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$USD 350
$USD 175 (Member Only)
Course Objectives:
Nanofibers have rapidly grown in the global filtration market for advanced filter product design in air and liquid applications, such as engine intake, gas turbines, industrial dust removal, fuel filtration, personal protection, etc. In this course, we will review the principles of why nanofibers can be so effective in enhancing filtration performance and the methods used in the industry to produce various nanofibers; then, we will discuss how to structure the nanofibers in your filter media and desing your nanofiber filter product design. The panel experts will discuss new developments, opportunities, and trends of nanofiber filtration market.
1. Introduction and Review
What are nanofibers
Why Nanofibers
Nanofiber applications in filtration
2. Methods to produce nanofibers
Electrospinning
Meltblowing
Forcespinning
Electroblown
Fiber splitting
Shear spinning
Solution blowing
Fibrillation
2. Nanofiber Filter Media Structure
On the top
Mixed blend
Sandwiched
Laminated
Gradient depth structure
Nanofiber/particle composite
Stand-alone
3. Design Different Nanofiber Filters
Industrial dust removal
Applications in transportation
Gas turbine air intake
New nanofiber facemasks for PPE
Others
4. New Developments, Opportunities, and Trends (Panel discussion)
Instructor Biography
Dr. Christine Sun
Instructor
Dr. Christine Sun, President of Waterloo Filtration Institute, is a renowned technical and market expert in the global filtration industry. With over 30 years of experience in both academia and the industry, she has an in-depth knowledge of filtration, and extensive hands-on expertise in product development, with over 100 technical publications and patents. She is also actively involved in many air/liquid filter standard test developments.
Dr. Sun received her Ph.D. from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, and her Executive Certificate from Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management. From 2004 to 2011, Dr. Sun worked for Freudenberg Filtration Technologies as the R&D manager and Technology Director for Donaldson 2011-2013. She was the AFS Chair from 2016 to 2017 and received the AFS Fellow Award in 2019, Sr. Scientist Award in 2012, and the best paper award from INDA in 2008. She is also an editorial board member for Textile Research Journal and Journal of Industrial Textiles.
Dr. Sun is also recognized as "a brilliantly articulate and lively instructor who is skilled in guiding filter media professionals through the complexities of the air, liquid, and nanotechnology markets." Over the years, she has developed many unique professional courses to promote the global filtration industry for a clean, healthy, and sustainable world, such as "Nanofiber Technologies in Filtration" (AFS, 2013-2019), "Filter Media Training Course" (INDA, 2014-2017), "Liquid Filtration Tutorial" (INDA 2013), "Air Filtration Market, Technologies and Trends" (AFS, 2015-2019), "Filter Media Market and Technologies" (WFC12, 2016), "Filter Media Technologies" (AFS, 2015-2019), and "Facemask Media Technologies (AFS 2020). 'The add addition of INDA's Nonwoven Filter Media Training Course was tremendously received' as Dave Rousse, INDA's Past President, said after Dr. Sun's course at Filtration 2014.
Dr. Bryan D. Haynes
Panelist
Dr. Bryan D. Haynes is a Senior Technical Director - Global Nonwovens at Kimberly-Clark Corporation, USA. He has 35+ years experience in Meltblown technology, 29+ years experience in “the other” nonwoven technologies, 44 US Patents and 16 Kimberly-Clark Trade Secrets.
Dr. Haynes is a Recipient of the INDA Lifetime Technical Achievement Award, Society of Women Engineers Rodney D. ChippMemorial Award, and the Kimberly-Clark Technical Excellence Award. He is the co-chair for upcoming WFI 2022 Annual Conference, and the member of several boards including: INDA Board of Directors, Vice Chair of Planning, Materials Science and Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology; Chemical, Materials and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Georgia; and the Nonwovens Institute at N.C. State University. He also serves on the Board of Directors as Secretary for Georgia FIRST which is a non-profit organization that supports STEM programs in Georgia.
Dr. Haynes has a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, M.S.and B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA.
