Gregory S. Patience
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- School: Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal
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- Department: Chemical Engineering
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Montreal, QC - Dates at Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal: October 2009 - May 2018
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Biography
Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal - Chemical Engineering
Professor, Canada Research Chair in High Temperature, High Pressure Heterogeneous Catalysis
Higher Education
Gregory
Patience
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Consultant to the Chemical and related industries - new technology developent, commercialization, process economics, catalysis development
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Specialties: Heterogeneous laboratory - several $million investment
Broad experience in process development
English, French, Spanish (and some Italian)
Experience
Du Pont International, S.A. (Invista, DuPont Textiles & Interiors)
Laboratory Manager
DUPONT TEXTILES & INTERIORS/ INVISTA
Lab Manager, 2003- 2004
• Global Footwear Technology Lead.
• Technology lead for Films & Coatings
• Implemented ISO 9000: 2001.
LYCRA(r) - DuPont International, SA, Geneva
Research Associate Ready-to-Wear, 2000-2002
• Managed new product developments
• Implemented prove-out strategies
• Developed technical seminars and courses
DUPONT IBÉRICA, S.A., Spain
Senior Engineer, 1996-2000
• Process design
• On-line sampling, analysis, mass balance
• Instrumentation
• Radioactive tracer testing and hydrodynamic modelling
UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO, Spain
Visiting Scientist, 1996-2000
• Supervised doctoral theses, post-docs and undergraduate students
• Experimental programs: catalyst life, fluidization, kinetics
• Membrane reactor technology
E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & CO., DE
R&D Engineer, 1990-2000
• Pilot plant operations
• Catalyst development, kinetics and catalysis
• Catalyst manufacture/quality controlDuPont International, S.A.
Research Associte
Technical marketing and development (T&MD): New business development in films, leather, circular knit technical lead for Europe (Lycra(R)).
Co-invented two knit structures with Franck Saint-Joanis: Pique Meryinnoise - equal stretch in both directions (>100%) and the Patiencoise: resulting fabric has >700 % stretch
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
Senior Engineer
Support for the operation of a 10 million $ pilot plant. Lead for commercializing vanadium pyrophosphate catalyst.
École Polytechnique de Montréal
Professor, Canada Research Chair
High temperature, high pressure heterogeneous catalysis
DuPont Iberica
Research Associate
Maleic anhydride plant start-up. Liaison for Brite/Euram program for fluidized bed membrane reactors to partially oxidize n-butane to maleic anhydride. Visiting scientist at the University of Oviedo.
Education
University of Calgary
B.Sc.
Chemical Engineering
The University of Calgary
M.Sc.
Chemical Engineering
Publications
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Lists 194 publications
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