Simulations in Bulk Solids Handling – Applications of DEM and other Methods

Professor Don McGlinchey is leader of the Engineering Simulation and Advanced Manufacturing Research Group and was the Head of the former Centre for Industrial Bulk Solids Handling at Glasgow Caledonian University. He is a Chartered Physicist, with a PhD in the particle technology area. Don is the editor of two books and has authored over 50 research articles. He has undertaken consultancy projects across a broad range of industry sectors for both Multinational Companies and Small to Medium Enterprises (SME?s), and delivered courses on Bulk Solids Handling in Europe, USA and the UK. Don has extensive experience of leading and participating in research and knowledge transfer projects and has a strong background in the characterisation of particulate materials, and the measurement and modelling of multiphase flows. He is a member of the European Federation of Chemical Engineers (EFCE) Working Party on The Mechanics of Particulate Materials and the NAFEMS CFD Working Group and Editor of the International Journal of CFD Case Studies.