Associate Professor
Audubon Sugar Institute
Louisiana State University
United States of America
Over 40 years sugar, ethanol and sugar by-products experience. Holds a B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering. Registered Professional Engineer in Louisiana. Chief Process Design Engineer and Process Specialist for Schaffer & Associates for past 33 years. Developed computerized Material and Energy programs for the sugar and process industries that facilitate the design of plants and the analysis of factory operation and laboratory reports. Part time Associate Professor Sugar Technology at Audubon Sugar Institute, Louisiana State University. Formerly, process Manager in sugar factories and ethanol facilities in Guyana and USA. Member and past president of the American Society of Sugarcane Technologists and the author of over 50 publications.
Material & Energy Balances, and Process Design for sugar factories, sugar refineries, alcohol distilleries, and chemical plants. Air quality calculations. Engineering for new cane sugar mills, cane sugar refineries and sugar facility expansions.