plant operators in educational events where he presents on the topics of baghouse operation, performance improvement and energy savings.
Alan Roberts
Emeritus Professor
The University of Newcastle
Alan Roberts is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Newcastle Australia. He has a PhD plus two honorary doctorates and is the recipient of a number of prestigious awards for his work in Bulk Solids Handling. He has been involved in research and consulting in the field of bulk solids handling for a period spanning 50 years. He established the TUNRA Bulk Solids Handling Research and consulting group of the University of Newcastle in 1975. In the 35 years of its existence, this group has completed some 3000 projects for approximately 1500 companies in Australia as well as in 40 other countries world wide. The group is now averaging around 160 industrial projects per year.
Josh Roby
Engineering Manager
Hapman
Josh Roby is the Engineering Manager for Hapman Inc., a leading manufacturer of bulk solids handling equipment and systems located in Kalamazoo, MI. Josh has a passion for innovation and in his role at Hapman he is leveraging his diverse industry experience to drive product innovations to solve some of the most challenging bulk material handling problems.
Prior to joining Hapman, Josh was employed by the Thermal Systems division of BorgWarner Inc. a Fortune 500 automotive supplier. As the Lead Engineer for Thermal Innovation, Josh was responsible for the division’s innovation and advanced product research and development activities. In this role Josh pioneered BorgWarner’s vehicle electrification strategy and led the development of an industry changing dual mode coolant pump technology.
Prior to his move into the automotive industry, Josh worked as a project engineer for a small contract engineering company based in Richmond, VA that focused on the design of custom consumer goods packaging and automation equipment.
Josh currently holds 4 US patents with 10 others in application.
Josh received a Master’s of Science in Mechanical Engineering degree from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA in 2001. While at VCU, Josh’s graduate research was focused in the use of high intensity acoustics for accelerating reactions in chemical processing. Josh also holds dual bachelor’s degrees in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering from Kettering University in Flint, MI.
Paul Solt
Principal Consultant
Pneumatic Conveying Consultants
Paul E. Solt is principal consultant at Pneumatic Conveying Consultants and has specialized in pneumatic conveying topics for the Center for Professional Ad¬vancement, East Brunswick, NJ., since 1972. He does many in house teaching courses and has recently been called on by the Powder and Bulk Magazine to do live web-casts for them. He is well known for his column "Pneumatic Points to Ponder" which has been appearing in Powder and Bulk Engineering magazine three times a year for the past 21 years. Solt has a BS in mechanical engineering from Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa., holds several patents for pneumatic conveying devices, and has more than 50 years experience installing and troubleshooting pneumatic conveying systems.
William Stevenson
Vice President Engineering
CV Technology, Inc.
Mr. William J. Stevenson, Vice President Engineering, CV Technology Inc., West Palm Beach, Florida, is a recognized authority in the field of dust explosion protection in the process industries. He is a Senior Member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, and also a member of the National Fire Protection Association.
Mr. Stevenson has over 40 years of engineering experience and is responsible for activities principally regarding field consulting engineering for CV Technology Incorporated.
In addition to conducting risk analyses for industry, Mr. Stevenson has authored several papers on dust explosions and related fires published in such periodicals as Process Safety Progress, Chemical Processing, Plant Engineering, Powder and Bulk Engineering, and Food Technology. Additionally, his work has been recognized by others with articles published in Occupational Health & Safety, Kiplinger Letter, US Industry Today, Engineered Wood Journal, Industrial Fire World, Beverage World, Southern Textile News, Modern Woodworking, Pulp & Paper Canada, and many more. Mr. Stevenson has been a featured speaker at such venues as the AIChE National Meeting, and the Powder & Bulk Solids Conference/Exhibition. He has also lectured extensively throughout North America to a wide range of professional organizations and groups.
Jeff Sullivan
President
Triple/S Dynamics
Jeff Sullivan is the President of Triple/S Dynamics, a manufacturer of specialized conveying and material handling equipment for food, chemical, agricultural, mining, recycling and related processing industries. Mr. Sullivan is a graduate of the University of Texas with a BS in Chemical Engineering. Mr. Sullivan has been with the company for over 29 years and prior to his promotion to President, he was Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Director of Engineering.
Remi Trottier
Particle Technology Specialist
The Dow Chemical Company
Dr. Trottier is a research scientist in the Solids Processing Discipline of Engineering Sciences at The Dow Chemical Company. He has over 20 years of industrial experience in particle characterization, aerosol science, air filtration and solids processing technology. Dr. Trottier has authored some 20 papers and has served as an instructor for several short courses on particle characterization.
Prior to joining Dow, Dr. Trottier was a senior scientist in the physical measurement group within the Analytical Chemistry Division at the Alcoa Technical Center. He supervised the particle characterization laboratory where he developed several particle characterization methods.
Dr. Trottier received his B.Sc. (1983) and M.Sc. (1987) degrees in Applied Physics from Laurentian University in Canada, and his Ph.D. (1996) in Chemical Engineering from Loughborough University of Technology in the UK. During the course of his education, Remi received most of his formal training in particulate technology from Dr. Brian Kaye, who was one of the most renowned authorities in this field.
John Winski
Director of Sales
K-Tron
John is the Director of Sales at K-Tron Pitman for Feeders. He holds an Electrical Engineering Technology degree from Temple University. John has 25 years of experience in powder and bulk solids handling.
Dr. Shiying Zheng
Research Associate
Air Products and Chemicals Inc.
Dr. Shiying Zheng is a research associate at Air Products & Chemicals and has over 14 years industrial experience in technology R&D inventing and developing new materials for a broad range of applications, spanning from gas separation membranes, cryogenic grinding, personal care, digital printing, medical imaging, to electronic display. Prior to joining Air Products & Chemicals Inc., Dr. Zheng was a research associate at Eastman Kodak Company in Rochester, NY. Dr. Zheng received an MS and Ph.D. in polymer science from Cornell University. She is an inventor/co-inventor of 38 US patents, author of 7 peer-reviewed journal articles and 2 book chapters.
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