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Secretary Samuel W. Bodman (invited)
United States
Secretary of Energy
Samuel Wright Bodman was sworn in as the 11th Secretary of Energy on February 1, 2005 after the United States Senate unanimously confirmed him on January 31, 2005. He leads the Department of Energy with a budget in excess of $23 billion and over 100,000 federal and contractor employees. Previously, Secretary Bodman served as Deputy Secretary of the Treasury beginning in February 2004. He also served the Bush Administration as the Deputy Secretary of the Department of Commerce beginning in 2001. A financier and executive by trade, he was named President and Chief Operating Officer of Fidelity Investments and a Director of the Fidelity Group of Mutual Funds. In 1987, he joined Cabot Corporation, a Boston-based Fortune 300 company with global business activities in specialty chemicals and materials, where he served as Chairman, CEO, and a Director. Over the years, he has been a Director of many publicly owned corporations. He graduated in 1961 with a B.S. in chemical engineering from Cornell University. In 1965, he completed his ScD at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. For the next six years he served as an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at MIT and began his work in the financial sector as Technical Director of the American Research and Development Corporation, a pioneer venture capital firm. He and his colleagues provided financial and managerial support to scores of new business enterprises located throughout the United States.
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Dr. Michelle Michot Foss
Chief Energy Economist and Head
Center for Energy Economics
Bureau of Economic Geology
The University of Texas at Austin (in Houston)
“Forward, Backward, Sideways: Global Energy Redux” - Keynote Address
The CEE is a multidisciplinary business and public policy program on energy and associated environmental issues, formerly the Institute for Energy, Law & Enterprise at the University of Houston Law Center (UH IELE). The CEE is a center for excellence on commercial frameworks for energy development across the energy value chains. At CEE, Dr. Michot Foss directs and conducts research; advises U.S. and international energy companies; publishes and speaks widely on energy issues; and provides public commentary and testimony to governments (most recently on ultra deep oil and gas, U.S. House of Representatives, Subcommittee on Energy, April 29, 2004).
She developed and directs New Era in Oil, Gas & Power Value Creation, an international capacity building program, is the principle investigator for the CEE’s LNG consortium, Commercial Frameworks for LNG in North America, principle investigator on a number of federal agency grants and cooperative agreements. In addition to Texas and the U.S., the CEE has experience in Canada and Mexico; South America; Russia and the Caspian; Western Europe and Turkey; West Africa; and East Asia. While at UH from 1991-2005, Dr. Michot Foss was a UH Shell Interdisciplinary Scholar and Shell Graduate Fellow, coordinator of the Natural Gas Project and founder and director of the Energy Institute (both merged into the UH IELE). She was previously a director of research at Simmons & Company, an investment bank specializing in oil field services, and director of research at Rice Center, an urban regional economics, energy, and transportation research group. She was selected one of the Key Women in Energy-Americas (2003). She was the 2003 president of the International Association for Energy Economics; is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations; is a member of Women’s Energy Network; and is a partner in Harvest Gas Management, a Texas-based exploration company.
She is a member of the Scientific Council, 50th Anniversary of ENI, Commemorative Encyclopedia of Hydrocarbons; serves on the advisory board of Energy Magazine and the Energy & Environment Law & Policy Journal, University of Houston Law Center; and the editorial board of the International Journal of Regulation and Governance. She holds degrees from University of Louisiana-Lafayette (B.S., biology with geology minor); Colorado School of Mines (M.S., economics), where she coordinated the Energy & Minerals Field Institute; and University of Houston (Ph.D., political science).
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Greg Hanggi
VP Environment, Health & Safety
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company
Greg Hanggi was appointed to the position of Vice President, Environment, Health and Safety (EH&S) Chevron Phillips Chemical Company in April 2005. Mr. Hanggi had been serving as General Manager of EH&S since July 2004. Prior to heading up the EH&S department, Mr. Hanggi spent five years as the Plant Manager of Chevron Phillips Chemical’s Cedar Bayou Chemical Complex in Baytown, Texas. He began his career with Chevron (now ChevronTexaco) in 1974 and has worked in several manufacturing facilities serving in various management capacities.
Mr. Hanggi graduated from the University of Minnesota with a chemical engineering degree in 1974.
