Previous Assignments

• Startup and technical service work for old corrugated container, mixed waste, and deinking systems- dozens of locations in the U.S., and 10 other countries.

• System audits and studies in recycle and stock preparation systems- dozens of locations

• On-site training for mill operators- multiple locations.

• Evaluation of system deficiencies during supplier/end-user conflicts- multiple locations.

• Marketability and product improvement projects for fiber processing equipment- multiple clients.

• Prior art searches for intellectual property cases- multiple clients.

• Studies to develop upgrade recommendations and installed cost estimates for OCC systems- multiple locations.

• Study to determine the technical feasibility and order of magnitude installed cost for a supercritical fluid extraction system- trade association client.

• Developed a tutorial on the plastics industry for a trade development association representative charged with luring plastics related businesses to Georgia.

• Advised pilot plant operators on improving operations and attracting new clients- multiple locations.

• Conceptual design and preliminary engineering for a fine paper mill, a cotton linter pulping/bleaching line, and a deink system in Turkmenistan.

• Broke system upgrade study for a bleached board mill.

• Process engineering for a starch system.

• Developed, improved, and generated performance data for specialized fiber processing equipment- pulpers, refiners, kneaders, centrifugal cleaners, pressure screens, deflakers, flotation deinking cells, washers (brownstock and deinking), thickeners, scalping screens, etc.

• Served as outside evaluator on a doctoral dissertation evaluation committee for a major Canadian University.

• Served as funding proposal evaluator for various government agencies and academic institutions.

• Study of the feasibility of setting up small business operators to produce blown cellulose insulation at the jobsite, for a government agency.

• Evaluated new or developing technology for various industries:

  • Steam explosion technology, for use in deink paper processing systems;

  • Plastics recycling technology, for a process equipment supplier;

  • Ink agglomeration technology, for a chemical supplier;

  • Fiber fractionation, for various academic and commercial clients;

  • Agricultural residue pulping and bleaching, for various clients;

  • Solid waste processing, for various entrepreneurial parties;

  • Laser slotting of metals, for a screen manufacturer;

  • Ultra high pressure water jet cutting technology, for sheet cutting applications;

  • Separation of ink and paint from plastic and metal scrap, for various scrap recyclers;

  • Glass and synthetic fiber processing technologies, for various clients;