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JOHN P. GOOCH, Ph.D
Technology Consultant

6636 Maryknoll Circle
Mobile, AL 36695
(251) 665-4393
JGooch1005@aol.com

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

Almost my entire professional career was spent in technical and administrative positions at Southern Research Institute (SRI) in Birmingham, AL. The Institute is a not-for-profit contract research organization, which specializes in research and development in the life sciences, and in the engineering, environmental, and energy disciplines. My area of expertise is air pollution control technology for coal-fired power plants. I joined the technical staff of SRI in September of 1964, and, with the exception of a 2.5-year absence to earn my Ph.D. in chemical engineering; I was employed there until my retirement in July of 2003. The following tabulation gives a listing of my education and professional positions.

EDUCATION

University of Alabama Chemical Engineering, Ph.D., 1971
Auburn University Chemical Engineering, M.S., 1964
Auburn University Chemical Engineering, B.S., 1963

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

Consultant 2003-present

Southern Research Institute, Birmingham, AL
Distinguished Engineer, Environment & Energy Division 1997-2003
Vice President, Environmental Division 1993-1996 Director, Environmental Sciences Research Department 1990-1993
Associate Director, Environmental Sciences Research Department 1984-1990
Head, Control Device Research Division 1977-1984
Head, Control Device Research Section 1974-1977
Research Chemical Engineer 1971-1974
Associate Chemical Engineer 1970-1971
Associate Chemical Engineer 1964-1968

HONORS

Distinguished Engineering Fellow, University of Alabama, College of Engineering (1992)
International Fellow in Electrostatic Precipitation by the International Committee on Electrostatic Precipitator Technology (1987)
Chemical Engineering Outstanding Fellow by Chemical Engineering Department of the University of Alabama (1987)
Tau Beta Pi Outstanding Scholar Award in Chemical Engineering (1963)

 

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