Eric Maynard ([email protected]) is a vice president at Jenike & Johanson and a member of Processing’s editorial advisory board. He has been with J&J for 27 years and has worked on more than 750 projects, designing handling systems for materials including chemicals, plastics, foods, pharmaceuticals, coal, cement and more. He is a special expert on NFPA Combustible Dust Committees 652, 654, 655, and the pending consolidated dust standard NFPA 660. He holds a BS in mechanical engineering from Villanova University in Pennsylvania and an MS in mechanical engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts.