Young Professionals Advisory Board Officers
Board Members
David Wishnick is Chair of the Young Professionals Advisory Board.
David Wishnick graduated from University of Wisconsin with a B.S in Chemical Engineering in 2002 and worked in the Chicagoland area in pharmaceutical validation until 2005. During that time he served as both AIChE Chicago House Chair and Chicago Young Professional Chair. He moved to Seattle in 2005 where he began a part time MBA program at Seattle University while working in Business Development and Technical Sales and Marketing until 2009. Currently he is a student finishing his MBA program. In Seattle he served as the Puget Sound Minority Scholarship Chair and is currently the Local Puget Sound Treasurer. Currently he is also the National YPAB Chair.
S. Tom King is the Past Chair of the Young Professionals Advisory Board.
Tom is currently working as a Development Engineer in the CAS Petrochemicals Operations Technical Support Group at UOP/Honeywell (Des Plaines IL). Tom started working at UOP in January 2007 and currently provides technical support for ~30 customers in cumene and ethylbenzene alkylation technologies. Tom has a BS in Chemical Engineering, Molecular Biology, and Biochemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (2001). Tom also has an MS in Bioengineering (2005) and an MS in Chemical Engineering (2007) from the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). Prior to attending graduate school, Tom worked as a Research Associate at Pierce Biotechnology, Inc. (Rockford IL). Tom also completed five internships at Pierce while attending UW-Madison. While attending graduate school at UIC, Tom worked as a Research Assistant for UIC Research Resources Center and Molecular Biology Consortium in the Chicago Technology Park. Tom is an active member of AIChE and serves as a local section officer in the Chicago Section and is Chair for the National Young Professionals Advisory Board of AIChE.
Brian Daly is a member of the Young Professionals Advisory Board.
Brian is a process engineer, residing in Houston, TX.He has designing chemical processes for various types of chemical and power plants, recently spearheadeding Fluor's new-hire process engineer training program.
He begainworking for Fluor aftergraduatingfrom the University of Houston in May 2002, where he earned a B.S. in Chemical Engineering with a Minor in Chemistry. He also held intern positions in Fluor's Process Technology Department as well as Schlumberger's Research & Development Department.
In addition to engineering, it is rumored Brian made the rounds as an actor with a dinner theatre group called Mystery Cafe Houston and is known to dable some in writing (bad) amateur fiction. Sadly, his dream of a movie starring a chemical engineer that saves the world has yet to be realized...
Yoojung Kim is a member of the Young Professional Advisory Board.
Yoojung is a process engineer at Solutia, Inc. in Houston, TX. Yoojung started working at Solutia in 2006 and her major responsibilities include supporting Acrylonitrile plants and optimizing their operations to maximize product recovery. Prior to that she was a process engineer at Lyondell where she supported ethanol plant operations and projects. She has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2004. While she was attending UIUC, she co-oped three terms at Lyondell. She is currently the advertising coordinator of the local AIChE Young Professionals (South Texas Section) and the Communications Chair of AIChE South Texas Section.
Daniel Shiosaki is a member of the Young Professional Advisory Board.
Daniel currently works for LyondellBasell as a Process Engineer at their Channelview site. He works on optimization and troubleshooting for the various chemical processes at several company sites. His most recent work deals with hydrogen optimization at the Lyondell-Citgo Refinery. In any extra spare time he can find at work, Daniel enjoys participating in the college recruiting process for LyondellBasell.
He moved to Houston, Texas, shortly after graduating from the University of California at Berkeley with his B.S. in Chemical Engineering in 2007. In college he participated in various activities with the local AIChE chapter, swim team, and his fraternity.
Jasmine Lee is a member of the Young Professional Advisory Board.
Jasmine is a Consultant at M3 Technology, Inc in Houston, Texas. Prior to this she was an Applications Engineer for Siemens Energy and Automation. In her role at M3 Technology, Jasmine is responsible for modeling, training and rollout of planning and scheduling software.
As an active member of The American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Jasmine is on the Board of Directors of her local section, serves her local YPAB chapter and also serves on the YPAB at the National Level. She encourages all chemical engineers to be involved with AIChE for the professional development, career advice and great friendships it can provide.
Jasmine graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 2005 with degrees in Chemical Engineering and Biochemistry. In addition to her professional career, she is an accomplished cellist. When she has time she enjoys running, volunteering for The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research and The Humane Society, travel, and the outdoors.
Nicole Rasmussen is a member of the Young Professional Advisory Board.
Nicole Rasmussen currently works as a Metallurgist in the metallurgical lab for Barrick Goldstrike Mines, Inc. in Northeastern Nevada. She works on projects to increase/improve processes in the recovery of gold from refractory ore. She also works on grinding efficiency of the comminution circuit. Nicole has been with Barrick since graduating with a BS from the University of Arizona in 2007. Nicole has been involved with YPAB since attending short courses at the 2008 National Spring meeting as part of the New Horizons program. In her spare time she enjoys coaching indoor and outdoor youth soccer. She is also continuing her education at the local community college, but now it’s more for fun with classes like watercolor and Spanish.
Cory Jensen is a member of the Young Professional Advisory Board.
Cory is a member of the Young Professional Advisory Board, the Rocky Mountain Student Liaison, and a graduate student in the Division of Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines. He is active in the Denver local section, is a licensed Professional Engineer in the state of Colorado, a graduate from the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology (BS ChE) 2000 and Colorado State University (MS ChE/BiolE) 2006. Outside of volunteering, he enjoys being active in hobbies that include winter and summer sport activities in the Rocky Mountains (soccer, mountain biking and snowboarding). Cory has researched biosensors, applied mathematical modeling, analytical approaches to water remediation with an aquatic plant (Pistia stratiotes), holistic aspects of several renewable energy projects while holding various management, pilot and experimental design roles. His research interests lay in the areas of novel synergistic system design that often require iterative experiment and model validation (e.g. integrated energy processes), bio-devices (e.g. sensors and energy generating) and Sustainable topics (e.g. design, water, energy efficiency, metrics). Cory enjoys creative and cross-disciplinary approaches to science and engineering problems and is working to promote quality leadership development at all levels.
Jessica Swary is a member of the Chicago Section Young Professional Advisory Board.
Originally from Toledo, OH, Jessica moved to Chicagoland in 2007 to work as a Process Engineer at Middough in Oak Brook, IL. At Middough she has gained experience in process design in a wide variety of industries including pharmaceuticals, corn wet-milling, metals, power, food and oil refining.
Jessica graduated with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Toledo in 2006. While attending UT, Jessica co-oped three times at Air Products & Chemicals and worked part-time at Pilkington. Jessica enjoys playing piano, doing yard work and volunteering in her free time. Her favorite volunteer activity is E-week or any other program where she gets the opportunity to get to talk to kids of all ages about engineering.
Billy Novak is a member of the Young Professionals Advisory Board.
Billy works as a Process Engineer for the The Shaw Group, residing in Baton Rouge, LA. His day-to-day responsibilities include process design with an emphasis on equipment rating and design as well as instrument and controls specification. His extracurricular Shaw activities include being the Global, as well as the Baton Rouge Office, Energy & Chemicals Young Engineer and Professional Society President.
Billy graduated from Louisiana State University in 2003 with a degree in Chemical Engineering and a minor in Chemistry. He is currently back at LSU pursuing a MBA. During his undergraduate degree, Billy was the LSU AIChE Chapter Student President.
Around town, Billy is the Baton Rouge AIChE Chapter Young Members Committee Chair and a volunteer soccer coach.