Fifth World Congress on Particle Technology

Who is Managing This Congress?

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Latest Changes: 05Jan23 - revise author responsibilities / 05Jun15 - Student Conf leaders / 06Mar02 - rearrnge /

Host / Sponsoring Organizations: World Congress Region 3

Particle Technology Forum of AIChE (host)
International Fine Particle Research Institute
Interamerican Confederation of Chemical Engineering
Canadian Institute of Chemical Engineering
Center for Latin American Particle Research

Congress Organizing Committee

Congress Chair: Prof. George Klinzing (Univ. of Pittsburgh)
    Email: confchair@wcpt5.org

Technical Program Chair: Dr. Shirkant Dhodapkar (Dow Chemical)
    Email: progchair@wcpt5.org
    Phone: (979)-238-7940     FAX: (979)-238-0969

Technical Program Vice Chair: Dr. Ralph Nelson (Educational Resources for Part. Techn.)
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    representing The Particle Technology Forum (AIChE)

Exposition and Sponsor Chair: Mark Bumiller (Malvern Instruments)
    Email: expochair@wcpt5.org
Deputy Exposition Chair: Juan Inga..)

Regional Program Chair: Prof. Jesse (Jingxu) Zhu (Univ. Western Ontario, Canada)
    Email:
    representing The Canadian Society of Chemical Engineering

Regional Program Chair: Prof. Jose Angel Sorrentino (CLAPARTEC, Venezuela)
    Email:
    representing The Center for Latin American Particle Technology

Student Conference Chair: Stephen Tedeschi (Univ. Florida, Gainesville)
    Email: stedeschi@erc.ufl.edu
Organizing Committee:

Maria Palazuelos: Program Coordinator
Scott Brown: Transportation Coordinator
Marie Kissinger: Venue Coordinator
Vijay Krishna and Monica James: Activity Coordinators
Marco Verwijs: Sponsor Coordinator

Technical Track Chairs

Track 1: Particle and Bulk Powder Characterization 
     Prof. Clive Davies (Univ. of Massey, New Zealand)
     Prof. Richard Turton (West Virginia Univ., USA)
Track 2: Particle Design: Formation and Processing 
     Dr. Paul Mort (Procter and Gamble Co., USA)
     Prof. Sotiris Pratsinis (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
Track 3: Particulate Handling/Processing and Granular Systems 
     Dr. Ray Cocco (Dow Chemical Co., USA)
     Prof. Ugur Tuzun (Univ of Surrey, United Kingdom)
Track 4: Fluidization and Multiphase Flow/Separations 
     Prof. Hamid Arastoopour (Illinois Inst. of Technology, USA)
     Prof. Raffaella Ocone (Heriot-Watt Univ., United Kingdom)
Track 5: Particle Technology Education 
     Prof. Martin Rhodes (Monash Univ., Australia)
     Prof. Jennifer Sinclair (Univ. of Florida - Gainesville, USA)

Facility and Support Arrangements

The American Institute of Chemical Engineers is handling the arrangements for
hotel, meeting room, and exhibition hall facilities;
Web server for abstract submission, review, and scheduling;
participant registration; and meeting materials.

AIChE Staff Contact: Jeff Wood (Meetings Director)
    Email: jeffw@aiche.org
    Phone: (212)-591-7450
Treasurer: Prof. Alan Weimer (Univ. Colorado, Boulder)
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Social Program Chair: Prof. Christine Hrenya (Univ. Colorado, Boulder)
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Program Advisory Panel

The World Assembly provides a panel of advisors from Europe, Africa,
Asia, and the Pacific to give advice on the selection of topics and
to make recommendations for plenary speakers and technical session staff:

Peter Arnold
Timothy Bell
Arthur Boxman
Jennifer S. Curtis
Rajesh Dave
Clive Davies
Reg Davies
John Dodds
Gisle Enstad
L.S. Fan
Hermann J. Feise
Leon Glicksman
Pierre Guigon
Janos Gyenis
Ko Higashitani
Masa Horio 		Melany Hunt
Karl Jacob
Kerry Johanson
Mark Jones
Haim Kalman
Karsten Keller
D.J. Lee
Jinghai Li
Jim Litster
Joseph McCarthy
Paul Mort
Brij Moudgil
Masami Nakagawa
Rafella Ocone
Robert Peiffer
B. Pitchumani 		Roger Place
Sotiris Pratsinis
Judy Raper
Martin Rhodes
Alan Roberts
Anthony Rosato
Joerg Schwedes
Gabriel Tardos
Colin Thornton
Richard Turton
Joachim Werther
Richard Williams
Karl-Ernst Wirth
Peter Wypych
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