Ashok Ghose Dastidar
Fellow Engineer - Westinghouse Electric Company
Dr. Ashok Ghose Dastidar specializes in Chemical Process Hazards
Analysis, Flammable Dusts, Liquids & Vapors Explosion and
Combustion Hazards Analysis and Testing and Electrostatic Hazards
Analysis. He has extensive technical experience performing tests and
analyzing data to determine the following:
• Electrostatic Hazards – field measurements, discharge
potential, charge transfer and ignitability,
• Dust Explosibility Hazards – ease of ignitability and
explosion severity,
• Flammability Hazards – ease of ignitability and explosion
severity of liquid and vapor explosions,
• Thermal Stability and Reactivity Hazards – by Differential
Scanning Calorimetry and Dewar Tests,
• Hazard Analysis and Risk Mitigation – using HAZOP,
FMEA/FMECA, and FTA.
Dr. Dastidar is a member of the following:
• American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE).
• American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM).
• Vice-Chairperson E27 Committee overseeing test standards to
assess the hazard potential of chemicals.
• Subcommittee chairman E27.05 overseeing dust explosibility
test standards.
• National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
• NFPA Technical Committee Member for NFPA 660 – chairperson for chemical dust and sulfur chapters.
• Chairperson for NFPA 91 (pneumatic transport of dusts).
• Editorial Board of Powder and Bulk Solids.
• Editorial Board of Journal of Loss Prevention.
• Adjunct Professor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
Recognized as an industry expert, his work has appeared in
numerous journals and publications, and he has been a featured
presenter at more than 30 conferences.
