Dr. Kelly Robinson is a world leading expert in static electricity. In 2007, he founded Electrostatic Answers, an engineering consulting company dedicated to eliminating injury and waste from static electricity, which has served over 100 clients including many Fortune 500 companies. Kelly has over 35 years of industrial problem-solving experience including solving manufacturing problems and commercializing new products.
Dr. Robinson is a Professional Engineer licensed in New York State, holds the PhD in electrical engineering from Colorado State University, and he is a Patent Agent. Since building an electrostatics demonstration for his High School Science Fair project (Kelvin Water Droplet Electrostatics Generator), Kelly has become an accomplished engineer.
• NFPA (National Fire Protection Assoc.) Static Electricity Committee Chair (2018-present).
• Inventor on 15 US patents
• IEEE Fellow (2011) cited for contributions to the static performance of manufacturing processes and imaging devices.
• ESA (Electrostatics Society of America) President (2005-08)
• IEEE-IAS Electrostatic Processes Committee (EPC) Chair (1987-89) Kelly is an active technical writer and speaker on static control.
• AIMCAL Technical Conference (2008 – present) contributor on static electricity.
• Converting Quarterly (2016) contributor on preventing static fires.
• Paper, Film & Foil Converter (PFFC, 2009 – present) contributing editor on static control.
• Journal of Electrostatics (2011 – present) Associate Editor.
• International Converting Exhibition (ICE USA) “Ask the Experts” static control contributor (2013 – present).
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