2006 Annual Meeting -
Special Events and Networking Opportunities

Sunday, November 12  

Workshop: 
Career Planning for Prospective Faculty 
Plaza A (Hilton)

Honors Ceremony
Honors the 2006 Board of Directors and Institute Award
Recipients
Continental 4, 5 & 6 (Hilton)

AIChE Welcome Reception   
Visit with friends, network with colleagues, and meet
Institute and Industry leaders while enjoying a variety
of hot and cold appetizers as well as a cash bar for
cocktails and other beverages.
Grand Ballroom A&B (Hilton)

AIChE Annual Business Meeting
Board members seated on Dais.
Newly elected Board members seated in front row.
Continental 4 (Hilton)

7:00am-8:00am

Bionanotechnology Plenary Session 
Grand Ballroom A (Hilton)

8:30am-11:00am

AES Plenary Session
Yosemite A (Hilton)

8:30am-11:00am

Membrane Tutorial -  Membrane-Based
Separations – Invited Papers
Morning Session
Afternoon Session
Yosemite B (Hilton)

8:30am-11:00am

12:30pm-3:00pm

National Student Paper Competition
Taylor (Hilton)

8:30am-11:00am

Plenary Session on Membranes and Bioseparations
Invited Papers
Continental 5 (Hilton)

8:30am-11:00am

Plenary Session US-Japan Joint Topical Conference
on Medical Engineering, Drug Delivery and
Therapeutic Systems
Morning Session 
Afternoon Session
Continental 4 (Hilton)

8:30am-11:00am

12:30pm-3:00pm

Reaction Engineering Symposium in Memory
of E. E. Petersen
Papers will be presented to highlight the accomplishments
of E.E. Petersen in Reaction Engineering and the impact
that his work had in the field.
Imperial A (Hilton)

8:30am-11:00am

Sustainability Plenary: the Challenge
of Sustainable Energy  
CoSponsored by The Society of Chemical Engineers,
Japan (SCEJ) (TE)
Continental 6 (Hilton)

8:30am-11:00am

*Women's Initiatives Committee Luncheon  $10
Hotel Nikko - Bigsur Room (Lobby Level)

11:00am-12:30pm

The Dankwerts Lecture
AIChE and  IChemE  together  with Chemical
Engineering Science, co-sponsor this annual Lecture.  
This years lecture will  be presented for the first time
ever in the USA by recipient

DOROS NICOLAS THEODOROU, Professor,
Department of  Materials Science and
Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering,
National Technical University of Athens
Grand Ballroom A (Hilton)

11:15am-12:15pm

*Chevron Technology Center & Refinery Tour   $40 

12:00pm-5:30pm

12:30pm-3:00pm

National Student Design Competition
Taylor (Hilton)

12:30pm-3:00pm

Plenary Session on Opportunities and
Challenges in Product Design
12:35pm  Kevin G. Joback -
“Designing Chemical Products”
1:15pm  Ka M. Ng -
“Product Development: from
Conceptualization to Market”
2:00pm  Robert Langer -
“Creating and Implementing
Medical Technology”
Grand Ballroom A (Hilton)

12:30pm-3:00pm

Alpha Chi Sigma Symposium –
Invited Speakers- in honor of Dr. Darsh T. Wasan,
2005 recipient of the Alpha Chi Sigma Award in
Chemical Engineering Research. 
Plaza A (Hilton)

12:30pm-3:00pm

Symposium on the 65th Birthday of
Prof. Clark Colton (Part I & II)
Distinguished Invited Speakersby former
students and friends only of the leading figure
of biomedical engineering in the last forty years
Morning Session
Afternoon Session
Continental 5 (Hilton)

12:30pm-3:00pm

3:15pm-5:45pm

Incorporation of Product Design into Chemical
Engineering Education
Features many leading  academics including
Ed Cussler, with a presentation on
“Teaching Chemical Product Design”
Union Square 24 (Hilton)

3:15pm-5:45pm

Invited Session: Catalysis and Reaction Engineering
Division Practice Award
This session honors the winner of the Industrial Practice
Award, an award given on an annual basis to an
individual who advances the industrial practice of
catalysis and/or reaction engineering. This years recipient
is Lawrence A. Smith, Jr.
Franciscan A (Hilton)

SBE's James Bailey Award Lecture  an SBE
prestigious award for pioneering in
biotechnology. Following this event, a reception
is planned for the US-Japan Conference.  A hospitality
suite for SBE members and SJEC BED members
is scheduled from 9pm to midnight.
Grand Ballroom A (Hilton)

