Petrochemistry and Chemical Engineering

Joseph D Smith has a PhD in Chemical Engineering with 25 years experience in the Chemical and Petrochemical Industries. He has published over 40 papers, has given more than 80 conference papers and holds eight patents. He contributed two chapters to the John Zink Combustion Handbook and published one chapter in the Industrial Burner Handbook. He serves as an expert witness for Flare Performance and Hydrocarbon Processing. He has developed and applied comprehensive CFD models for optimization of industrial scale combustion equipment. He has founded and led startup companies that provide engineering services for the petrochemical and fossil energy industries and most recently focused on developing advanced sensor technology to quantify flare performance. He has worked for several companies including Dow Chemical, Cabot Corporation and Koch Industries and currently holds the Laufer Energy Chair at Missouri University of Science and Technology (formally Missouri Rolla).