Harper International Corporation
Patrick Calhoun possesses extensive experience in project management, engineering, and asset management across various organizations. Currently serving as a Project Manager and Subcontracts Administrator at Harper International Corporation since February 2022, Patrick previously worked as an Asset Manager at Fortistar from May 2018 to March 2022, and as a Board Member for the Lancaster Family YMCA Association. Additional roles include Acoustic Specialist at Praxair, Inc., where sound analysis and noise mitigation plans were developed, and Mechanical Engineer at Clubhouse Pub. Patrick also gained engineering experience as an intern with Fortistar Methane Group and has held various technical and research positions. Academic credentials include a Master of Science in Technology Commercialization and Entrepreneurship and a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Patrick also completed courses at NPO Weld School and Naval Nuclear Power School, alongside a high school diploma from Clarence Central High School.
Harper International Corporation
Harper International is a global leader in complete thermal processing solutions and technical services for the production of advanced materials, including Furnaces, Kilns, Calciners, and Ovens. Harper designs systems from research scale to full production line operations, with a focus on processing materials at high temperatures from 500 to 3000°C and in non-ambient atmospheres. Our expertise is in the scale up and production of advanced materials such as carbon fiber, ceramic and metal powders, nano materials, nuclear materials, and carbon materials. Our toolbox of systems includes Slot, Rotary, Pusher Tunnel, Belt Conveyor, Vertical Conveyor, Box, Elevator, and Ultra-High Temperature (UHT) furnaces, and well as Oxidation Ovens for carbon fiber. Our process expertise is unparalleled, supported by our robust engineering focus and PhD staff, and includes calcination, graphitization, carburization, controlled oxidation, oxide reduction, purification, pyrolysis, drying, reduction, solid-solid reaction, gas-solid reaction, metalizing, debinding, waste remediation and more. Harper also offers services to support our customers from beginning to end, with our Ignite™ and Pulse™ programs. Through Ignite™, Harper offers customers our depth and breadth of experience in thermal processing to analyze, optimize and scale up their material production. This extends to access to a number of research and piloting facilities with multiple furnaces and kilns to help develop the most efficient and effective regime to meet their goal, as well as tolling services as an intermediary step during process development. With Pulse™, we are the customers' one-call for technical support, domestic and overseas field service, proactive preventative maintenance programs, replacement parts, and engineered solutions for a broad spectrum of your service and maintenance requirements for Harper furnaces. For a list of current career opportunities: www.careersatharper.com