Ken Loprete is the product development manager at Compact Membrane Systems (CMS) in Newport, DE, where he leads the scale up and development of the olefin/paraffin membrane OPTIPERM. He started at CMS as a research engineer five years ago after graduating from the Univ. of Delaware with a Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering. He regularly updates the progress of CMS membrane development at conferences of the North American Membrane Society (NAMS).