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Steve Chalk
Hydrogen Program Manager
U.S. Department of Energy
Steve Chalk is the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Hydrogen Program Manager. Steve is responsible for planning and implementing President Bush’s Hydrogen Fuel Initiative. He oversees an annual research budget of $245 million for technology development in hydrogen production, delivery, storage, and fuel cells. This includes hydrogen safety, codes and standards, and education activities.
Prior to his current assignment, Steve managed technology development programs in fuel cells, diesel emissions control, and materials for DOE’s advanced automotive technology office. Earlier in his DOE career, Steve oversaw test programs for tritium production. Steve started his career with the Navy developing propellants and explosives for conventional weapons.
He holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Maryland and a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the George Washington University.
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Dr. Jeffrey Siirola
Technology Fellow
Eastman Chemical Company
Jeffrey Siirola currently serves as Past-President of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Siirola joined Eastman Chemical Company in Kingsport, Tennessee in 1972 and is now a Technology Fellow responsible for an integrated process chemistry and conceptual process engineering laboratory in the Chemicals Research Division. His assignments have involved the development and application of process synthesis methods and tools for inventing better industrial chemical processes; computer-aided process design, simulation, optimization, and economic evaluation; resource conservation and recovery; and chemical technology assessment. Siirola received a PhD in chemical engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Joel Madison
President
Ebara International Corporation
LNG expanders are now an important part of every new LNG liquefaction plant. Before 1996 conventional liquefaction processes for natural gas operated with the high pressure condensation phase flow of liquefied natural gas expanding across a Joule-Thomson valve. Replacing the JT-valve with a cryogenic LNG liquid turbine substantially increased the thermodynamic efficiency of the refrigeration process resulting in a total LNG output increase of 3 to 5%. The presentation observes the 10 years anniversary of the first installation of LNG expanders in natural gas liquefaction plants with an assessment of this successful new technology.
Joel V. Madison is President of Ebara International Corporation, Cryodynamics Division, Nevada, USA. He graduated from Pennsylvania State University, USA with a Master’s Degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.
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Dr. Amos Avidan
Principal Vice President
Bechtel Corporation
Amos Avidan is a Principal Vice President, a Bechtel Fellow, and manager of Petroleum & Chemicals Technologies at Bechtel Corporation. Avidan has more than 23 years of experience in petroleum refining, LNG, and synthetic fuels. Avidan started his career with Mobil Corporation, where he managed downstream technologies such as catalytic cracking and modeling and advanced control. Later on, he was a manager of upstream engineering, and vice president of LNG technology. Avidan currently serves a Director of AIChE and Chair of the AIChE Commission on Energy Challenges. Avidan obtained a Ph.D. degree in Chemical Engineering from the City University of New York and has authored and co-authored more than 60 publications and 31 US patents.
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Dr. Calvin Cobb
President
Calvin Cobb & Co.
CIS: Energy -"Metrics for Energy Systems: Sustainable Energy Strategies"
Sustainable Engineering Forum -"Green Gas, the Sustainability of LNG"
Calvin Cobb currently leads the new consulting firm, Calvin Cobb & Co., a Houston Management Consulting Company. Professionally, Calvin joined Wright Killen & Co. as President in 1982, serving as a top management advisor to energy and chemical clients. He oversaw the successful merger of Wright Killen into Ernst & Young in 1996. Ernst & Young sold its consulting business to the French consulting firm, Cap Gemini. Cobb served as a Director of AIChE from 1995 to 1997 and as President of AIChE in 2001. He is the 2005-2006 chair of the AIChE Institute of Sustainability. Cobb received an MS and PhD in chemical engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla.
