Roy H. Whipp

Whipp Technology Inc.— St Petersburg, Florida

Roy Whipp was born in Burlington, and attended Potomac State College and then WVU. He received a BS in chemical engineering and was first in the 1970 class. He was in the Phi Lambda Upsilon, Omega Chi Epsilon, Tau Beta Pi and the Kappa Alpha fraternity.

Whipp went to work with EXXON on LNG, LPG and direct-reduction. He went to a direct-reduction plant startup in Venezuela in 1976. Upon return to the U.S., he worked on two catalytic plant startups. His following work was that of plant manager in Venezuela in 1982 and he did further work there as the construction manager and startup of two direct-reduction plants and as construction manager of a steel mill. Whipp's last project was that of a two million t/y direct-reduction plant in Venezuela, which required 18 million man hours of work with up to 5,200 construction workers. He has also developed computer programs for steel making optimization which are now used by Tube City. In addition to the United States, Whipp has been involved in engineering or plant work in Venezuela, Germany, Austria and Australia. He is presently doing consulting work.

Whipp with companies has applied for 130 U.S. and 40 foreign patents in 20 countries for direct-reduction processes. He has five copyrighted computer programs for direct-reduction process simulations/scrap optimization and is author in 55 technical articles presented in conferences or published in magazines in the areas of LNG, direct-reduction, steel making and computer usage. He is an author in the ISS book, “Direct Reduced Iron”.

Whipp belongs to the AIChE and the Iron and Steel Society. He is a member of the Keyser High School Legion of Honor 2001 and Potomac State College Alumni Achievement Award 2002. Whipp and his wife, Angie, live in the area of Orlando, Florida.