Izak Nieuwoudt is the R&D Director and Chief Technology Officer at Koch-Glitsch. He is based in Wichita, KS and has been working in the field of separation technology since 1987. He holds BS, MS and PhD degrees in Chemical Engineering. Izak has authored more than 70 papers in journal, conference proceeding and text books. He is listed as the inventor on 20 patents – several of which are being commercially exploited. Izak is a member of the technical committee of FRI and the chairman of the steering committee of the STAR separation technology consortium.