President of CEA and Adjunct Professor at St. Cloud Technical College

Office: Minneapolis Area, Minnesota

Direct Line: 952-471-0017

Mr. Byrne has 30 years experience in the design, engineering, and maintenance of membrane-based water treatment systems, and is a trained educator. He founded American Fluid Technologies in 1989 and the Company for Educational Advancement in 1995. His book, Reverse Osmosis, A Practical Guide for Industrial Users, is considered the industry standard for RO support documentation.

Education
University of St. Thomas - St. Paul, MN
MA, Secondary Education-Chemistry Major-2003

Purdue University - W. Lafayette, IN
BS, Chemical Engineering/Honors Program-1979

Experience
Company for Educational Advancement (CEA)
Wayzata, MN, Founder - 1995

American Fluid Technologies, Inc. - Hopkins, MN
Founder - 1989

Minntech Corporation - Plymouth, MN
Business Unit Manager - 1991

Applied Filtration Industrial - San Diego, CA
Regional Manager - 1988

Osmonics, Inc. - Fremont, CA
Regional Manager - 1986

Process Scientific, Inc. - San Jose, CA
Sales Engineer - 1983

Aqua Media, Ltd. - Sunnyvale, CA
Manager, Engineering Development - 1980

Hewlett Packard - Ft. Collins, CO
Facilities Engineer - 1979

Publications

McPherson, H., Byrne, W., Seaburg, J., Truby, R., Durazo, J., “The Processing of Copper and Zinc Laden Rinse Streams Utilizing Reverse Osmosis,” Agua Expo, March 1-4, 1983.

Byrne, W., “Information Exchange #4: Calcualtions to Assist in Evaluating RO Performance Data,” ULTRAPURE WATER, 1985.

Byrne, W. and Bukay, M., “RO Troubleshooting, Part 1: Isolating the Location of a Decline in Salt Rejection,” ULTRAPURE WATER, March, 1986.

Byrne, W. and Bukay, M., “RO Troubleshooting, Part 2: Causes and Prevention of Front-end Salt Rejection Decline,” ULTRAPURE WATER, May, 1986.

Byrne, W. and Bukay, M., “RO Troubleshooting, Part 3: Causes and Prevention of Tail-end Salt Rejection Decline,” ULTRAPURE WATER, July, 1986.

Byrne, W. and Bukay, M., “RO Troubleshooting, Part 4: Causes and Prevention of Isolated and Uniform Salt Rejection Decline,” ULTRAPURE WATER, Sept., 1986.

Byrne, W. and Bukay, M., “RO Troubleshooting, Part 5: Causes and Prevention of an Increase in Differential Pressure,” ULTRAPURE WATER, November, 1986.

Byrne, W. and Roesner, M., “An Alternative Biocide for Disinfection of Thin-film Composite Membranes: Impact on the Pure Water Industry,” International Membrane Conference, 1990.

Byrne, W., Roesner, M., Fulford, K., “Disinfection of High-purity DI Piping with Peracetic Acid,” Ultrapure Water Expo, May 11-13, 1992.

Byrne, W., Reverse Osmosis, A Practical Guide for Industrial Users, Tall Oaks Publishing, Inc., Littleton, CO (1995).