AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

* Process Engineering

* Process Design

* Pilot and Microplants:
- - Design, Construction
- - Start-up, Operation
- - Data Analysis

* Research and Development

* Process Simulation

* Plant Problem Solving:
- - Process Engineering
- - Process Control
- - Corrosion
- - Polymerization
- - Energy Conservation
- - Environmental Control

* Project Engineering

* Project Management

Thomas A. Kenat, Ph. D., P. E.

QUALIFICATIONS:

* Over 30 years of hands-on problem solving experience, seven years in consulting.

* Registered Professional Engineer

* Professional Associations: AIChE, ACS, NSPE

* AIChE's Akron Section Chemical Engineer of the Year, 1999

* Secretary of AIChE Management Division

* Secretary of AIChE Entrepreneurial Forum

* Vice Chair of AIChE Public Relations Committee

* Publications in polymerization control, pilot plant design, and pulp and paper.

* Latest paper: Pilot Plant Design - Chemical Engineering Progress, Feb, 1999

EDUCATION:

* Carnegie Mellon University, Chemical Engineering, BS 1964 MS 1965 PhD 1968

* Dissertation - Control of Polymerization Reactions