Chemical Mixing Technology and Process Development Consultant

Technical Consultant #2438

Bridging the gap between the research and development lab and commercial pilot units to enable faster process development and more reliable process troubleshooting, especially relating to mixing and agitation technology.
Mixing industrial chemical technology specific to mixing sensitivities, process development, micro mixing, mass transfer, and scale up.
Chemical processing and building processes through lab and plan, resolving a broad range of chemical processing challenges.
Reliable scale-up and scale-down by efficiently determining how fluid mixing technology impacts processes, evaluating proposed mixing design for delivery and required process results.
Simplify, development and improve processes by applying techniques to generate and reduce process technology options.

Undisclosed Company, Principal, Present

Enable faster process development and scaling and leverage advantages in mixing technologies.
Long history of solving tough chemical processing problems by building process understanding to bridge the chasm between the lab and the plant.
Delivered quicker and more reliable scale-up and scale-down by efficiently determining how fluid mixing technology impacts processes, frequently evaluating if a proposed mixing design could deliver the desired process results.
Promote development of simpler and improved processes by applying techniques to generate and reduce process technology options.
Create technology connections within and across organizations which improving management of technical capabilities and raises working level knowledge of technical communities.

Dow Chemical Company, Collegeville - Spring House, PA Expert, 2009 - Present

Process Development Global Subject Matter Expert and Mixing Steward, 2013 - 2018

Technical Leader in global Advanced Polymer Process Technology area
Advanced conceptual, experimental, and computational methods which enabled faster and more reliable development, scale-up, troubleshooting, and customer product introduction
Guided, recommended, and supervised lab, pilot, and production experiments to create process understanding and deliver solutions for previously unmet needs
Designed and delivered computational tools which were integral parts of development and commercialization work processes.

Principal Research Scientist-Distinguished Engineer in Core Research and Development, 2009 - 2012

Technical leader in fluid mechanics, analysis areas, mixing and process development.
Delivered technical solutions to the various businesses in Dow Advanced Materials in the areas of process development, mixing, scale-up, reaction engineering, and economic analysis.
Often facilitated large group and virtual ideation sessions which delivered innovative solutions to challenging technology problems.
Integrated the Dow and Rohm and Haas mixing courses, chemical reaction systems scale-up courses, and other methods which delivered improved and simplified chemical processes.

Rohm and Hass Company, Bristol - Spring House, PA, 1982 - 2009

Distinguished Engineer in the Engineering Technical Center, 2000 - 2009

Technical consultant for all internal businesses.
Delivered expert technical solutions to satisfy unmet business needs on process development, mixing, scale-up, reaction systems, and cost estimation and financial analysis.
Developed methodologies to streamline early process development and scale-up.
Facilitated Brainstorm / Peer Reviews and other ideation methods to generate innovative solutions to technical problems and simpler chemical processes.

Mixing Steward (Corporate), 1996 - 2009

Mixing Stewards enable all process practitioners at Rohm and Haas to have the appropriate access to and understanding of mixing technology to succeed in their work.
Co-developer of live and web-based company Introduction to Mixing Technology course
Taught Scale-Up and Scale-Down in company Reaction Systems Course.
Company liaison to BHR Group's Fluid Mixing Processes (FMP) Consortium and University of Maryland High Shear Mixing Research Program.

Senior Engineer and Project Leader in AgChem Process Research, 1991 - 2000

As Senior level in engineering and projects oversaw ingredient process development and scale-up to manufacturing.
Co-developer of Ag's early process development and process economic analysis methods.

Research Process Engineer and Senior Engineer in Ion Exchange Research, 1982 - 1991

Process development and scale-up for many ion exchange products.
Developed optimal designs for suspension polymerization reactors through agitation studies

Publications

Author and Co-Author or numerous publications (educational text, peer reviewed journals), presentations and conferences sample topics:

Scale-up-Bourne Protocol
Transportable Pilot Plant Reactor- Heterogeneous Biodiesel Catalyst
Study in Small Scale Process Development Using On-Line Reaction Calorimetry and in-situ Particle Characterization
Reduce Batch Cycle TIme in a Gas-Liquid Reactor

Patents

M.S. Chemical Engineering, (Process Control) Villanova University, Villanova, PA
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA