Basic Gas Filtration , .8 CEUs,

May 6, 2013
8 AM - 5 PM
Hilton Minneapolis/St. Paul
Mall of America, 3800 American Blvd. East
Bloomington, MN 55425
USA

 Basic Air/Gas Filtration & Separation - Learn the overall spectrum of solid/gas separation. Understand the principles behind your filtration so your filter meets your needs. Realize the competing technologies.

Basic Short Courses (Meet together for first hour, then break into separate classes)

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Biography of Instructors

Gas Filtration (in alphabetical order)

WU CHEN
Dow Chemical, B-1603
Freeport, TX 77541
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Dr. Wu Chen is a Research Scientist with the Dow Chemical Company. He has over 20 years of practical experience in solid/liquid separation and gas filtration technologies and markets. He also has expertise in bioseparation and membrane processes. He got his B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from National Taiwan Univ., M.S. and Ph.D. degree in Chemical Engineering from Univ. of Houston.

He is currently the chair of AFS Education Committee and the coordinator of AFS short courses. He has served as the chair of AFS, board of directors, and conference chairs in the past. His was awarded AFS Frank Tiller Award in 2002, AFS Well Shoemaker Award in 2005 and Fellow Member Award in 2010. He also teaches the solid/liquid separation course at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers continuing education program.

KYUNG-JU CHOI
8406 Running Spring Dr
Louisville, KY 40241
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Dr. Kyung-Ju Choi received MS and Ph.D. in Polymer Engineering (Ch.E.) at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. He is with the Clean & Science Co., Ltd. He had been an adjunct professor of Chemical Engineering in the University of Louisville (1996-2011), and a high school Physics teacher at the Louisville Classical Academy for 2010-2011.  He was with AAF (American Air Filter) International as Director of Global Media Development until Oct. 2009. He was Sr. Staff Scientist with Cummins Filtration from 1986 to 1995. He has been actively involved in American Filtration and Separations Society (AFS), Fiber Society, and American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE).  He was the chair of AFS Annual Technical Conference 1995 in Nashville, of IAQ-Filtration Conference 2002 for AFS in Cincinnati and of 2004 Fiber Society Symposium, and of Symposium on Indoor Air Quality for ASHRAE Orlando meeting in 2005, of two seminars for ASHRAE Dallas meeting in 2007 and of a seminar for ASHRAE Albuquerque meeting in 2010.  He was the lecturer for the Fiber Society in 2005 and a governing council member of the Fiber Society for 2004. He served as a member of AFS board several times previously. He is a member of education committee and has been a basic course instructor since 2002.  He has been an AFS member since the beginning of AFS in Ocean City meeting.  He was the first recipient of Senior Scientist Award on March 15, 2000 and the recipient of Frank Tiller Award on March 27, 2007.  He was chairman of AFS for 2010-2011. He was the 2011 AFS Annual Conference co-chair and is the 2012 AFS Annual Conference co-chair.  He is holding more than 120 technical publications, 42 US patents and numerous corresponding international patents.

TIM JOHNSON
TSI Incorporated
500 Cardigan Road
St. Paul , MN
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Tim has a Bachelors degree in Physics from Macalester College in St. Paul Minnesota. He has worked at TSI Incorporated for over 23 years and has worked with the Automated Filter Tester products for over 12 years. He is currently Senior Application Engineer in the Particle Instruments product group. He is responsible for the product applications using automated filter test equipment and components used in filter testing applications. He is a member of the American Filtration and Separation Society (AFS) board of directors. He is actively involved in the American Society of Heating Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), and the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), where he has participated in filtration standards development. He is a member of ISO/TC94/SC15 committee working on an international standard for respirators.

KENNETH L. RUBOW
Mott Corporation
84 Spring Lane
Farmington , CT
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Dr. Rubow is Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at Mott Corporation.  He joined Mott in 1995 and served for seven years as VP of Engineering and R&D.  He is responsible for planning, organizing and guiding technical developments to meet Mott’s tactical and strategic objectives.  He provides strategic input regarding advanced or emerging technologies, provides technical guidance for product improvements and product developments, and serves as technical liaison with strategic partners.  Mott produces sintered porous metal devices used in a variety of industrial applications involving both gases and liquids.  These devices, which are used worldwide, include filters, filter systems, restrictors, spargers, diffusers, fluidizers, and metering frits.  Industries served include semiconductor, chemical, textile, instrumentation, energy and environmental.

He received his BS, MS and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Minnesota.  His specialization was particle technology and particulate filtration.  Prior to joining Mott in 1995, Dr. Rubow worked at the University of Minnesota in increasingly responsible positions during a 22-year time span.  He was Manager of the Particle Technology Laboratory, Associate Director of the Center for Filtration Research, and Adjunct Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering.  Prior to joining Mott he also was a consultant and expert witness for more than 30 companies and government agencies in areas of particle technology and particulate filtration.

Dr. Rubow is an international expert in the field of particle filtration and aerosol science.  He has conducted extensive research for more than 35 years in the areas of particle technology, aerosol science, air quality and human exposure monitoring.  Specific research topics include aerosol filtration, instrumentation for particle generation and measurement, measurement of airborne particulate matter to assess human exposure, measurement of air quality in workplace and ambient atmosphere, air quality measurement in microgravity environments and aboard Space Shuttles.  Dr. Rubow has more than 160 technical publications and has edited three books, all dealing with particle technology and filtration.   He has five patents covering gas filtration products.  In 2005 he received the L. H. Mott Innovation Award from Mott Corporation for outstanding innovation in product development.

He actively participates in ten technical societies, numerous test standard committees and education activities.  In 2002 he received the Wells Shoemaker Leadership and Service Award from the Am. Filtration and Separations Society for a lifetime of outstanding leadership and exceptional service.  He served on the Board of Directors of two societies and has served on more than 25 society committees, serving as chair in the majority of cases.  In particular Dr. Rubow served on the Board of Directors of the Am. Filtration and Separations Society (1991-2007) where he served as Society Chair (1998-99).  He was Chair of the 1991 and Co-Chair of the 1998 annual technical conferences.  He also served on the Board of Directors of the Am. Assoc. for Aerosol Research (1997-1999).  He is a member of numerous ASME and SEMI committees and taskforces, which are responsible for developing test standards for the nuclear, bio-pharm and semiconductor industries.  He continues to teach shortcourses and tutorials at the University of Minnesota and numerous technical conferences covering the topics of filtration and particle technology.