Engine Emissions Stack Testing and Analyzer Workshop

Located in North Texas, Larry Bines is the Regional Sales Manager for Emissions Testing covering the Central United States and Western Canada. With an Iowan BS degree and graduate school at Loyola of Chicago, Larry has 10 years of experience in the power industry and over 20 years in test and measurement. Since 2014, Larry has been involved in the emissions side of Testo North America concentrating in gas compression, industrial boiler/burner combustion and associated instrumentation.

Testo manufactures a wide variety of portable and stationary products that measure exhaust and stack emissions, temperature, pressure, humidity, flow and velocity. Testo serves a variety of markets including oil and gas transmission, industrial power generation, combustion and emission testing as well as HVAC, pharmaceutical and health, food processing and transport.

Mike Werner is the Applications Engineering Manager at Catalytic Combustion Corporation.  He holds a B.S., Chemical Engineering degree from the University of Wisconsin. He has over a decade of catalyst development and application experience in air emissions control and industrial products and processes.  He has been with Catalytic Combustion for 6 years.  Prior to Catalytic Combustion he worked at Virent Energy Systems (now part of Marathon Petroleum Corporation) and 3M.

For over 70 years, Catalytic Combustion has been a leading emission control system technology provider.  CCC patented the first metal catalyst for air pollution control systems in 1950 and now serves a variety of industries such as power generation, gas compression, marine and rail, off-road engines, industrial VOC control, and commercial and residential oven exhaust.  The company’s headquarters and manufacturing operations are in Bloomer, Wisconsin, with sales offices located throughout the country.

Employed for the past 26 years by WPI, Patrick spent his first five years as Training Coordinator organizing and conducting classes for the WPI technician training program. During these five years, Patrick began conducting Waukesha and Generac Power Systems factory-certified training courses.  In 2003, Patrick was promoted to Technical Support Representative.  During his time as technical support representative Patrick maintained the responsibility of coordinating the training program and conducting certified Waukesha training courses for WPI technicians, customers, and Power Partners. Added responsibilities were supervising the manufacturer and specifying of emissions control products and conducting emissions controls products seminars and sales presentations.  Also as Technical Support Representative, Patrick provided his expertise to assist both the engine division and power generation division with technical issues.

In 2010 Patrick was reassigned to Training Manager with the main responsibility to manage the new WPI training center and staff.  

Patrick attended numerous training courses held by various engine and equipment manufacturers and is a Waukesha Engine Division Gold Master Certified Technician.  

Previous training experience includes: 2 years as Diesel Mechanics Instructor for Stillwell Technical Center in Port Arthur, Texas, 2 years as Advanced Engine Technology Instructor for Lamar Institute of Technology in Beaumont, Texas.

Hannah Teems is the Director of Sales at ECOM America Ltd., one of the leading providers of emission analyzers for the oil and gas sector. With nearly a decade of customer service, sales and application experience at ECOM, she has developed knowledge in a niche market, built a reputation for driving growth, cultivating long-term client relationships, and navigating complex industry demands from headquarters to those in the field. Hannah and her team strive to deliver customers the total solutions package from analyzers, to reporting software, training and superior service.

Integration and Multidisciplinary Engineer with 4.5 years of experience in Design and Implementation of Mechanical and Electrical Industrial seeking a career change where I can increase my knowledge in process improvement and design, implementation of lean 5s and process improvement strategies, and further an understanding of how computers can be used as a tool to reduce inefficiencies. Areas of expertise include: troubleshooting, design, and modification of equipment.