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Ben Tammami, P.E., Founder and President
Began his 29 years of experience in process and heat transfer engineering and equipment specification. As design engineer in charge of heat exchanger division with a major shell and tube and pressure vessel fabricator, Mr. Tammami gained the bulk of his experience in equipment design and manufacturing. 
He also has extensive engineering and supervising experience with major oil, engineering and construction firms on several gas,  and  petrochemical projects.  His heat transfer experience includes thousands of shell-and-tube and air cooler design, over 2,800 of which are in operation worldwide. Mr. Tammami has authored several technical papers in heat transfer and fluid flow including publications in Hydrocarbon Processing, Chemical Engineering and Oil & Gas Journal. He has developed number of software including thermal design and cost estimating for shell & tube heat exchangers. He holds a BS degree in chemical engineering from the University of Tulsa, Oklahoma, is a member of AIChE, API, heat transfer division of ASME, and is a registered Professional Engineer in Texas.

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Ahmed E. Kassem, P.E.
Dr. Kassem is one of the leading experts in heat transfer. He received his MS degree from University of California at Berkeley and his Ph.D from the University of California at Santa Barbara, both in mechanical engineering with majors in heat transfer, fluid and gas dynamics. His experience includes over 16 years of research, design and computer program development with HTRI* where as a lead he directed two-phase flow research, designed and developed HTRI's 'CST' program. He has held supervisory positions with engineering and construction firms including Bechtel Corp. where he was the head of heat transfer division in their Los Angeles office.
Dr. Kassem is the author of several publications including condenser performance, tube vibrations and fouling of shell and tube exchangers which have been presented in AIChE and ASME symposiums and international heat transfer conferences. He is a registered Professional Engineer in State of California.

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Abe Salehpour, P.E.
Has over 18 years of research, development, and project management experience in heat transfer, fluid mechanics, hydraulics, design and automation, and petrochemical process. Dr. Salehpour has MBA from California State University and Ph.D in mechanical engineering from Carnegie-Mellon University. He has held various positions including 7 years as senior research engineer with HTRI* where he was in charge of shell-and-tube, plate heat exchanger (PHE) and fired heater research activities. He was also responsible for HTRI scheduling, administrating and development of computer program for rating PHEs and fired heaters. He also held senior level engineering positions with major engineering and construction companies in the U.S.
Dr. Salehpour has conducted numerous training workshops on design of condensers and reboilers in the U.S. and Europe. He is a registered Professional Engineer in California and a member of ASME.

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Leon Manian, P.E.
Mr. Manian is a chief design specialist on corrosion, cathodic protection and coating with over twenty years of experience in data analysis, specification, design, construction and troubleshooting.
His expertise include tank farm, pipelines, plant equipment, vessel interiors and offshore structures used in oil & gas production, chemical plant, refinery, bio-treatment, power, offshore and water treatment industries. His experience extends to protective coatings and linings as well as corrosion testing as they supplement corrosion control provided by cathodic protection.
Mr. Manian has held senior positions as chief corrosion technologist with major operating companies and engineering & construction firms and has worked on numerous small to mega size projects. He has authored several publications in NACE, MP magazine and has made presentations in NACE seminars and symposiums.
Mr. Manian has a Masters degree in Corrosion Science from the University of Manchester in United Kingdom. He is a member of NACE technical committee, T-7 and T10, has NACE certification on corrosion category P, cathodic protection and protective coatings, and is a registered professional corrosion engineer in State of California and Texas.

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Ali Mustansir, P.E. 
Has served in number of engineering areas in his 25 years of career experience in petrochemical industry including process, heat transfer, quality control, P&ID, process flow diagram, heat and material balance. As a lead engineer with a major fabricator, Mr. Mustansir participated in design, fabrication, erection and commissioning of the first multi-solids fluidized bed combuster in the United States. As a senior engineer with engineering and construction firms he worked as heat transfer specialist in combustion analysis, design, operations and trouble shooting of burners, process heaters, boilers, flares and pollution control equipment. He has extensive experience in combined cycle fluidized bed, combustion calculations and cost estimating for various equipment.
Mr Mustansir has a MS degree in chemical engineering from the University of New York at Buffalo. He is a registered Professional Engineer in California and Kansas and AIChE member.