Calvin joined Wright Killen & Co. as President in 1982, serving as a top management advisor to energy and chemical clients. He oversaw the successful merger of Wright Killen into Ernst & Young in 1996. Ernst & Young sold its consulting business to the French consulting firm, Cap Gemini. He currently leads his new consulting firm, Calvin Cobb & Co., a Houston Management Consulting Company. Professionally, Calvin was recognized as an AIChE Fellow in 1992, one of the highest honors that can be conferred on a chemical engineer, and served as a Director of AIChE from 1995 to 1997. He served as President of AIChE in 2001. He is the 2005-2006 chair of the AIChE Institute of Sustainability. His involvement with UMR includes serving on the departmental Industrial Advisory Committee and serving as Chairman from 1991 to 1997. Calvin also was a member of the Executive Committee that established the Academy. He received the Alumni Achievement Award in 1995. Calvin and his late wife Nancy have been OGS members since 1991. He has served as OGS Executive Committee Chairman and is currently a member of the UMR Board of Trustees. Calvin resides in Cypress, Texas and was inducted into the Academy in 1996.
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Gary Veurnik
Executive VP of Manucfacturing & Engineering
The Dow Chemical Company
Gary Veurink is corporate vice president, Manufacturing and Engineering. He became a member of the Office of the Chief Executive (OCE) in September 2004.Veurink joined Dow’s Michigan Division in 1972 in Research in the Electro Mechanical Research Lab. In subsequent years he has worked in both technical and managerial roles in a number of Dow's businesses, functions and locations. His business and technology experiences include ChlorAlkali, Hydrocarbons, Agricultural Chemicals, Plastic Films, Engineering Plastics and Performance Chemicals. His functional experiences, in addition to Research, include Manufacturing, Engineering & Maintenance, Environmental Management, Quality Management, Materials Management and Purchasing. He has served as the leader of four of Dow's global technology centers, concurrent with several of his business and functional leadership roles. He was appointed Global Manufacturing Director for Engineering Plastics in 1995. In 1998, he was named vice president, Global Purchasing. In 2000, he was named site director for Michigan Operations and Business Operations director for Performance Chemicals. In 2004, Veurink was named business operations leader and vice president of Manufacturing and Engineering for the Chemicals and Intermediates portfolio of businesses, and in late 2004 was named to his Corporate Vice President role.He is a member of the Board of Directors of The Dow Corning Corporation, of the Dorinco Reinsurance Company, and of the National Association of Manufacturers. He is currently located in Midland, Michigan.
Veurink earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. He has done graduate studies in Chemical Engineering from the University of Michigan and is a graduate of the Advanced Management Programme at INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France. He has been named an Outstanding Alumnus by SDSM&T and granted an Honorary Doctorate degree in 2002. He serves on the institution’s Academic Advisory Board.Veurink has served on numerous community boards and leadership positions in the local communities, while working for Dow in Michigan, Ohio and Texas. He is currently on the Executive Council and President of Boy Scouts of America, Lake Huron Area Council, as well as on the Board of Trustees of the Michigan Chapter of the Nature Conservancy. Veurink is a member of AIChE. He is married to wife Ruth and has three grown children.
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John Mogford
Senior Group Vice President, Safety & Operations
British Petroleum
John has worked for over 27 years in the oil and gas industry, mainly in Upstream Exploration and Production . In light of the Texas City incident John was appointed Senior Group Vice President of Safety & Operations, reporting to Lord Browne. Previous to this role, John returned to his old segment within E&P to take up the position of Group Vice President, Technology and Decentralised Functions. His roles prior to joining E&P included Group Vice President for Gas, Power & Renewables, his remit covering the areas of Wind, Hydrogen, Solar and NGL’s. John is also a great champion for Health and Safety and from 1999 to 2002 and was Group Vice President for Health, Safety and Environment. Prior to this, he was Technology Vice President with specific responsibilities for drilling, production operations and HSE for BP ’s global E&P activities. In the early 80’s, John was manager of BP’s North Seas Forties Field after a spell as Technical Manager for North Sea operations having worked in field and drilling roles culminating in the position of global drilling manager for BP. He has worked in a variety of geographical regions including London, Alaska, the Gulf of Mexico, Egypt and the North Sea. After graduating from Sheffield University as a mechanical engineer, John joined the oil and gas industry working for Schlumberger Oilfield Services before joining BP in 1977. He is married and has two children.
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Charles E. Harris
Professor
Texas A&M University
As a philosophy professor at Texas A&M University (TAMU), Ed is also a noted expert and communicator of Engineering Ethics, and he has been teaching Engineering Ethics at TAMU for many years from his own highly acclaimed textbook, "Engineering Ethics: Concepts and Cases," 3rd edition, Wadsworth, 2004. In recognition of the value that TAMU places on this subject and course, Engineering Ethics is required for all TAMU engineering students, including students in chemical engineering.
