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Al Springer

Professor Emeritus

Paper & Chemical Engineering

E-MAIL ADDRESS: Sailor37 @aol.com

 

EDUCATION:

    Ph.D. - Institute of Paper Chemistry - 1972 - Chemical Engineering
    MS - Institute of Paper Chemistry - 1969
    BS - University of Wisconsin - 1966

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE:

  • Professor, Miami University, 1985-present
  • Associate Professor, Miami University, 1981-1985
  • Assistant Professor, Miami University, 1976-1980
  • Visiting Fulbright Lecturer, Dept of Hydraulics and Sanitary Engineering, University of San Paulo, 1985
  • Jabatan Sains Alam Sekitar University Pertanian Malaysia, 1979
  • Research Engineer, National Council of the Paper Industry for Air & Stream Improvement, Western Michigan University, 1972-1976

CONSULTING/PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

  • Battelle, Environmental Defense Fund
  • Procter & Gamble
  • Eastman-Kodak
  • Ethyl Corporation
  • Black-Clawson
  • Distributors Processing
  • Tripoli Consultants Ltd.
  • Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Research Chemical Engineer, 1968-1969
  • Technical Service Engineer, Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation, 1967
  • Project Engineer, Standard Oil of California, 1965
  • Laboratory Technician, Owens Illinois Paper Mill, 1964

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

  • Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry (TAPPI)
  • American Association of Environmental Engineering Professors (AEEP)

PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS:

  • Industrial Environmental Control: Pulp and Paper Industry, TAPPI Press 1993.
  • Electrochemical Removal of Color and Texirity from Bleached Kraft Affluents, TAPPI 78(12), 85-92 with V. Hart, T. Jarvis.
  • "Single Procedure for Measuring Drainage, Retention and Response to Vacuum of Pulp Slurrie," TAPPI, 67(4), 124-126, with T. Wegner and S. Chandrasekaran, 1984.
  • "Contaminants Versus Retention Aids," Southern Pulp and Paper, 47(3), 21-25, with J. Boylan and W. McMahon, 1984.
  • "Optimization of a Waste Water Treatment Plant by the Employee Involvement Optimization System (EIOS)," Journal Water Pollution Control Federation, with R. Schaefer and M. Profitt, 1984.


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