Dr. Gajanan S. Bhat
Panelist
Dr. Bhat is a Georgia Athletic Association Professor of Fibers and Textiles, Head of Department of Textiles, Merchandising and Interiors ,University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
After earning his Ph.D. from Georgia Tech in textile and polymer engineering, Dr. Bhat joined the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK) in August 1990, where his research covered nonwovens - melt blown, spunbonded and biodegradable, plastics recycling, nanotechnology, sustainable materials, and high performance fibers. As the director of UTNRL he demonstrated successful production of nanofibers from thermoplastic polymers by meltblowing. In July 2016, he joined UGA as the Head of the Textiles and Merchandising and Interiors (TMI) department. Dr. Bhat has published more than 200 research papers, has three US Patents and has made more than 250 national or international presentations. He has served as the president of the Fiber Society and is also an active member of INDA, TAPPI and the Textile Institute. Some of the awards/recognitions he has received include:
Outstanding Young Engineering Alumni by Georgia Tech (1996)
Distinguished Achievement Award from the Fiber Society (1999)
Fellow of the Textile Institute (2005)
TechniTex India Research Achievement Award (2008)
TAPPI NET division Technical Achievement Award (2014).
In addition to conducting research in the area of nonwovens since 1984, Dr. Bhat has taught nonwoven courses at UTK, and was involved in developing and teaching the introductory nonwovens training course with INDA. He has also been part of the nonwovens tutorial and INTC and TAPPI NET conferences. In addition to being part of the Textile and Nonwovens Development Center (TANDEC) conference for several years, he has served as session chair and organizing committee member of several TAPPI and INDA technical conferences. Many of his former students are working in reputed nonwoven companies as well. He has been working with many nonwoven companies in product development and solving problems.
Nanofibers in Filtration
June 20, 2023, Tuesday
8:00am-10:00am, ET Canada & US
$USD 350
$USD 175 (Member Only)
Course Objectives:
Nanofibers have rapidly grown in the global filtration market for advanced filter product design in air and liquid applications, such as engine intake, gas turbines, industrial dust removal, fuel filtration, personal protection, etc. In this course, we will review the principles of why nanofibers can be so effective in enhancing filtration performance and the methods used in the industry to produce various nanofibers; then, we will discuss how to structure the nanofibers in your filter media and desing your nanofiber filter product design. The panel experts will discuss new developments, opportunities, and trends of nanofiber filtration market.
Course Outline:
1. Introduction and Review
What are nanofibers
Why Nanofibers
Nanofiber applications in filtration
2. Methods to produce nanofibers
Electrospinning
Meltblowing
Forcespinning
Electroblown
Fiber splitting
Shear spinning
Solution blowing
Fibrillation
2. Nanofiber Filter Media Structure
On the top
Mixed blend
Sandwiched
Laminated
Gradient depth structure
Nanofiber/particle composite
Stand-alone
3. Design Different Nanofiber Filters
Industrial dust removal
Applications in transportation
Gas turbine air intake
New nanofiber facemasks for PPE
Others
4. New Developments, Opportunities, and Trends (Panel discussion)
Instructor Biography
Dr. Christine Sun
Instructor
Dr. Christine Sun, President of Waterloo Filtration Institute, is a renowned technical and market expert in the global filtration industry. With over 30 years of experience in both academia and the industry, she has an in-depth knowledge of filtration, and extensive hands-on expertise in product development, with over 100 technical publications and patents. She is also actively involved in many air/liquid filter standard test developments.
Dr. Sun received her Ph.D. from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, and her Executive Certificate from Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management. From 2004 to 2011, Dr. Sun worked for Freudenberg Filtration Technologies as the R&D manager and Technology Director for Donaldson 2011-2013. She was the AFS Chair from 2016 to 2017 and received the AFS Fellow Award in 2019, Sr. Scientist Award in 2012, and the best paper award from INDA in 2008. She is also an editorial board member for Textile Research Journal and Journal of Industrial Textiles.
Dr. Sun is also recognized as "a brilliantly articulate and lively instructor who is skilled in guiding filter media professionals through the complexities of the air, liquid, and nanotechnology markets." Over the years, she has developed many unique professional courses to promote the global filtration industry for a clean, healthy, and sustainable world, such as "Nanofiber Technologies in Filtration" (AFS, 2013-2019), "Filter Media Training Course" (INDA, 2014-2017), "Liquid Filtration Tutorial" (INDA 2013), "Air Filtration Market, Technologies and Trends" (AFS, 2015-2019), "Filter Media Market and Technologies" (WFC12, 2016), "Filter Media Technologies" (AFS, 2015-2019), and "Facemask Media Technologies (AFS 2020). 'The add addition of INDA's Nonwoven Filter Media Training Course was tremendously received' as Dave Rousse, INDA's Past President, said after Dr. Sun's course at Filtration 2014.
