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The following provides biographical information for:

• Mr. Jacob Katz
• Mr. Thomas R. Keeler

Mr. Katz is an engineer with over forty years of industrial experience. This includes six years as a field serviceman for Research-Cottrell, Inc., eight years with United States Steel in plant maintenance engineering, and twenty seven years in Air Pollution Control, specializing in electrostatic precipitation evaluation.

He was an active member of the Air Pollution Control Association and former chairman of its Committee on Collectors of Particulate Matter. He has a Masters of Science degree in Hygiene (with a major in air pollution) and is a Registered Professional Engineer in the state of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Katz lectures regularly and is the author of numerous papers on the subject of precipitation and the author of the book, The Art of Electrostatic Precipitation.

Mr. Keeler is an electrical engineer with over fifteen years in the particulate removal field including five years as a field service engineer for Environmental Elements Corporation and several years with CSI Engineering. TRK Engineering Services, Inc. is a consulting service group specializing in electrostatic precipitators and their application in numerous industrial settings, including, the utility, pulp and paper, cement, steel and petrochemical industries.

Mr. Keeler is an active member in the International Society of Electrostatic Precipitation (ISESP) and IEEE. He was a committee member and panelist at ESP/FF Roundtable Forum 1993 Power-Gen Conference and a committee member for the Air & Waste Management Association AE-1 Particulate and Associated Acid Gases. Additionally, Mr. Keeler was a speaker at the 1994 III World Mining Exposition in Chile.

For more information, please feel free to contact us at:

Precipitator Seminars
95 Clarks Farm Road
Carlisle, Massachusetts 01741
Tel: (978) 287-0550
Fax: (978) 287-0569

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Last updated: May 10, 2009.
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For more information contact: TRK Engineering Services - 95 Clarks Farm Road - Carlisle, MA 01741 - Telephone: 978-287-0550 - Fax: 978-287-0569 - email: trkeng@apcnetwork.com