ILASS BOARD BIOGRAPHIES: CHARLES LIPP

Mr. Charles Lipp joined ILASS in 1987 and has served on the Board of Directors since 2003. Chuck’s initial interest was to solve a coal-water slurry atomization scale-up problem for coal gasification. He quickly realized the value ILASS meetings provided was a multidisciplinary approach to spray measurements and modeling. The meetings provided opportunities to develop relationships with many people in the broad technical community focused on atomization and sprays. These interactions inspired a desire for a greater depth application spray science and technology which focused his research and career. He frequently presents papers highlighting aspects of his research. Opportunities to discuss diverse and innovative applications of sprays is what brings him back year after year to the ILASS meeting.

Chuck is a Principal Consultant at Lake Innovation, LLC which provides technical consulting services in the areas of spray technology, process mixing and TRIZ (systematic innovation). His diverse technical interests include atomization, spray technology, cavitation and multiphase flows with application to chemical and plastics manufacturing processes. Until recently, he was a technical leader in the Engineering and Process Sciences: Fluid Mechanics and Mixing group of the Dow Chemical Company. His 35 year career at Dow included work on numerous process applications of spray and atomization technology and coal gasification slurry atomization. He has lead projects developing and scaling-up of manufacturing process technology which resulted in over 15 US patents. Charles edited the Sprays article in the Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, 5th edition and authored several peer-reviewed journal articles. He is an active member of AIChE. His BS degree in chemical engineering from Iowa State University was the foundation for his expertise development.

Charles W. Lipp
Member-at-Large
chuck@lakeInnovation.com

BOARD BIOGRAHIES