David is a Senior Consultant in the Formulated Products business unit at Process Systems Enterprise (PSE). His background spans a variety of disciplines including applied mathematics, mechanical and chemical engineering. He graduated from the University of Leeds in 2013 with a PhD in mechanical engineering. David focuses on the development and use of the model libraries in gPROMS FormulatedProducts, focusing on solids processing applications across industries including pharmaceutics, food and consumer goods and model-based solutions for the food industry. David previously worked for P&G analysing and developing spray drying processes through modelling.
David’s technical interests primarily revolve around drying technologies with a particular focus on spray drying and developing modelling tools that support process design, optimisation and control. Additionally, he has worked in areas such as: powder flow, continuous blending, milling and granulation in the context of continuous drug product manufacture, dairy-related processes, and detergent production. He has been a part of many projects around the subject including an industry-academia collaboration to develop hybrid CFD-PBM techniques.