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Biography:
Born 08/23/67
Allentown, PA, USA

B.S. Mechanical Engineering
Lehigh University, 1989

1989 - 1995
Project Engineer, Fuller Company, Research & Development
Pneumatic conveying & blending material testing, new equipment development - both process and bulk handling

1996 - 1998
Sr. Project Engineer - Fuller Company, Research & Development
Duties of project engineer plus managing bulk solids testing group and staff

1998 - Present
Supervisor, Research & Development, Fuller Bulk Handling Corporation
Responsible for all bulk material testing, reporting

Member, ASME

Hobbies - woodworking and fishing


Know-how and experience:
I have tested a broad array of materials for pneumatic conveying and blending properties over the span of 12 years. I have experience with dilute, medium and dense phase conveying regimes, using rotary valves, pressure tanks, and screw pumps. All blending experience is with silo gravity blenders and fluidized bed blenders.

I have been involved with or personally responsible for commissioning and field service on pneumatic conveying systems, including some of the largest dense phase foundry sand convey systems in the world.

I have experience with various instrumentation, including pressure transmitters, load cells, and flow measurement apparatus, and have a working knowledge of control systems associated with blending and conveying equipment.


Fields of Consulting work:
1. Cement
2. Power
3. Minerals
4. Petrochemical
5. Chemical

Publications:
“A Comparison and Explanation of Bottom and Top Discharge Dense Phase Pressure Tank Systems”, 1992 Powder & Bulk Solids Conference and Exhibition, Rosemount, IL

“Dilute and Dense Phase Conveying using a High Performance Rotary Valve”, 1994 Powder & Bulk Solids Conference and Exhibition, Rosemount, IL

“Application of Rotary Valves to the Pneumatic Transfer of Powder Materials”, Fine Powder Processing ’99 Conference, The Pennsylvania State University, 1999