FloDesign Sonics of Demonstrates Technology at White House

FloDesign Sonics of Wilbraham demonstrates technology at White House Water Summit

Jason Dionne the founding engineer at the company, was able to demonstrate FloDesign's technology to U.S. Chief Technology Officer Megan Smith and others, according to a prepared statement issued by Western New England University.

Dionne received bachelor's and master's degrees in mechanical engineering at the WENU and the university has long and deep ties to FloDesign.

Bart Lipkens, chief technology officer at the company and a professor of mechanical engineering, said that in 1992 the National Science Foundation awarded FloDesign Sonics a grant resulting in "a technology that provides a green, sustainable, and environmentally friendly oil water separation system for the oil and gas industry.

The company also plans to use it in health care and other sectors of the economy.

FloDesign Sonics is a spinoff of FloDesign, a company that has included dozens of Western New England University graduates as full-time employees, students as interns, and professors as consultants, Western New England University said.

Dionee said in a news release:

"Presenting at the White House further solidifies a long relationship with the National Science Foundation," he said. "The NSF not only acted as our first substantial means of outside funding, but also gave FloDesign Sonics its first stamp of approval. I see the National Science Foundation as the initial catalyst for the rapid growth of FloDesign Sonics."

Prakash Balan, program director for NSF Small Business Innovation Research Funding, said FloDesign Sonics' oil water separation system:

"Represents a significant step forward in the use of acoustic waves as an efficient and elegant way to achieve challenging separations in a broad spectrum of manufacturing and production processes."represents a significant step forward in the use of acoustic waves as an efficient and elegant way to achieve challenging separations in a broad spectrum of manufacturing and production processes."

Source: Masslive

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