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Fiber and Polymer Science Specialist, Paper Science and Engineering Expert, Pulp, Printing, and Paper Consultant, Research and Development Consultant, Quality and Process Control Consultant, Expert, Engineering Consulting Services
Expertise in paper, printing science and engineering, chemical engineering, process control, quality control, paper pulp bleaching processes, chemical characterization of pulps, and paper and printing industry research.

This KKAI associate has consulted extensively relative to the pulp and paper industries on subjects including sulfur free pulping and chlorine free bleaching, scientific methods (design and analysis of experiments), modeling of dryers for condensate load calculation, telephone book recycling, quality improvement, statistical process and quality control, on steam explosion of recycled fibers for deinking, the use of chelants, soda pulping of hard and softwoods, deinking, alkaline sizing and refiner control systems, and steel interleaving papers.

This consultant has conducted extensive research on subjects including the effect of boric acid and sodium borate on color reversion of lignin containing pulps, hydrogen production from biomass, use of borate autocausticizing to supplement lime kiln and causticizing, effect of borate in black liquor on boiling point rise, semi-chemical pulping with borax, use of borax and boric acid to inhibit photoyellowing, borax in papermaking in the presence of fillers and alkaline sizing agents, borax in recycled papers, borax as a stock additive, borax in refiner bleaching of high yield pulps, kenaf fibril angle for optimizing stretch, the effect of hot storage on high yield pulp, alternate models of centrifugal cleaners for the paper industry, utilization of nonwood fibers in the production of absorbent products, effect of using hemicellulase and oxidase consecutively as pre-bleaching agents for kraft pulp, evaluation of alternate chlorine free bleaching sequences, effect of precalendering on surface and printing properties of coated and supercalendered sheets, deinking of recycled pulp by crossflow filtration, flotation variables in deinking of xerographic toners, sodium carbonate pulping of kenaf for corrugating medium, and many others

PRINCIPAL INDUSTRIES SERVED
Paper, Printing, Pulp

EDUCATION
Ph.D., Fiber and Polymer Science, University of Washington, Seattle
M.S., Paper Science and Engineering, SUNY, Syracuse, NY
P.G. Diploma, Statistical Quality Control and Operations Research, Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta
B.Tech., Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India
B.S., Chemistry, Madras, India

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Consultant, Kevin Kennedy & Associates, Inc.

Providing expertise in fiber and polymer science, paper science and engineering, pulp, printing, and paper, research and development, quality and process control, and related expertise to a wide variety of clients.

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Professor, Department of Paper and Printing Science and Engineering (PPS&E)

Gordon H. Sindecuse Professor, Paper and Printing Science and Engineering

Honorary Associate Professor, University of Quebec at Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada

Associate Professor (Tenured), Paper and Printing Science and Engineering, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI

Assistant Professor (Tenure track), Paper and Printing Science and Engineering, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI

Chemical Engineering Department, The University of Alabama, University (Tuscaloosa), AL

Post Doctoral Research Associate and Temporary Graduate Faculty Member

Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant, College of Forestry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Graduate Research Assistant, SUNY, Syracuse, NY

Superintendent, Process Control, The West Coast Paper Mills Ltd., Dandeli (N.K.), Karnataka, India

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

Superintendent, Quality Control, The West Coast Paper Mills Ltd.

Project Engineer, Indravati Paper Mills Ltd., Bastar District, Madhya Pradesh, India

Quality Control Chemical Engineer, The West Coast Paper Mills Ltd.

PUBLICATIONS
Holds two patents related to paper pulp bleaching processes. Author of numerous presentations, seminars, lectures, and publications on topics including Chemical Characterization of Birch, Maple, and Spruce Kraft and Kraft-Borate Pulps, Chemical Pulping, Lateral Migration and Rotational Motion of Elliptic particles in Planar Poiseuille Flows, High Yield Pulping of Kenaf for Corrugating Medium, Lateral Migration and Orientation of Elliptical Particles in Poiseuille Flows, Study of Fibril Angle in Kenaf Fibers, Selective Adsorption: A New Approach to Cellulose Protection During Bleaching, Dynamic Behavior of Elliptical Particles in a pressure driven Flow, The Effect of Repeated Drying and Wetting on Single Fiber Flexibility, Selective Adsorption: A New Approach to Cellulose Protection During Bleaching, Effect of Borate and boric Acid on Brightness Reversion of Lignin Containing Pulps, Use of Boron Compounds to Reduce Photoyellowing of high Yield Pulps, Effect of Solids Level and Coating Speed on Surface Profile in Wire-wound Rod Coating, Effect of Multiple Recycles on Wheat Straw Fibers, Effect of Precalendering on the Surface and Printing Properties of Coated Paper, Effect of Borate on Semi-Chemical Pulping, Effect of Solids and Coating Speed on Wire Patterns in Rod Coating, Color Stripping of Wood Free Paper Using Ozone, Prediction of Paper Color: A Process Simulation Approach, Effect of Refining on Optical Properties of Softwood Thermo and Chemi thermomechanical Pulps, Application of Statistical Experimental Design in Optimizing Straw Pulping conditions for Corrugating Medium, Effect of Black Liquor Circulation on Kraft and Soda (AQ) Pulp Quality, Application of Response Surface Methodology for the Maximization of Concora Crush Resistance of Paperboard, Optimization of Carbonate-Caustic Pulping of Wheat Straw with Respect to Concora Crush Resistance and STFI compressive Strength of Corrugating Medium, Survey Examines Factors Affecting Brightness of Mechanical Pulps, Application of Statistical Experimental Design in Optimizing Straw Pulping Conditions for Corrugating Medium, Effect of Black Liquor Circulation on Kraft and Soda (AQ) Pulp Quality, Optimization of Caustic-Carbonate Pulping of Wheat Straw for Corrugating Medium, Factors Affecting Brightness of Mechanical Pulps, Pulp and Paper Process Design computer Simulation Modules, Ethanol from Southern Hardwoods - The Role of Presulfonation in the Acid Hydrolysis Process, Organosolv Delignification of Southern Pine - An Alternative Pulping Process, Chemicals From Wood: Prehydrolysis/Organosolv Methods, Organosolv Delignification of Southern Pine - An Alternative Pulping Process, Chemical Modification of Refining Rates, Selectivity of Organosolv Delignification of Southern Woody Biomass Stalks, Ethanol from Southern Hardwoods - Organosolv Treatment Alternatives, Ozone Bleaching of Oxygen Pulp, Ozone Bleaching of Soda-AQ-Oxygen Pulp from Loblolly Pine, and others.

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