Francis X. Mcconville
Senior Project Leader
Chemical Engineering
Impact Technology Development
United States of America
Biography
Fran joined IMPACT in 2003 and has over 35 years of experience in the process development and scale-up of chemical and pharmaceutical based technologies. Fran is a key project manager and technical contributor with specialties in process scale-up, crystallization, and chiral separations. Fran previously served in technical roles at New England Renewable Fuels, WPI Chemical Engineering Dept., and Sepracor. Fran has a M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering, a M. Sc. in Biotechnology and a B. Sc. in Chemistry all from Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Fran has been granted five U.S. patents and authored numerous publications including the acclaimed “Pilot Plant Real Book”, and several times a year teaches professional training courses on the scale-up of batch chemical processes to chemical engineers and chemists from around the world.
Research Interest
Chemical Engineering
