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Biography:
Dr Don McGlinchey is a Consulting Engineer in the Centre for Industrial Bulk Solids Handling within the School of Engineering, Science and Design at Glasgow Caledonian University where he is active in consultancy, research and lecturing in bulk solids handling.

Know-how and experience:
Dr McGlinchey has carried out major research projects with international collaboration and lectured in Europe and America. His work has been published in journals and he has presented research papers at international conferences. He has acted as a consultant for clients from a broad range of industry sectors including food, pharmaceutical and nuclear engineering.

Fields of Consulting work:
1. Characterisation
2. Flow Properties
3. Pneumatic Conveying

Publications:

1. McGlinchey, D., 1996, Plastic deformation and failure of particulate materials subject to vibration, PhD Thesis, (University of Teesside).
2. McGlinchey, D., Matchett, A. J. and Coulthard, J.M., 1995, The failure properties of cohesive materials subject to sinusoidal vibration, Partec’95, 3rd Europ Symp - Storage and Flow of Particulate Solids, Nurnberg, March 21-23, 1995, 303.
3. McGlinchey, D., Matchett, A. J. and Coulthard, J.M., 1995, Stress-strain measurements in a vibrational uniaxial compression tester for cohesive particulate solids, British Society of Strain Measurement, 1995, Annual Conf, University of Sheffield, 4-7 September 1995, 55.
4. McGlinchey, D., Matchett, A. J. and Coulthard, J.M., 1997, The vibratory unconfined compression tester (VUCT) for cohesive solids, Transactions of the IChemE Part A, Chemical Engineering Research and Design, Volume 75, Number A3, pp271-277.
5. McGlinchey, D., 1998, Assessment of Segregation in Industrial Processes, The Journal of Powder/Bulk Solids Technology, June 1998, pp54-56.
6. Jones M.G., Marjanovic P., McGlinchey D., McLaren R., 1998, Segregation In Handling Processes of Blended Industrial Coal., Proceedings of 6th Int. Conf. On Bulk Materials Storage, Handling and Transport., University of Wollongong, NSW Australia, September 28-30, 1998.
7. Jones M.G., Marjanovic P, McGlinchey D. 1999, Investigation Of The Discharge Pattern Of Industrial Coals From Wedge Shaped Hoppers, Proc of Int Symp Reliable Flow of Particulate Solids III (Relpowflo III), pp545-552, Porsgrunn, Norway, 11-13 August, 1999.
8. McGlinchey D, Jones M.G., Marjanovic P,. 1999, The Blending and Segregation of Coal for the U.K. Industrial Market, Bulk Solids Handling, Volume 19 No 3, pp345-351, Trans Tech Publications, July/September 1999.
9. McGlinchey, D., Marjanovic, P., Cook, S., Jones, M.G. Segregation in Pneumatic Conveying Lines, The International Conference on Powder and Bulk Solids Handling, organised by IMechE, 13-15 June 2000, London UK
10. Jones M.G., Marjanovic P. McGlinchey D, An Investigation Of Degradation And Segregation In Typical Coal Handling Processes, Proc of The Third Israeli Conference for Conveying and Handling of Particulate Solids, The Dead Sea, May 29 - June 1, 2000.
11. Wykes M., Counsell G., McGlinchey D., Chung Wu, Tokamak Dust, Characterisation And Removal Studies. 21st Symposium on Fusion Technology, 11th to 15th September 2000, Madrid, Spain
12. McGlinchey D., Vibratory Conveying Under Extreme Conditions: An Experimental Study. 2001 Powder and Bulk Solids Conference, 8th to 10th May 2001, Rosemont, Chicago, Illinois, USA