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SUMMARY Expert on bulk solids handling and processing, including drying, fluidizing, feeding, dispersing, conveying, storage, reacting, modeling, granulating, characterizing, and testing. Authored subsection on powder flow and hopper and chute design in Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook, 9th edition. Registered Professional Engineer. 2014 - 2017 Senior Project Engineer, Jenike & Johanson, Inc. Responsible for the design of new solids handling systems and troubleshooting existing systems, with an emphasis on granulation and agglomeration, caking, and continuous bulk solids processing. Sold and supported powder flow property testers. Key projects: moving bed reactor for producing products from biomass innovative container for preventing caking of pharmaceutical powder separation process for removing non-reacting contaminants from bulk solids feedstocks.