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L.S. Fan
Professor
Ohio State University
Professor Fan is a Distinguished University Professor, Chair of Chemical Engineering at Ohio State University and a member of the National Academy of Engineering. He is the recipient of many awards for his outstanding scholarship and contributions to the field of Fluidization and Fluid-Particle Systems. His research covers wide topics in fundamental and applied area of fluidization, multiphase flow, particulate reaction engineering and particle technology. He has concentrated on areas that have relevance to energy and environmental systems with a direct bearing on chemical, petrochemical, mineral and materials industries.
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Sotiris Pratsinis
Professor
Department of Mechanical & Process Engineering
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Professor Pratsinis is Professor at the Institut fur Verfarhenstechnik at the ETH in Zurich, Switzerland. His research focuses on synthesis of particles for manufacturing of useful products such as optical fibers, catalysts, pigmentary, ceramic and metallic powders by aerosol processes. In addition particle suspensions in liquids are being studied by his group for their applications in drinking and wastewater treatments and in processing of pharmaceuticals and food products. A new exciting field is the synthesis and processing of nanoparticles with precisely controlled characteristics. Professor Pratsinis has been recognized world wide as a leader in particle technology.
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Alan Roberts
Mechanical Engineering
University of Newcastle
Professor Alan Roberts’ contributions to Engineering have been many and varied. He presently is emeritus professor of mechanical Engineering at University of Newcastle in Newcastle, Australia. The fact that Australia is an acknowledged leader in many areas of bulk solids handling technology is due in no small measure to the efforts and enterprise of Alan Roberts. Some areas where he has made a particular impact are: describing and modelling the mechanics of grain augers; modelling the flow of bulk solids in feeders and transfer chutes; the economic and dynamic analyses of belt conveyors; the mechanics of adhesion of bulk solids especially in relation to conveyor belt cleaning.
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Wolfgang Peukert
Professor
Institute of Particle Technology
Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen
Wolfgang Peukert is Professor of Mechanical Process Engineering, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany. He is a 2005 winner of the prestigious Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz’s Prize. He has shown considerable success at the interface between basic research and application. One of the focal points of his work is particle properties in the sub-micron size range. The behavior of and interaction between particles are decisive for the characteristics of a product. Whereas in the past the particles of interest were larger than a micron, an increasing number of modern applications demand much smaller particles. With his research into the properties of particles in the sub-micron and nanometre size range Wolfgang Peukert has shed light on the scientific relationships and created the basis for the tailor-made design of product properties for specific applications.
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Yutaka Tsuji
Professor
Osaka University
Yutaka Tsuji is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Osaka University. He is a leader in area of modelling and simulation of fluid-particle systems. He and his team have been at the forefront of new development in this field for decades. His publications are extensive lending new insights into how fluids and particles interact. He has served the particle technology community extensively searching in a leadership capacity both in Japan and around the world. He has incorporated basic physics into this analysis and has carried out many crucial experiments in the field of fluid-particle interactions that serve as the model for the field.
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Martin Rhodes
Chemical Engineering
Monash University
Martin Rhodes is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at Monash University in Australia. He has carried out research in also all aspects of fluidization including circulating fluidized beds (CFBs), including hydrodynamics, heat transfer, combustion and strategies for minimizing emission of nitrogen oxides during coal combustion. It is difficult to find a field of fluidization where his research is not quoted extensive. He has been an avid educator bringing his love for particle technology to students in a number of venues. His videos and educational materials of fluid particle behaviors are used in many classroom around the world.
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Reg Davies
Advisor
Particle Research Center
University of Florida
Reg Davies is presently an advisor to the Particle Engineering Research Center at the University of Florida being one of the pioneers in particle technology over the decades through his tireless work with and for the community. His leadership is legendary both in the societies he has touched as well as in the company for which he worked, E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co. He has worked to make particle technology to the highly respected and challenging field that it is today. Reg has been able to step back from all the details of particle technology and provide us with guidance and direction to apply our knowledge to crucial problems of our world. The entire community owes Reg a debt of gratitude, which we could never repay.
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