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PRESENT POSITION . . .
Dr. Shorthouse currently
serves ZEI, Inc., as Manager of Advanced Technology Applications and is responsible for
its application to new and unusual problems facing the utilities, manufacturing and energy
conversion industries.
EXPERIENCE SUMMARY . . .
Dr. Shorthouse has over
twenty-five years of professional experience in mechanical, chemical and the power
industries. He has headed the research and development of several high-tech companies both
in the United States and abroad, being responsible for both the fundamental research and
the application to current problems. The topics have included paints, polymers and
membranes in the chemical field; and machine design, operation and performance improvement
of mechanical and electronic, and electromechanical devices in system engineering. As a
contractual consultant, he developed methods for boiler cleaning, combustion efficiency
and turbine blade erosion for various electrical utilities, was start-up engineer for
fluidized bed boilers and principle advisor on the reclamation and pollution control of
industrial oils for both OEMS and users.
Dr. Shorthouse has been on the academic
staff of various universities in both the United States and United Kingdom, and retains
his position as adjunct professor of Chemical Engineering at Wayne State University.
RELATED EXPERIENCE . . .
Taught thermodynamics and fluids for the
Professional Engineers examination.
Wrote students guide, instructors manual and set examination for S.M.E.
Kepner Tregoe instructor.
EDUCATION . . .
BS, Chemistry, London University
DLC, Chemistry, Loughborough University
MS, DIC, Chemical Engineering, Imperial College
BS, Mathematics, Leicester, London University
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Cambridge University
PROFESSIONAL
AFFILIATIONS . . .
Pro-tem President of the Filtration
Society (Great Lakes)
Past Member of Bio-tech Committee of Michigan Technical Council
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Royal Institute of Chemistry (United Kingdom)
The Institute of Chemical Engineers (United Kingdom)
PUBLIC SERVICE . . .
Chairman, Energy Subcommittee of House of
Lords
Commission on Environment
Principal Engineering Witness at the Windscale Inquiry into Nuclear Materials Reprocessing
Plant
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS . . .
Fifty papers and patents; chemical
engineering, power engineering and boiler chemistry.
Recent Papers and/or
Problems Solved:
CHEMISTRY:
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Thermo-set
resins and adhesives. |
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Curing systems
for epoxy adhesives and surface coatings (paint). |
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Modified the
formulation for emulsion polymerization of synthetic rubbers (SBR). |
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Surface
chemistry of foam and froth stabilization. |
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Chemical removal
of stains and dye-stuff. |
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Controlled air
oxidation of polymers. |
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Controlled flame
catalysis and the reaction mechanism. |
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SO2
capture by limestone, redox reactions and electrochemical cells. |
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Thermodynamic
calculations. |
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Radiation
enhanced reactions of CO2 and graphite. |
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Public
presentations to Michigan Technical Council. |
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING:
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Extractive
distillation of isoprene from a C5 cut. |
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Batch reactor
kinetics. |
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Fluidized bed
reactors and combustion. |
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Fluid flow
investigation and the structure of turbulence. |
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Chemical
cleaning of utility boilers. |
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Turbine blade
erosion. |
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Non-Newtonian
flow. |
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Formulation and
production of membranes. |
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Designed, built
and commissioned a large drying plant. |
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Solved
production problems of a large anodizing plant. |
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PHYSICS AND MATHEMATICS:
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Non-Newtonian
flow and the structure of polymer melts. |
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The rheology of
blood and synovial fluids. |
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Mathematical
models for radiation patterns in conventional boilers. |
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Mathematical
model of pore structure in membranes. |
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Presented
numerous papers at conferences in the United Kingdom, Europe, the United States and Japan. |
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ENGINEERING:
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Manager of
Design Study Group (United Kingdom); design, design study, feasibility, prototypes,
drafting, evaluation, litigation, testing and laboratory development. |
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Consultancies in
the United Kingdom: |
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International
Synthetic Rubber Company, 1967-1969 |
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Kestrel
Chemicals, 1967-1969 |
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Ricket and
Coleman, 1971-1973 |
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Imperial
Chemical Industries (General Chemicals Division), 1973 |
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Daniel
Doncaster, Ltd., 1970-1973 |
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Scarpa-Pollitt,
1970 |
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Readson
Corporation, 1971-1973 |
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Daryl
Industries, 1970-1975 |
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Fillite, Ltd.,
1970-1975 |
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Ministry of
Health and Social Security (forward-looking technical committee on internal and external
artificial organs) |
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Granada
Television, United Kingdom, Technical Consultant on News Items |
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MANAGEMENT:
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Co-author of
two-volume book (McGraw-Hill) on management organization development and management
styles. |
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Author (in
preparation) of book on engineering and management decision-making (Prentice-Hall). |
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Special Lecturer
for Manchester Business School. |
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Director of
Research for Exxon's Higher Education Management Institute. |
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Visiting
Professor of Management of Education at Wayne State University. |
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Visiting
Professor of Management of Industry at Eastern Michigan University. |
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Presented paper,
"At a Distance Training of Managers," at World Management Congress, Caracas,
Venezuela, 1976. |
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Presented three
seminars (Management Training and Organization Development) at AIDB, World Bank,
Washington, D.C., 1976. |
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TEACHING:
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Head of British
Open Universities Office, Washington, D.C., 1975-1977 |
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Adjunct
Professor of Chemical Engineering at Wayne State University |
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Visiting
Professor of Technology at Eastern Michigan University |
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Chairman,
Industrial Liaison Group, United Kingdom |
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Staff Tutor,
British Open University for Northwest England and Northern Ireland |
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