Michael E. Collings is a Research Engineer in Advanced Process Systems. He received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from UND. Prior to his current position, Mr. Collings served as a Research Assistant at the U.S. Department of Agriculture Human Nutrition Research Center performing various laboratory analyses. Mr. Collings' principal areas of interest and expertise include pilot plant operations, emissions control, instrumentation, computerized data acquisition and database management, diesel combustion, fluidized-bed combustion, and coal gasification. In addition, he has coauthored numerous publications.