Peter Mckinney Email & Phone Number

Boulder, CO, US

Boulder, Colorado, United States

Boulder, Colorado, United States

• AirQualTek - Air Quality Technology ConsultingAirQulTek provides technical expertise and consulting in the following areas:
• Aerosol instrumentation application and product development,
• Indoor and outdoor air quality products and technology review and assessment, including measurement, controls, filtration, and air purification technologies.
• General air quality technology product development and design assistance,
• Product development strategy and general problem solving.
• Intellectual property expertise in the field of air quality products, including freedom to practice and patent infringement reviews and patent claim drafting

Boulder, Colorado, United States

• Airborne coronavirus measurement and control studies.
• Provide aerosol measurement and control expertise to research projects regarding effectiveness of aerosolized coronavirus filtration and disinfection products.

Boulder, Colorado

• Primary client: DetectionTek, LLC. Provide management experience and technical expertise in aerosol instrumentation application and product development as well as general problem solving.
• Implemented new optical alignment and calibration processes for an optical bioaerosol detection instrument, leading to increased product build quality and reduced production times.

Louisville, Colorado

• Managed research and development (R&D) team and directed all aspects of research and product development for StrionAir. Directed research in areas including electrical engineering, electrostatics, fluid mechanics.
• Led development team for Carrier Performance air purifier with 4 new patented technologies; directed design of experiments (DOE) that facilitated successful design within desired constraints.
• Improved company’s understanding of commodity particle, volatile organic compound (VOC) and carbon dioxide (CO2) indoor air quality (IAQ) sensors by directing a thorough comparison and experimental evaluation of.
• Supported brand in marketplace by representing technical face of company to customers throughpresentations that demonstrated company’s technical leadership in IAQ.
• Expanded Carrier patent portfolio though role as primary point of contact for IAQ intellectual property matters, including evaluation of invention disclosures, patent infringement evaluations, and patent claim language.

• Served as member of management team. Managed research and development (R&D) team, directing all aspects of research and product development for StrionAir. Research areas included electrical engineering, electrostatics.
• Part of management team for a dynamic venture capital backed air filtration company specializing in electrically-enhanced air filters.
• Facilitated customer acquisition and sale of company as technical face of company via presentations and customers visits.
• Enabled robust new product development though introduction of standardized laboratory practices and documentation and lowered product development costs and time to market by creating a reliable and accurate air filter.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Primary clients: Trane Commercial Systems Division of American Standard Corporation in LaCrosse, WI and Trane Residential Division of American Standard Corporation in Tyler, TX. Provided technical expertise in the area of air filtration. Performed assessment of new air filtration technologies.

Minneapolis, MN

Technical expert for air cleaner R&D concept engineering using voice-of-the-customer (VOC).

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Oversight of internal and external research for gas systems group: flow / pressure, ignition, power generation for HVAC.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Primary clients: Honeywell and University of Minnesota. Electronic air cleaner computer model and fluid flow measurement.

Managed and setup new laboratory to study electrohydrodynamic particle motion and turbulence production, contamination of corona electrodes.

Phd, Civil Engineering (Fluid Mechanics, Electrostatics, Electrohydrodynamics)

Activities and Societies: IEEE

M.S., Civil Engineering (Fluid Mechanics, Electrostatics, Electrohydrodynamics)

Activities and Societies: IEEE, CSU Jazz Bands

B.S., Civil Engineering (Emphasis In Fluid Mechanics)

Activities and Societies: ASCE, Chi Epsilon, Spartan Marching Band