Vice President
Dr. Ashok Dastidar is Vice President at Fauske & Associates, and provides Dust and Flammability Testing and Consulting Services. Dr. \]7Dastidar specializes in Chemical Process Hazards Analysis, Flammable Dusts, Liquids & Vapors Explosion and Combustion Hazards Analysis and Testing and Electrostatic Hazards Analysis. He has extensive technical experience performing tests and analyzing data to determine the following:
• Electrostatic Hazards – field measurements, discharge potential, charge transfer and ignitability,
• Dust Explosibility Hazards – ease of ignitability and explosion severity,
• Flammability Hazards – ease of ignitability and explosion severity of liquid and vapor explosions,
• Thermal Stability and Reactivity Hazards – by Differential Scanning Calorimetry and Dewar Tests,
• Hazard Analysis and Risk Mitigation – using HAZOP, FMEA/FMECA, and FTA
In this monumental 100th episode of the Environmental Transformation Podcast, host Sean Grady dives into the critical issue of combustible dust with two leading experts: Dr. Kevin Aikman, a plant biologist and certified indus...