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As the world's leading one-stop source for industry's process safety and optimization needs, the Chilworth Technology Group has international consulting bases and laboratory testing facilities with state of the art dust explosion and electrostatic laboratories (with low humidity facility), and a specialist laboratory for the evaluation of thermal runaway reactions. Chilworth employs a Doctorate Engineering and Scientific staff along with Graduate Engineers, Scientists and Technicians. Our senior consultants are internationally recognized experts in their specialist fields, and many have served on national and international standards committees. With laboratories and offices in both the Princeton Corporate Plaza (NJ, USA) and the Chilworth Science Park (Southampton, England), our facilities are equipped with fire/explosion hazard evaluation laboratories and a well equipped engineering workshop and instrument fabrication site. Chilworth's specialist test apparatus includes:
Bio's of Chilworth Technology Experts Vahid Ebadat, Ph.D., M.Inst.P, MIEE, C.Eng., C.Phys. is the Vice President of Chilworth Technology, Inc. He has worked extensively as a process and operational hazards consultant for the chemical, pharmaceutical and food industries. Dr. Ebadat is a regular speaker at training courses on gas and vapor flammability, dust explosions, and controlling electrostatic hazards. He is a member of NFPA 77 Technical Committee on Static Electricity, NFPA 654 Standard for the Prevention of Fire and Dust Explosions from the Manufacturing, Processing, and Handling of Combustible Particular Solids and ASTM E27 Committee on Hazard Potential of Chemicals. Dr. Ebadat's research has culminated in the publication of numerous technical papers and articles. Marty Kashef, Ph.D. E.E. Marty is Technical Director at Chilworth Technology Inc. and has been responsible for technical operation since December 2003. Before joining Chilworth Technology he was senior director of Technology Development at Delsys Pharmaceutical Division of Elan Pharmaceutical. He was responsible for the development of Accudep technology, which utilized electrostatics for the manufacturing of novel oral dosage forms. Under his direction the technology advanced from concept to a functional system capable of producing oral dosage forms from micrograms to several milligrams without excipients. Prior to Elan, Marty was with Xerox Corp. for more than 13 years in management and senior management positions in manufacturing engineering, quality control, product development, research, and advanced research. This division of Xerox (Delphax Systems) utilized their patented electronic beam imaging (EBI) technology to design and manufacture high-speed electronic printers. Electrostatic application was the underlying principle of EBI technology, which produced the highest speed electronic printers in the world. Marty received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Stanford University and B.S. degree from Lafayette College, all in electrical engineering. He is an active member of IEEE and Electrostatic Society of America. Dehong Kong, Ph.D., CSP, is a Senior Process Safety Specialist and Flammability Group Manager at Chilworth Technology, Inc. with over 18 years experience on fire and explosion hazards including gas/vapor explosions, dust explosions, and electrostatic hazards. He obtained his Ph.D. under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Rolf K. Eckhoff through an extensive research in fuel-air explosions. He is responsible for investigating fire and explosion incidents, conducting process hazard reviews and audits, and providing training on gas, vapor and dust explosions, electrostatic hazards and electrical area classifications. He is also in charge of supervising special fire and explosion hazard analysis and experiments. Currently, he is leading a flammability research program sponsored by a pharmaceutical client. Dr. Kong has been retained as a key expert in some high profile litigation cases involving multiple casualties and large amounts of property losses. He has been working for company on a global scale in a wide range of industries including chemical, pharmaceutical, petrochemical, and food industries. He has published a number of articles. David E. Kaelin, Sr., B.S.Ch.E., Mr. Kaelin has over 25 years experience in the specialty chemical manufacturing industry and 15 years specializing as a Process Safety Engineer. He has participated in the design and construction of numerous chemical processing facilities and provided support and training in all areas of PSM. As a Process Safety Engineer he has led process hazard analysis, risk assessments and facility siting reviews. At the corporate level he has created and taught courses in PSM and hazard recognition methods. Mr. Kaelin has led or provided technical assistance to many fire, explosion and runaway reaction incident investigations including incidents involving nitrations, chlorinations, hydrogenations, thermal heat transfer fluids, spontaneous combustion, dust explosions and thermal oxidizer and incinerator operations. Mr. Kaelin is an expert in the application of hazard recognition techniques including: HAZOP, FMEA. What-If, Fault Tree Analysis, Risk Screening and Checklist. He is an active member of AIChE, and NFPA. Richard Kwasny, Ph.D., CPEA, AIChE, ASSE, Dr. Kwasny is a recognized specialist in the area of chemical reactivity and process safety. His experience spans more than 25 years in pharmaceutical and chemical industry. His expertise encompasses all areas of chemical reaction hazards and flammability (dust, vapors and gases) including analytical tools, process scale-up, technology transfer, process hazard assessment (PHA), and process safety management (PSM). He has comprehensive knowledge of safety standards and regulations at the federal and state level including OSHA and NJ-TCPA. He is an expert in incident investigation and causal analysis. He is a member of ASTM Committee E27 on Hazard Potential of Chemicals. Dr. Kwasny is currently responsible for Chemical Hazard Laboratories at Chilworth Technology, Inc in Plainsboro, NJ. He is an active member of several professional organizations and has conducted numerous technical and educational seminars on chemical reactivity. He received his Ph.D. degree in chemical engineering from South Bank University (University of London). Bob Venugopal, Ph.D., is a Process Safety Specialist at Chilworth Technology, Inc. Bob is responsible for running the Chemical Reaction Hazards laboratory (RC1, DSC, ARC, Carius Tube, and Adiabatic Dewar), and the assessment of thermal safety of chemical processes/safe storage of reactive materials. His responsibilities also include Optimization of Chemical Processes, Transportation (UN/DOT regulations) and Physical Properties Testing, Pressure Relief Designs, Consulting