Wanting to find a field in which he could make a unique and significant engineering and scientific contribution, Dr Andrew Jenike set up the Bulk Solids Flow Laboratory at the University of Utah to conduct research. He entered full time private practice in 1962, and in 1966, he organized Jenike & Johanson, Inc., putting his knowledge and insight to work solving numerous industrial bulk solids handling problems.

Dr. Jenike is known worldwide as the originator of modern day bulk solids flow theory. Through his research, Dr. Jenike was able to identify and define mass flow, identify basic flow properties of bulk solids, design equipment to measure flow properties, recognize that feeder design affects flow behavior in bins, develop techniques to predict limiting flow rates from bins, and develop equations to predict loading on bin walls.

Based on the sound principles and design guidelines developed by Dr. Jenike, our firm is continuously developing new tools and advancing new theories, all with the goal of solving and preventing bulk solids handling problems.

EXCERPTS FROM SOLIDS HANDLING AWARD LETTERS

Sampling of quotations taken from letters sent to Dr. Jenike after being informed that he was receiving the Solids Handling Award presented by IMechE, the largest chartered engineering institution in the United Kingdom. Dr. Jenike was the first non-UK recipient of this award in its history.