Thomas P. Lopresti's Page
Profile Information
- Are you interested in becoming an organizer in your area?
- Maybe--But Not Sure What to Organize
- Tell us about your experience with alternative energy:
- BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION for Thomas P. Lopresti
Former Registered Professional Engineer in Pennsylvania and Ohio and member of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:
Center for Air Environment Studies, Penn State University.
B.S. in Mechanical Engineer Tech., 1969, Penn State University (Graduated with High Distinction).
U.S. Navy, Aviation Fire Control Technician, (radar, optical bombsight & missile guidance control systems).
Resources Research Inc., 1968, TRW Environmental Services.
Air Pollution Control Technician, performed stack test, set up field monitoring equipment, and installed air sampling equipment in mobile air pollution monitoring labs.
Seven years with the Aluminum Company of America, Pittsburgh, PA.
Senior Environmental Engineer, designed systems for the control of particulate and acid gases from aluminum ingot & forge plants, rolling mills, fabrication and steam power plants.
Sixteen years with The Ceilcote Company, Berea, Ohio.
Project Engineer, designed electrical control cabinets and T/R sets for Ionizing Wet Scrubber Systems, P & I D drawings, design system instrumentation and motor control centers. Analyzed field test data and did particulate efficiency & design calculations for wet scrubbers and precipitator systems. FRP structural designs for low pressure equipment (full vacuum to 15 psig), underground tanks, rectangular, horizontal, and vertical tanks, vertical and cross flow scrubbers. Designed free standing FRP stacks and foundations and guyed stacks up to 200 feet high. Designed steel structures for sampling platforms, equipment and stack supports up to 60 feet high. Designed a line of MTV Scrubbers from 2500 cfm to 100,000 cfm. At Ceilcote, I did the structural design for one of the largest FRP Scrubbers ever built for a Teller Environmental Systems, Inc. Process. It was 31 ft. wide x 62 ft. long x 30 ft. high, 20" W.C. vacuum, for 274,000 ACFM of combustion gas @ 164 Deg. F., from a black liquor recovery boiler at a Crown Zellerbach paper company plant in Campbell River, Vancouver Island, B.C., Canada.
Seven years with KCH Services Inc., Forest City, NC.
Design Engineer, designed wet gas scrubbers and systems, performed scrubber chemical calculations, ran fan AMCA rating performance test. Designed process tanks and structural designs for plating line systems including heat exchangers and chillers. At KCH, I designed some of the largest pre-assembled Polypropylene scrubbers. They are 12'-9" dia. x 33' high, 20" W.C. vacuum, 40,000 ACFM for the Micro Electronics Industry.
Five years with Metals America, Shelby, NC.
Worked in the plating chemicals division as a project engineer. Designed and improved process controls and process and steam piping systems, heat exchangers and cooling tower system.
I am well versed in UBC and Southern Building Code, mechanical, electrical & plumbing codes, ASME boiler, tank & piping codes and EPA & OSHA regulations.
- What excites you about this campaign?
- National Security, our trade deficit and American jobs.
I made these notes back in Sept. of 2007:
Sep. 2007 - Everyone said that Michael Moore didn't know what he was talking about !
-------------- Check out Greenspan !
* Middle East * * Page 1 of 2 * * The Iraq oil grab that went awry * By Dilip Hiro
Here is the sentence in /The Age of Turbulence/, the 531-page memoir of former Federal Reserve chief Alan Greenspan, that caused so much turbulence in Washington last week: "I am saddened that it is politically inconvenient to acknowledge what everyone knows: the Iraq war is largely about oil." Honest and accurate, it had the resonance of Bill Clinton's election campaign mantra, "It's the economy, stupid." But, finding himself the target of a White House attack - an administration spokesman labeled
CHECK OUT THIS LINK: http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/II27Ak01.html
TPL
----------------------------------------------------------------------
THIS WAS ON A WEBSITE YESTERDAY
"....Administration seeks $190B for wars........." (just for next year 2008)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
MALAYSIA SUN WEBSITE - 28 SEP 2007
* Iraq looks at raising oil production * Malaysia Sun Saturday 8th September, 2007
War-torn Iraq hopes to raise oil production to three million barrels per day next year and to six million within a decade.
Iraqi Oil Minister Hussein Shahristani has told industry executives that Iraq needs to improve its oil infrastructure by building a new eastern pipeline and export pipelines
through neighbouring countries, in addition to new oil terminals south of the existing Basra terminal.