and Research Services, appearing as Expert Witness in court cases, conducting training sessions on Safety Related Topics and Chemical Accident Investigations. Prior to joining Chilworth, Bob had worked as a Process Engineer at Novartis and FMC. He was responsible for process development, pilot plant and manufacturing operations. Bob's other responsibilities included writing the various SOP and ISO procedures, technical transfer packages, statistical designs, plant designs and cost estimating. Bob has several publications and a patent. The patent titled "Process for the preparation of 2,3- difluro -5 halopyridines" was awarded for developing a novel process. Richard W. Prugh, M.S.Ch.E., CSP, PE, Mr. Prugh's recent experience includes service on the six-member Expert Panel that has been overseeing a Quantitative Risk Assessment of three nerve-gas destruction plants. During his career with the Du Pont Company, he was involved in instrument engineering, explosion-hazards testing, explosives manufacturing and testing, pilot-plant supervision, organic-chemicals research, safety and fire protection audits, and process-safety consulting. Since 1985, he has provided full-time process safety engineering services to large and small chemical and petrochemical plants throughout the United States and in several foreign countries. Dennis C. Hendershot, B.S, M.S., Ch.E. joined Chilworth Technology in October 2005 as a Principal Process Safety Specialist. Dennis spent 35 years working for Rohm and Haas Company. He worked in Process Research and Development for a variety of agricultural chemical, acrylic monomer, and polymer processes. He participated in design and startup of monomer and agricultural chemical plants. Since the late 1970s he worked in development and implementation of Rohm and Haas process safety management programs, including HAZOP, fault tree analysis, quantitative risk analysis, incident investigation, and process risk management systems. Dennis is a chemical engineer (BS, Lehigh University; MS, University of Pennsylvania). He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) and a member of the American Chemical Society. Dennis was Chair of the Safety and Health Division of AIChE, and a member of the AIChE Board of Directors. He has served on a number of subcommittees of the Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS), including inherently safer design, risk assessment, hazard evaluation procedures, reactive chemistry, and undergraduate education (SACHE). Dennis has received the AIChE Doyle Award for the best paper presented at the annual Loss Prevention Symposium twice (1989 and 2002). In 2000, the Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center at Texas A&M University presented Dennis with its Merit Award for his contributions to Process Safety. Vladimir Stetsovsky, M.S., is a Senior Process Safety Specialist with over 19 years experience in the manufacturing industry and utilities, and 7 years specializing as an Electrostatic Safety Engineer. His career involved converting and specialty chemical manufacturing with numerous hazardous chemicals in both batch and continuous operations. He has participated in the design and construction of several large chemical and converting processing facilities and provided support and training in all areas of Process Electrostatic Safety Management. As an Electrical Engineer he has led process hazard analysis, risk assessments and facility siting reviews. At the corporate level he has created installation specifications and taught courses in ESD and hazard recognition methods and provided technical safety support to manufacturing sites producing adhesives and pressure sensitive products. Mr. Stetsovsky has led or provided technical assistance to many fire and explosion incident investigations including incidents involving thermal heat transfer fluids, spontaneous combustion, dust explosions and thermal oxidizer and incinerator operations. In these investigations he has provided valuable insight into the root cause and made practical suggestions for eliminating or controlling the identified hazards. Steven J. Luzik is a Senior Process Safety Specialist at Chilworth Technology, Inc. with over 30 years experience in the area of fire and explosion hazards including gas/vapor explosions, dust explosions and fire and explosion protection strategies. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a BS degree in Chemical Engineering. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Pennsylvania and a Certified Fire and Explosion Investigator (CFEI) with the National Association of Fire Investigators (NAFI). As a former Mine Safety and Health Administration [MSHA] manager and technical specialist, he has investigated a multitude of incidents involving flammable vapors, gases and dusts that have included surface and underground mining facilities and industrial facilities where fires and explosions have occurred. He also has served as a moderator of a flammability and dust explosibility laboratory, processing requests from MSHA and other Federal agencies for testing to determine the flammability and explosibility properties of solids, liquids, dusts and vapors. In this capacity, he has been called upon to provide expert testimony on the explosibility hazards associated with the manufacturing, processing and handling of these materials. He is a member of the American Society for testing and Materials (ASTM) E-27 Committee on Hazardous Properties of Chemicals, the National Association of Fire Investigators (NAFI) and the International Society of Mine Safety Professionals (ISMSP). He has authored numerous publications in the areas of fire and explosion prevention, protection and investigation. David Y. Kohn, B.S. Ch., is a Chemist at Chilworth Technology, Inc. He has 8 years of experience in process safety testing, scale-up, optimization, transportation (UN/DOT regulations) and thermal runaway reactions. As a Chemist in the Chemical Reaction Hazards Laboratory, he is proficient in the performance of tests using RC1, ARC, Adiabatic Dewar and Carius Tube; he is skilled in a variety of transportation and storage testing; and he is experienced in the interpretation of data for process safety. He has co-authored papers on such topics as process safety and thermal instability of reactions. David has been a member of the American Chemical Society since 1996. Anand Kenchenpur, (M.S. Chemical Engineering), joined Chilworth Technology as a Test Engineer in October 2005. Anand received his Master's degree from South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, SD. His experience includes Thermodynamics, Heat transfer, Reaction Kinetics, Data Acquisition systems, Research and Development of advanced powder materials and Characterization of advanced materials using SEM, TEM, X-ray diffraction and Surface area analyzer. |
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