Public Presentations

For the American Institute of Chemical Engineers:

  • Using Ventilation to Reduce Area Electrical Classification in Pilot Plants and Laboratories, 2019
  • Best Practices in Preventing Leaks in Pilot Plants, Laboratory Units and Laboratory Equipment, 2018
  • “We Don’t Expect It to Be a Problem”: Best Practices in Pilot Plant Start Up, 2017
  • “But What Could Go Wrong?”: Safety During Scale up from Laboratory to Pilot Plants to Demonstration Units, 2017
  • Best Practices in Pilot Plant Layout, 2016
  • Best Practices in Pilot Plant Distillation Columns, 2016
  • Best Practices in Pilot Plant Piping, 2014
  • Pilot Plants: Past, Present, and Future, 2013
  • Best Practices in Pilot Plant Heat Tracing, 2013
  • Efficient Pilot Plant Construction, 2006
  • Preventing Fires and Explosions in Pilot Plants, 2005
  • Pilot Plant Economics, 2005
  • Small Size Pilot Plant and Laboratory Relief Valve Performance, 2003
  • Modernizing Pilot Plants, 2000
  • Design on The Run, 1996
  • Waste Minimization in Pilot Plants, 1996
  • Retrofitting Older Pilot Plant with New Computer Control Systems, 1994
  • Developing a Pilot Plant and Laboratory Standards Program, 1993
  • Contracting Pilot Plants, 1990
  • Temperature Control in High Pressure Autoclaves, 1989
  • Asbestos Removal in A Research Environment, 1989
  • Design of Pilot Plant Facilities for Long Term Unattended Operations, 1988
  • Modular Pilot Plants, 1987
  • Process Pilot Plants: Build or Buy, 1986
  • Organizing for Research, 1986
  • High Accuracy Material Balances, 1981

For the Exxon World Wide Pilot Plant Symposium:

  • Pilot Plant Leak Testing Procedures, 1986
  • Gas Distribution Systems for Pilot Plant Sites, 1984
  • Thermal Mass Flow Meters, 1984
  • Pilot Plant Start-up, 1982
  • Pilot Plant Equipment, 1982

Miscellaneous:

  • Safeguarding Laboratories Against Power Outages (New Jersey Water Environment Association, Annual Conference, May 6 – May 10, 2019)
  • Swagelok Products and Pilot Plants, Laboratory Units and Research Equipment (Swagelok Distributors Conference, 2017)
  • Cost Effective Pilot Plant Design and Construction (Aramco Technical Conference, 1997)
  • Centralized Research Support Services (International Facilities Management Association, 1996)
  • Asbestos Abatement in Operating Facilities (North Jersey Facility Managers Meeting, 1993)
  • Asbestos Abatement Programs (Exxon Regional Managers Meeting, 1992)
  • Industrial Asbestos Removal Program Concerns (New Jersey Pollution Control Association’s Hazardous Waste Committee, 1987)
  • Gas Distribution Systems: Design and Operational Considerations (Canadian Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1986)
  • Pilot Plant Organization (3M Technical Conference, 1983)