Dr. Bryan D. Haynes
Panelist
Dr. Bryan D. Haynes is a Senior Technical Director - Global Nonwovens at Kimberly-Clark Corporation, USA. He has 35+ years experience in Meltblown technology, 29+ years experience in “the other” nonwoven technologies, 44 US Patents and 16 Kimberly-Clark Trade Secrets.
Dr. Haynes is a Recipient of the INDA Lifetime Technical Achievement Award, Society of Women Engineers Rodney D. ChippMemorial Award, and the Kimberly-Clark Technical Excellence Award. He is the co-chair for upcoming WFI 2022 Annual Conference, and the member of several boards including: INDA Board of Directors, Vice Chair of Planning, Materials Science and Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology; Chemical, Materials and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Georgia; and the Nonwovens Institute at N.C. State University. He also serves on the Board of Directors as Secretary for Georgia FIRST which is a non-profit organization that supports STEM programs in Georgia.
Dr. Haynes has a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, M.S.and B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA.
Dr. Gajanan S. Bhat
Panelist
Dr. Bhat is a Georgia Athletic Association Professor of Fibers and Textiles, Head of Department of Textiles, Merchandising and Interiors ,University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
After earning his Ph.D. from Georgia Tech in textile and polymer engineering, Dr. Bhat joined the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK) in August 1990, where his research covered nonwovens - melt blown, spunbonded and biodegradable, plastics recycling, nanotechnology, sustainable materials, and high performance fibers. As the director of UTNRL he demonstrated successful production of nanofibers from thermoplastic polymers by meltblowing. In July 2016, he joined UGA as the Head of the Textiles and Merchandising and Interiors (TMI) department. Dr. Bhat has published more than 200 research papers, has three US Patents and has made more than 250 national or international presentations. He has served as the president of the Fiber Society and is also an active member of INDA, TAPPI and the Textile Institute. Some of the awards/recognitions he has received include:
Outstanding Young Engineering Alumni by Georgia Tech (1996)
Distinguished Achievement Award from the Fiber Society (1999)
Fellow of the Textile Institute (2005)
TechniTex India Research Achievement Award (2008)
TAPPI NET division Technical Achievement Award (2014).
In addition to conducting research in the area of nonwovens since 1984, Dr. Bhat has taught nonwoven courses at UTK, and was involved in developing and teaching the introductory nonwovens training course with INDA. He has also been part of the nonwovens tutorial and INTC and TAPPI NET conferences. In addition to being part of the Textile and Nonwovens Development Center (TANDEC) conference for several years, he has served as session chair and organizing committee member of several TAPPI and INDA technical conferences. Many of his former students are working in reputed nonwoven companies as well. He has been working with many nonwoven companies in product development and solving problems.
Panelists
Dr. Cédric Vallet is the Head of Product Management & Business Development – Filtration Division, at Ahlstrom (in France). He has 20 years of experience in Filtration; in R&D, then in Sales & Marketing. Expertise in filtration media manufacturing and various air & liquid applications. He led the Ahlstrom-Munksjö FiltEV® launch, a new platform of high-performance filtration materials for Electric Vehicles. He received his Ph.D. in 2006 from the University of Rennes (FR) and Engineering Master’s Degree in Chemistry, ENSCR, 2002.
Dr. Jayesh Doshi, Founder of eSpin Technologies, is a well-known leading expert in nanofiber research and production. He is the founder of Chattanooga, Tennessee-based eSpin Technologies. His nanofiber journey started in 1989 at the University of Akron, and over the past 30 years, he has been pursuing nanofiber technology development to commercialization. During his nanofiber journey, he has developed and scaled nanofiber production to convert media into products and technology demonstration. Dr. Doshi earned his doctoral degree in Polymer Sciences from the University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, USA.
Mr. Douglas Guimond, Chief Scientist, Hollingsworth & Vose Company, is a leading expert at Hollingsworth & Vose with 30+ years of experience developing composites, gradient density filter media, and Nanofiber media. In addition to product development, Doug has held leadership positions for H&V and has led several process developments supporting wet-laid and dry-laid media development for filtration and energy solutions. This includes several patents in the areas of gradient density filter media, wet-laid processes, and Nanofiber filter media. Doug has a BS in Chemical Engineering from Northeastern University, and before joining H&V previously worked as a Process Engineer for Morton Thiokol & Anomet Products.