Martha Salcudean, UBC Professor and PSL President, B. Eng., Ph.D., Honorary Doctorate (Ottawa), P. Eng., Weyerhaeuser Industrial Research Chair in Computational Fluid Dynamics, Fellow C.S.M.E., F.C.A.A., F.R.S.C., Member A.S.M.E. Tel: (604) 822-2732; Cell: (604) 970- 7278; e-mail: msal@psl.bc.ca
Dr. Salcudean has an extensive career as a professor specializing in industrial flow modelling. She has published extensively in the area of heat transfer, fluid flow, and the modelling of transport phenomena in industrial processes. Her work is aimed at improving industrial processes, particularly in the pulp and paper industry. Together with research collaborators, she has developed computer codes to model industrial process equipment including recovery boilers, bark boilers, headboxes, digesters, hydocylones, and lime kilns. These models have been applied extensively for many industrial partners including CANFOR, Georgia-Pacific Corp., Weyerhaeuser, and Kvaerner. Dr. Salcudean co-founded PSL to apply the process models to the industry and currently serves as its president. Her awards include the Commemorative Medal for the 125th Anniversary of Canadian Confederation, the Engineering Institute of Canada's Julian C. Smith Medal, and the National Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Prize in Engineering.
Dave Stropky, PSL Vice President R&D, B.A.Sc., Ma.Sc., Ph.D., P. Eng., TAPPI Member, Tel: (604) 822-4298
Dr. Stropky has extensive experience in the mathematical modeling of physical processes with application to visual simulation. Prior to joining the PSL R&D department, Dave was a manager of R&D at ATS Aerospace, a Montreal based company specializing in the development of real-time virtual reality simulators for the aerospace industry. Dr. Stropky currently manages the development and application of new process models, particle dynamics models, and a framework of associated support code including grid generation and application automation. He also leads the development of a new generation of virtual reality process viewers for industrial equipment.
Jerry Yuan, PSL Power and Recovery Manager, B.A.Sc., Ma.Sc., Ph.D. Tel: (604) 822-1245
Dr. Yuan background is in the mathematical modeling of combustion processes in the utility boilers, industrial power boiler, and recovery boilers. He has an extensive background in the modeling and application of process modeling for coal, oil, natural gas, black liquor, and biomass. Dr. Yuan's recent work includes developing improved burners that achieve reduced emissions (NOx, CO, VOC), substantially improving boiler efficiency and operation, and addressing corrosion problems. He also is developing the next generation of process models to predict fuel gasification: biomass, black liquor, and bark chips.