Charles W. Lipp
`Chemical Engineer
`Curriculum Vitae
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`Principal Consultant and CEO, Lake Innovation LLC, an
`independent consulting company specializing in complex fluid
`mechanics (www.lakeinnovation.com)
`2008 to present
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`Identified solution to a problem that was unsolved during 15
`years of efforts to resolve
` Economic impact over $5 million/year
`• Spray Dryer problem solving to increase capacity
`• Spray Technology development for alternative energy
`companies –Spray nozzle selection and atomizer design
`• Wrote and published - Practical Spray Technology:
`fundamentals and practice, 2012, a 250 page book
`• Developed proprietary jet mixing time correlation for storage
`tanks
`• Process development with a Non Governmental Organization
`to produce magnesium chemicals from salt farming bitterns.
`Designed, built, and operated pilot plant in Bangladesh
`• Teach Atomization and Spray Technology short course for
`University of Wisconsin Center for Professional Development
`• Production of E-Learning modules for client engineering
`training
`• Expert witness in patent litigation with expert report based
`on testing performed
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`The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, Michigan; Plaquemine,
`Louisiana; and Freeport, Texas. Various R & D organizations
`1973 to 2008
`• Developed and implemented commercial coal-water
`slurry atomizer for a coal gasification process.
`• Solved manufacturing problems with process mixing science:
`numerous applications of atomization, static mixers, two
`phase flows and turbulence fundamentals
`• Developed key control technologies that resulted in a
`reduction in emissions from incineration and thermal
`treatment systems
`Lead teams in applying systematic inventive problem
`solving to identify and optimize solutions
`Lead the development and delivery of a fundamentals of
`process mixing workshop
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`Education:
`BS Chemical Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
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`Areas of Expertise
`Mixing science and
`technology -- Process
`applications of agitation, in-
`line (static mixers), and
`tank jet mixing
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`Spray science and
`technology -- Process
`applications of atomization
`and sprays
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`Spray nozzle selection and
`atomizer design
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`Experimental design --
`laboratory to manufacturing
`plant
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`Modeling – Spreadsheet
`design tool development,
`Excel VBA, and MATLAB
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`Inventor or co-inventor of
`18 plus patents
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`Inventive problem solving
`including TRIZ and
`Systematic innovation
`methodologies
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`Developing and producing
`media-rich E-Learning
`content
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`Professional Affiliations
`Institute for Liquid Atomization
`and Spray systems (ILASS
`Americas) member and board
`of directors and corporate
`secretary.
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`AIChE member
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`Contact Information
`206 Flag Drive West
`Lake Jackson, Texas 77566
`979-266-9419
`979-418-1377 (cell)
`cwlipp@gmail.com
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