6:00pm-7:00pm

6:00pm-7:00pm
Social Hour
7:00pm-9:30pm
Dinner &
Keynote Speaker

Poster Sessions (Education, Graduate
Student Award, Particle Technology, Pilot Plants
and University Unit Ops labs, Interfacial
Phenomena, Materials Engineering and Sciences,
Nanoscale Science and Engineering)
Grand Ballroom B (Hilton)

6:30pm-9:00pm

*Separations Division Annual Awards Dinner   $45
Empress of China Restaurant

7:00pm

7:00am-10:00am

Plenary Session II on Membranes
and Bioseparations
Continental 5 (Hilton)

8:30am-11:00am

Special Session in Memory of Professor
Koichiro Nakanishi
This special symposium, consisting only of invited
talks, will celebrate the scientific career of
Professor Koichiro Nakanishi, one of Japan's
most accomplished celebrated thermodynamicists,
who passed away in May 2006.
Continental 4 (Hilton)

Symposium Honoring CACHE Award Recipients
the recipient of the 2006 ASEE/CACHE Award for
Excellence in Computing in Chemical Engineering
Education, JAMES M. DOUGLAS, will give
a presentation.
Grand Ballroom A (Hilton)

8:30am-11:00am

8:30am-11:00am

*Nuclear Engineering Division Robert E. Wilson
Award Luncheon $10
This year's recipient is Arlin L. Olson,
Idaho National Laboratory
Johnny Foley's Irish House

11:00am-12:30pm

12:30pm-3:00pm

3:15pm-5:45pm

Session in Honor of MASSIMO MORBIDELLI,
Wilhelm Award Recipient recognizes significant
new contributions in the area of chemical reaction
engineering.DAN LUSS and other invited
speakers will present
Morning Session
Afternoon Session
Imperial A (Hilton)

12:30pm-3:00pm

3:15pm-5:45pm

1:00pm-5:00pm

Poster Sessions (Fuel Cell, Environmental
Technology, Computers in Operations and
Information Processing, Systems and
Process Control, Applied Mathematics and
Numerical Analysis, Systems and Process Design)
Grand Ballroom B (Hilton)

3:15 pm-5:45pm

Nanotechnology
National Science Foundation Workshop 
NSF initiatives related to chemical engineering will be
described by their respective program directors
Plaza A (Hilton)

3:15 pm-5:45pm

Special Systems Biology Session 
“Paradigms in Systems Biology” 
Grand Ballroom A (Hilton)

3:15 pm-5:45pm

Particle Technology Forum Award Lectures
• Thomas Baron Award in Fluid-Particle Systems
• Lectureship Award in Fluidization
Continental 2 (Hilton)

3:15 pm-5:45pm

Professional Progress Award Lecture
“Engineering of Therapeutic Protein Formulations”
presented by the 2005 recipient of the Professional
Progress Award for Outstanding Progress in
Chemical Engineering.TED RANDOLPH of
University of Colorado, the 2005
Grand Ballroom A (Hilton)

Poster Sessions (AES, Separations, Fluid
Mechanics, Membranes, Extraction,
Crystallization and Evaporation, Adsorption
and Ion Exchange, Thermodynamics and
Transport Properties)
Grand Ballroom B (Hilton)

6:30pm-9:00pm

*Computer & Systems
Technology (CAST) Banquet   $40
Empress of China Restaurant

6:30pm-Cash Bar
7:00pm-Dinner

*Management Division Dinner   $40
Caesar's Italian Restuarant

6:30pm

*Catalysis and Reaction Engineering
Division Dinner  $75
Grand Cafe - Hotel Monaco

7:00pm

*Process Development Dinner  $50
La Scene Restaurant - Warwick Regis Hotel

7:00pm

Distillation Honors
Invited speakers: topics related
to Zarko Olujic and his work.
Mason (Hilton)

8:30am-11:00am

FREE Forum on Engineering Education
Morning Session
Afternoon Session
Van Ness (Hilton)

8:30am-11:00am

12:30pm-3:00pm

Plenary Session: Materials Engineering and
Sciences Division - Invited speakers
Charles M. A. Stine Award Lectures
Award winner: Jeffrey Koberstein,
Dept. of Chemical Engineering,
Columbia University, "Using Molecular Design
Concepts and Light to Engineer Surface Properties"
Imperial A (Hilton)

