Dr. Al-Attar and Paul Lambart

Dr. Al-Attar is IFN’s Global correspondent, Technology and Innovation. He is a visiting academic fellow in the School of Aerospace, Transport, and Manufacturing at Cranfield University in England, consulting for air quality and filter performance relevant to land-based gas turbines. His expertise is on the design/performance of high-efficiency filters for HVAC and land-based gas turbine applications, focusing on chemical and physical characterization of airborne pollutants. Dr. Al-Attar is also the strategic director, instructor, and advisory board member of the Waterloo Filtration Institute. In 2020, Eurovent Middle East appointed Dr. Al-Attar as the first associated consultant for air filtration, as well as an IAQ patron for EUROVENT.

Paul Lambart is a veteran engineering executive with more than 25 years of experience in developing environmentally focused technologies for gas turbines. Currently the managing director of Operations, Europe and Asia, for Engine Cleaning Technologies Inc., Pottstown, Pa., he specializes in advanced compressor wash systems and performance analysis. He is a visiting fellow at Cranfield University, where he has mentored more than a dozen PhD candidates and chaired the Thermal Power MSc Industrial Advisory Board. Lambart can be reached at plambart@ectinc.net.