Dr. Barkley has a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry / Chemical Engineering from Cornell University. He has been a Senior Process Engineer, Senior Research Engineer and Program Engineer for 18 years, serving Fortune 500 companies and has consulted for numerous clients.

He has published several journal articles and holds three patents in the area of chemical engineering separations.

Accomplishments include:

Directed successful $6 million chemical process equipment project: concept, lab & pilot tests, engineering, startup, optimization.

Devised novel chemical separation processes.

Diagnosed and corrected design problems on $2.5 million project.