8:30am-11:00am

Plenary Session
Membranes and Bioseparations
Continental 5 (Hilton)

8:30am-11:00am

11:15am

58th AIChE Institute Lecture 
“Thermodynamic and Kinetic Origins
of Alzheimer's and Related Diseases:
a Chemical Engineer's Perspective” 
presented by this years Award Winner:
DR. CAROL K. HALL, Alcoa Professor of
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at
NC State, National Academy of
Engineering (NAE)
Grand Ballroom A (Hilton)

11:15am-12:15pm

Nanoscale Science and Engineering Forum
(NSEF) Award Lectures
This session consists of invited talks by recipients
of the two 2006 NSEF awards.
NSEF Forum Award Lecture
NSEF Young Investigator Award Lecture
Yerba Buena Ballroom 6 (Marriott)

Carol K. Hall Honors Sessions
Carol  in Thermoland I: a session in honor of
Hall's 60th Birthday
Morning Session
Afternoon Session
Imperial B (Hilton)

Plenary Session: Frontiers in Renewable Energy
Continental 6 (Hilton)

12:30pm-3:00pm

Poster Sessions (Animal and Plant Culture;
Environmental Catalysis; Biocatalysis &
Protein Engineering; Biological Transport,
Migration and Adhesion; Downstream
Processing; Drug and Gene Delivery; Engineering
Treatment and Analysis of Disease; Fuel Cell
Portable Power Systems; Green Biotechnology;
Pharmaceutical Technology; Upstream Bio
Processing; Catalyst and
Reaction Engineering Division)
Grand Ballroom B (Hilton)

3:15pm-5:45pm

Gerhold Plenary Session 
(past recipients of the Separation
Division's Gerhold Award)
Yosemite A (Hilton)

3:15pm-5:45pm

Young Faculty Forum
Van Ness (Hilton)

3:15pm-5:45pm

Separations Interactive Networking Poster Session
Room Yosemite B+C
Morning Session
Afternoon Session
Yosemite B &C (Hilton)

3:15pm-5:45pm

6:00pm-10:00pm

Plenary Session: Sustainable Biorefineries
Continental 6 (Hilton)

3:15 pm-5:45pm

Open Forum for Korean and
American Chemical Engineers 
Interactions between the members of
both AIChE and KIChE
Union Square 13 (Hilton)

6:00pm-8:00pm

6:30pm

*NAMF Mixing Award Banquet   $60
E &O Trading Company

7:00pm

*American Electrophoresis /
Bioinformatics Dinner  $55 
Stanford Court - Renassaince Hotel

7:00pm

*CAPE – OPEN Dinner  $56 
E &O Trading Company

7:00pm

Plenary Session: 
Computational Molecular Science and Engineering 
Imperial A (Hilton)

8:30am-11:00am

Plenary: Frontiers in Alternative Fossil Fuels
Continental 6 (Hilton)

8:30am-11:00am

Special Environmental Plenary Speaker
A Special Lecture on Environmental Change:
“Sound Science for Sound Decisions”
Navy Vice Admiral (ret)
CONRAD C. LAUTENBACHER, Ph.D., 
Undersecretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere
and Administrator  of National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA)
Grand Ballroom A (Hilton)

11:15am-12:15pm

Plasma Processing
Co-Sponsored by the American Vacuum Society (AVS)
Yerba Buena Ballroom 5 (Marriott)

3:15pm-5:45pm

2006 Lawrence K. Cecil Award in
Environmental Chemical Engineering
will be presented to DR. LARRY E. ERICKSON,
Professor of Chemical  Engineering at Kansas State
University at the Annual AIChE Meeting.  The
Award Lecture titled:  “Environmental Management
and Sustainability”
Union Square 15 & 16 (Hilton)

3:15pm-3:45pm

In the Environmental Fate and Transport
Processes III session
Union Square 15 & 16 (Hilton)

3:15pm-5:45pm

Biotechnology Tutorial & Panel Discussion 
Imperial B (Hilton)

8:30am-11:00am

The Third Industrial Fluid Properties Simulation Challenge
(a biennial program) presentations by contestants and the
announcement of the champions of the third challenge.
Union Square 19 & 20 (Hilton)

8:30am-11:00am

Final Cape Open Session
“Cape-Open Numerical Components:
Development and Usage”
 Session Commences with a presentation by Topical
Chair MICHEL PONS “Review of Cape-Open
Numerical Interfaces Implementations”
Union Square 5 & 6 (Hilton)

8:30am-11:00am