Philadelphia, PA USA
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Tuesday, October 2
Filter Media Training Course
8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Instructor: Behnam Pourdeyhimi, William A. Klopman Distinguished Professor, And Executive Director, North Carolina State University, The Nonwovens Institute
Separate Fee Required. For more information see our Filter Media Training Course page »
Welcome
10:30 am - 10:35 am
Moderator: Dave Rousse, President, INDA, Association of The Nonwoven Fabrics Industry
A New Generation of Fine Fiber Processing for Filtration
10:35 am - 12:05 pm
Moderator: Dave Rousse, President, INDA, Association of The Nonwoven Fabrics Industry
Advanced Meltblowing
Tom Daugherty, Deputy Director/Operations Director, The Nonwovens Institute
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Challenges for Submicron Meltblown: A Computational Study of the Inherent Jet Instabilities within the Nozzle and the Impact on Filament Formation
Bryan Haynes, Ph.D., Senior Technical Director, Global Nonwovens, Kimberly-Clark Corporation
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Solution Blowing: Biopolymer-derived Nanofibers, Self-healing Nano-textured Vascular Composites and Their Applications
Alexander Yarin, Distinguished Professor, University Of Illinois At Chicago
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Electrospun Filter Media for Gas and Liquid Filtration
Jakub Hrůza, Ph.D., Professor, Technical University of Liberec
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Stanislav Petrik, Director, Technical University of Liberec
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Lunch (On Your Own)
12:05 pm - 2:00 pm
The Continuing Debate: ASHRAE 52.2 vs ISO 16890
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Moderator: Robert Burkhead, President, Blue Heaven Technologies
Update on ASHRAE 52.2
Kathleen Owen, Consulting Engineer, Owen Air Filtration Consulting, LLC
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ISO 16890
Don Thornburg, R&D Manager, HVAC/HPP Product Group, Camfil Americas
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IAQ: Advanced Through Sensors & Standards
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Moderator: Brian Little, Sr. Vice-President Sales and Marketing, Bondex Inc.
Smart HVAC Filters
Michael Meis, Lead Research Specialist, 3M
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The WELL Building Standard: Rating a Building’s Performance, Design, and Operations
Nathan Stodola, Chief Engineer, International WELL Building Institute
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Coffee & Networking Break
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Advances in Filter Media
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Moderator: Morris Collins, Member Relations Director, INDA
Pore Size Characterization with PMI Online Bubble Tester and PMI Cartridge Porometer
Krishna Gupta, Ph.D., President, Porous Material Inc.
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Cellulose Filaments: A New Raw Material for Wetlaid Filter Media
Francois Drolet, Scientist, FPInnovations
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Wednesday, October 3
Filter Media Training Course
8:00 am - 10:30 am
Instructor: Behnam Pourdeyhimi, William A. Klopman Distinguished Professor, And Executive Director, North Carolina State University, The Nonwovens Institute
Separate Fee Required. For more information see our Filter Media Training Course page »
Filtration® Exposition
10:30 am - 5:30 pm
Industry Reception
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Thursday, October 4
Filtration® Exposition
10:30 am - 3:00 pm