-------------------------------------------------------------
CHECK MY MATH:
$190,000,000,000 a year divide by ( 3,000,000 bbl. / day x 365 days / year ) = $ 173.52 per bbl.
THIS IS OUR COST AND WE DON'T EVEN GET ANY OIL FROM IRAQ WITHOUT PAYING ANOTHER $80.00 PER BBL. ON TOP OF THE COST OF THE WAR.
THIS IS WHY OUR INVOLVEMENT AND OUR ADMINISTRATION IS SO STUPID !
TPL
- What do you want to do to help?
- You tell me.
Featured Discussion
Twitter Feed
© 2009 Created by PickensPlan
Badges | Community Guidelines | Report an Issue | Privacy | Terms of Service
Comment Wall (1 comment)
You need to be a member of PickensPlan to add comments!
Join this Ning Network
"Welcome!" on behalf of the Pickens Community Welcome Wagon. Thank you for taking the time to join. In the past months, the Community has made a great deal of progress and the U.S. Congress knows the Pickens Army is on the march.
Click and Instantly Inform Your Lawmakers!!
The Stimulus Bill has passed! More emphasis will be placed on the House and Senate legislative committees. Information regarding how to communicate with the Legislative Committees will be posted on this website.
Take Action Link
The “Take Action” link was created to help make our collective voice heard. The “Take Action” link is on the top of your screen under the PPlan Box at the top left side. Click and you will see a list of options that will automatically link you to your federal and state representatives and the Governor of your state.
The Pledge-Fax Your Statement!!
Please read, sign, and fax to the number listed at the bottom of the Pledge page. It would be a great help to the Community if you could download the pledge, distribute, and persuade others to sign. The Community feels this is the best way to get the attention of state and federal lawmakers. Kim Anderson has other types of sign-up sheets. This is a great way to let lawmakers know of your interest in the reduction of foreign oil.
Please tell friends to check out the site and read the Pledge.
The Communications Group created a great deal of information to read and to distribute within a member's local community. Please take your time browsing through the materials.
The Videos link at the top of your Profile Page contains videos that are a good source of information. The technical videos and amateur videos are varied, so paging back to page one might be the best way to browse. On the other hand, if you would like, simply type key words in the search box.
Please use these links to find your State Congressional District Group. This is a great way to meet and communicate with your neighbors regarding the Pickens Plan.
http://push.pickensplan.com/profiles/friend/listFeatured
http://www.pickensplan.com/districtleaders/
If you have any questions, please email!
Marilyn Delete CommentAt 5:51pm on February 21, 2009, Marilyn A. E. Matthews said…Hi joesph!
"Welcome!" on behalf of the Pickens Community Welcome Wagon. Thank you for taking the time to join. In the past months, the Community has made a great deal of progress and the U.S. Congress knows the Pickens Army is on the march.
Click and Instantly Inform Your Lawmakers!!
The Stimulus Bill has passed! More emphasis will be placed on the House and Senate legislative committees. Information regarding how to communicate with the Legislative Committees will be posted on this website.
Take Action Link
The “Take Action” link was created to help make our collective voice heard. The “Take Action” link is on the top of your screen under the PPlan Box at the top left side. Click and you will see a list of options that will automatically link you to your federal and state representatives and the Governor of your state.
The Pledge-Fax Your Statement!!
Please read, sign, and fax to the number listed at the bottom of the Pledge page. It would be a great help to the Community if you could download the pledge, distribute, and persuade others to sign. The Community feels this is the best way to get the attention of state and federal lawmakers. Kim Anderson has other types of sign-up sheets. This is a great way to let lawmakers know of your interest in the reduction of foreign oil.
Please tell friends to check out the site and read the Pledge.
The Communications Group created a great deal of information to read and to distribute within a member's local community. Please take your time browsing through the materials.
The Videos link at the top of your Profile Page contains videos that are a good source of information. The technical videos and amateur videos are varied, so paging back to page one might be the best way to browse. On the other hand, if you would like, simply type key words in the search box.
Please use these links to find your State Congressional District Group. This is a great way to meet and communicate with your neighbors regarding the Pickens Plan.
http://push.pickensplan.com/profiles/friend/listFeatured
http://www.pickensplan.com/districtleaders/
If you have any questions, please email!
Marilyn