Research and development in water and wastewater treatment.

2004 to 2011)Redesigned Polyaluminum Chloride coagulant production- Eliminated safety hazards and lowered costs by 20%.- Trained new researchers in chemical reactions, bench & field-testing methods.- Taught new Sales Representatives product selection and application technology.Designed raw water Multi-media Filter Automation for RO pretreatment- Complete system design: equipment, touchscreen, PLC, source code and new products.- Developed a patented residuals monitoring method.Initiated a cross-functional Research team for wastewater automation- Designed, constructed & operated pilot-scale systems and adapted these to full-scale explosion proof systems for wastewater monitoring. Collected and analyzed data to meet project goals.- Developed models for predicting pollutant loading and consequent coagulant requirements.- Implemented full-scale coagulant control for two industrial waste plants.- Evaluated commercially available instrumentation for wastewater automation.- Identified maintenance requirements & reliability in wastewater.- Discovered novel coagulant concentration behavior in highly polluted wastewaters.AccomplishmentsReinvigorated a polyaluminum chloride coagulant product line with >$50 MM in sales.Filter aid automation with over $1MM in sales.Conceptualized a low cost, self-cleaning SCD for wastewater automation.Patents for a self-cleaning filter and monitoring polymer residuals.2008 Nalco Innovation Award - A New Polyaluminum Chloride Manufacture.

Developed a line of Polyaluminum Chloride coagulants & re-formulated a hybrid coagulant- In its first year of commercialization, added one full penny to the company dividend.- Extensive collaboration with Nalco's Environmental Department and the EPA.- Worked on out-sourcing production, coordinating QA development. - Performed cost-benefit analysis for maximum cost performance & ROI.Explored particle counting for coagulant evaluation with business partners- Developed methods for product evaluation to augment jar testing and applied to field issues.- Aided in business partnerships for coagulant products and performed sales support.Researched heavy metal removal from wastewaters- Developed alternative products to enhance sulfide precipitation with dry products and micro-bead technology.- Assisted Marketing with rolling out new products & procedures.Explored tagging of coagulants for clarification automation and binary coagulant programs- Designed and built pilot scale clarifiers.- Wrote IsaGraf code to automate raw water pretreatment.- Reduced chemical costs and effluent turbidity with automated control of a 10 MM gpd clarifier.AccomplishmentsA complete line of new coagulants and augmented the heavy metal removal product line.In its first year of commercialization, added one full penny to the company dividend.Researcher of the Year in 1996 and patents for fluorescent tagging of polymer coagulants.

Developed new antifoam products for waste treatment- Re-designed laboratory experiments for testing efficacy of formulations on various foam types.- Field tested promising formulations on bench and in full-scale trials with cost-benefit analysis.- Coordinated with Marketing, Sales for product introduction.- Performed technical sales support and presented results to Customers.