Education
U. of St. Thomas - St. Paul, MN
MA, Secondary Education-Chemistry Major-2003
Purdue University - W. Lafayette, IN
BS, Chemical Engineering/Honors Program-1979
Experience
Company for Educational Advancement (CEA)
Wayzata, MN, Founder - 1995
American Fluid Technologies, Inc. - Hopkins, MN,
Founder - 1989
Minntech Corp. - Plymouth, MN
Business Unit Manager - 1991
AFI - San Diego, CA
Regional Manager - 1988
Osmonics, Inc. - Fremont, CA
Regional Manager - 1986
Process Scientific, Inc. - San Jose, CA
Sales Engineer - 1983
Aqua Media, Ltd. - Sunnyvale, CA
Manager, Eng. Development - 1980
Hewlett Packard - Ft. Collins, CO
Facilities Engineer - 1979 |
Publications
McPherson, H., Byrne, W.,
Seaburg, J., Truby, R., Durazo, J., “The Processing of Copper and Zinc Laden Rinse
Streams Utilizing Reverse Osmosis,” Agua Expo, March 1-4, 1983.
Byrne, W., “Information Exchange #4: Calcualtions to Assist in Evaluating RO
Performance Data,” ULTRAPURE WATER, 1985.
Byrne, W. and Bukay, M., “RO Troubleshooting, Part 1: Isolating the Location of a
Decline in Salt Rejection,” ULTRAPURE WATER, March, 1986.
Byrne, W. and Bukay, M., “RO Troubleshooting, Part 2: Causes and Prevention of
Front-end Salt Rejection Decline,” ULTRAPURE WATER, May, 1986.
Byrne, W. and Bukay, M., “RO Troubleshooting, Part 3: Causes and Prevention of
Tail-end Salt Rejection Decline,” ULTRAPURE WATER, July, 1986.
Byrne, W. and Bukay, M., “RO Troubleshooting, Part 4: Causes and Prevention of
Isolated and Uniform Salt Rejection Decline,” ULTRAPURE WATER, Sept., 1986.
Byrne, W. and Bukay, M., “RO Troubleshooting, Part 5: Causes and Prevention of an
Increase in Differential Pressure,” ULTRAPURE WATER, November, 1986.
Byrne, W. and Roesner, M., “An Alternative Biocide for Disinfection of Thin-film
Composite Membranes: Impact on the Pure Water Industry,” International Membrane
Conference, 1990.
Byrne, W., Roesner, M., Fulford, K., “Disinfection of High-purity DI Piping with
Peracetic Acid,” Ultrapure Water Expo, May 11-13, 1992.
Byrne, W., Reverse Osmosis, A Practical Guide
for Industrial Users, Tall Oaks Publishing, Inc., Littleton, CO (1995). |
