Matt Russell has over 20 years of experience in process and gas cleaning projects in numerous ferrous and non-ferrous metallurgical processes throughout the world, including steel mills, copper, nickel, ferronickel, lead, zinc, aluminum, and platinum smelters, as well as alumina refineries. He has extensive experience in process engineering, feasibility studies, process simulation and modeling, analysis and design of off-gas systems, and heat recovery and energy optimization projects.

Bobby has over 20 years of experience in process engineering and gas cleaning projects around the world. He specializes in process modeling and emissions control of metallurgical facilities, and his experience includes field quantification of emissions as well as development and design of emission control systems for both ferrous and non-ferrous facilities. In addition, he has extensive experience in energy efficiency and heat recovery projects from process gas streams.

Tyler has nearly 10 years of engineering experience in the evaluation and design of process gas cleaning and handling projects for ferrous and non-ferrous facilities. His experience includes engineering and project management roles on projects from conceptual engineering up to detailed engineering, as well as construction support and commissioning. Technical expertise ranges from process evaluation and modeling to equipment specification for a variety of gas cleaning and auxiliary equipment, capital cost estimations, layout development, and shop inspections/FATs.

Marketing strategy, business development and technology integration to enhance Gas Cleaning Technologies business activities on a global level. Provide clients with high level technical direction, conceptual and detail engineering design of new and retrofit systems and troubleshooting of air pollution control systems. Extensive experience in process engineering, feasibility studies, process simulation and modeling, analysis and design of off-gas systems, including heat recovery and energy optimization, for ferrous and non-ferrous metallurgical processes. Authored several technical papers, conducted seminars and short courses on energy conservation and air pollution control systems.

Areas of particular expertise:

• Outstanding Leadership in Industry Innovation
• Insightful Understanding of Metallurgical Processes Gas Cleaning Systems, Heat Recovery and Energy Optimization
• Business Development and Management
• Strategic Planning

Education:

• Research Associate Fellow at the Chemical Engineering Department, University of Toronto, 1988
• Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, North Carolina State University, 1987
• M.Sc., Chemical Engineering, North Carolina State University, 1984
• B.Sc., Chemical Engineering, North Carolina State University, 1981

Technical/Academic Affiliations:

• Association of Professional Engineers of the State of Texas
• Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario
• Ph.D. Candidate Committee Member, University of Colorado at Boulder, 1996-2000
• Adjunct Faculty, University of Texas at Arlington, 1992-1993
• Adjunct Faculty, University of Toronto, 1989

Publications and Seminars:

Technical Papers:

• Over 40 publications in various technical journals and conference proceedings

Short Courses/Seminars Conducted:

• USA, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Indonesia, Germany, Spain, China, Australia and Republic of South Africa

Textbook:

• “Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning Analysis and Design”, New York, N.Y., Prentice Hall, 1988

Gary has more than 30 years of mechanical, structural and piping design and layout experience for ferrous and non-ferrous smelters, petrochemical and hydrocarbon processing plants, and environmental/air quality projects for greenfield and brown facilities. His experience is primarily focused on heavy industrial design for basic and detailed engineering projects for off-gas handling APC systems, water-cooled duct and equipment, dust handling and conveying, heat recovery, nuclear air and gas handling treatment for D.O.E. facilities and process piping systems.

Bruno has over 5 years of experience in the evaluation and design of process gas cleaning and handling projects for ferrous and non-ferrous facilities. Bruno specializes in developing computational models, including mass and energy balances for process off-gas systems, and performing Computational Fluid Dynamic Modeling (CFD) to evaluate capture efficiencies of various processes.

Gord has more than 30 years of experience with project management, gas cleaning and material handling system design in the pyrometallurgical, hydrometallurgical and hydrocarbon industries. He has managed a wide variety of projects from front end development through to detail engineering, construction support and commissioning. He is skilled in the engineering design and layout of ferrous and non-ferrous metallurgical primary and secondary off-gas systems. He has also been involved in the design of complete hydrometallurgical process plants. Gord offers a wealth of experience in bulk material storage and handling systems including mass-flow or funnel flow storage silo and feeder systems, mechanical conveying, crushing and screening, and fluidized conveying.