Jenike & Johanson, Tyngsboro, MA, reports that its president Dr John Carson has received AIChE’s (American Institute of Chemical Engineers) 2015 PTF (Particle Technology Forum) award. This is in recognition of a forum member's lifetime outstanding scientific/technical contributions to the field of particle technology, as well as leadership in promoting scholarship, research, development, or education in this field. In 1970 he joined Jenike & Johanson, a world-renowned engineering consulting firm specialising in the storage, flow and processing of powder and bulk solids, having earlier received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Northeastern University in Boston and a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). An author of more than 140 articles on various topics dealing with solids flow, including bin and feeder design, flow of fine powders, design of purge vessels, and structural failures of silos, he also lectures extensively on these and related topics.

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