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Filter Media: 1.5-Day Course

Filter Media Training

In-Person Training


Registration in the Filter Training Course includes a 3-day expo pass onto the FiltXPO™ show floor.

Multiple registrants from the same company receive a discount. A comprehensive guide of instruction and reference material is provided to each attendee.

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INSTRUCTORS

Hechmi Hamouda, Ph.D.Hechmi Hamouda, Ph.D., Professor of Textile Engineering, College of Textiles, North Carolina State University, Hamouda is a native of Tunisia who joined the Faculty at NC State in March 1985. He has taught the mechanics of fibrous and biological structures and engineering thermodynamics, at the undergraduate and graduate levels for the past 30 years and led several administrative initiatives, including Director of the Textile Engineering Program. He is an expert in the areas of thermal and fluid sciences applications to fibrous materials, specifically filtration, thermal insulation, sound absorption, heat treatments, thermal evaluation and testing of fire protective materials and waste elimination/reduction. Other areas include mechanics and formation of fibrous structures, instrumentation and control systems, and textile applications in biomedical engineering.

Matt O'Sickey, Ph.D.Matthew (Matt) O'Sickey, Ph.D., Director of Education & Technical Affairs, INDA, O'Sickey joined INDA in September 2022. He has prior experience as the Director of Application Engineering and Research & Development for the Americas at RKW North America and as Director of Global Market Development with Tredegar Corporation. He holds a deeply rooted belief that innovation is the result of the intersection of marketing and technology, and this is reflected in his career path, which encompasses both disciplines. His career has entailed developing and bringing to market a range of hygiene and packaging films and nonwoven laminates. Within the hygiene area, he has worked on the development and commercialization of topsheets, surge layers, waistbands, fit and closure elements, breathable films and laminates, backsheets, pouch films, and bags with more recent focus on sustainable solutions.

O'Sickey has a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering and a Masters of Engineering Administration from Virginia Tech, and a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University with a heavy emphasis on the processing-structure-property relationships of polymeric materials.

Behnam Pourdeyhimi, Ph.D.Behnam Pourdeyhimi, Ph.D., William A. Klopman Distinguished Professor of Textile Materials and Associate Dean for Industry Research and Extension, North Carolina State University, and Executive Director, The Nonwovens Institute (NWI)

Professor Pourdeyhimi received his Ph.D. from Leeds University in 1982. He has taught textile and fiber science, technology and engineering as well as microscopy and image analysis applications to textiles, nonwovens and materials problems both at undergraduate and graduate levels. His research experience covers such areas as image and structural analysis of nonwoven fibrous webs, textile applications in sports, bioengineering and materials, instrumentation and test method development, among others. Pourdeyhimi's research interests are in the area of nonwovens, materials, biomaterials, modeling performance, special textile structures, and image analysis. His expertise is recognized by major corporations and leading research bodies around the world. He is a consultant to over 30 bodies and major corporations.

Hooman Tafreshi, Ph.D.Hooman Tafreshi, Ph.D., Associate Professor, North Carolina State University, and Associate Director of Research, The Nonwovens Institute (NWI)

Tafreshi is a faculty member in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at NC State University. He also serves as the Associate Director for Research at the Nonwovens Institute. Prior to joining NC State University, Tafreshi was with the Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Department at Virginia Commonwealth University from 2007 to 2020, where he worked as assistant, associate, and Qimonda full professor. Tafreshi's research is in the field of thermo-fluids sciences at its interface with material science. His particular research focus is on multiphase fluids and particle/droplet transport through fibrous materials with applications in filtration and separation sciences. This also includes interfacial phenomena and droplet-surface interactions for self-cleaning and drag reduction applications. Tafreshi is an active member of the American Filtration and Separation (AFS) Society and also serves on the editorial board of Separation and Purification Technology journal.