Glenn T. Hong

Dr. Glenn T. Hong is Founder and Vice President, CounterCurrent Systems, Inc., Westborough, MA, a company that provides consulting services in the areas of chemical engineering, supercritical fluids, and biotechnology. He received his B.Sc. in Biology from the State University of New York at Albany, NY and his Sc.D. in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA. Dr. Hong is Senior Technology Consultant, General Atomics, San Diego, CA where he contributes to all aspects of the development of supercritical water technology, especially including supercritical water oxidation (SCWO) and supercritical water gasification (SCWG). Program involvement includes design, fabrication, operation, and evaluation of numerous supercritical water laboratory and pilot-scale systems. He is intimately involved with the full-scale SCWO design currently being installed at the Blue Grass Army Depot in Richmond, Kentucky involving the destruction of chemical warfare agents. He has utilized computational fluid dynamics (CFD) as an aid in designing the scaled-up plant. Previously, he was Vice President, Engineering, Aphios Corporation, Woburn, MA where he directed research and engineering in environmental and biotechnological applications of supercritical fluids. Prior to being employed by Aphios, Dr. Hong served as a consultant to Aphios and its predecessor companies for approximately 10 years. Dr. Hong has also served as Vice President, Technology, MODAR, Inc., Natick, MA where he led efforts to provide the scientific basis for developing and advancing supercritical water technology. There, he provided theoretical and practical expertise in phase behavior thermodynamics, solids handling techniques, materials of construction, process/component design, and data analysis; directed laboratory and pilot-scale research and development, commercial designs, and new applications; fabricated a supercritical water oxidation unit for NASA Ames Research Center to be used in the treatment of human waste and excess plant biomass; and carried out testing on supercritical water reforming (gasification/liquefaction) of chemical waste. Dr. Hong is the author/co-author of numerous publications in the field of supercritical fluids as well as 16 US patents, some of which are assigned to Aphios Corporation.