Young Professionals Advisory Board Officers

Board Members

• S. Tom King, bio
• Brian Daly, bio
• Wendy Young, Baker Petrolite - bio
• David Wishnick, bio
• Yoojung Kim, bio
• Daniel Shiosaki, bio

S. Tom King is the current 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 past chair 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...

Wendy Young is past chair of the Young Professionals Advisory Board, and is currently a member of AIChEs Board of Directors and chair of the Membership Committee.

Wendy is a Field Manager for Baker Petrolite, providing process treatment chemicals to petrochemical plants in the Houston area. She began her career with BASF after obtaining her B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Texas A&M University in December 1997. Her experience includes positions in chemical manufacturing, pharmaceutical manufacturing, and technical sales.

In addition to AIChE activities, Wendy enjoys participating in a wide variety of sports including sailing, , figure skating, and snow skiing basically anything involving water!.

David Wishnick is First Chair of the Young Professionals Advisory Board.

David is currently working for CESCO Solutions in a Technical Sales and Marketing role in Seattle, WA and holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin in Madison.  Currently, David is completing his MBA from Seattle University while working.  David is the past House Chair if the local Chicago AIChE Section, and for the past three years has been Chair of Puget Sound Minority Scholarship.  David's interests are in how technology and organizational structures effect the world and physical the environment, as well as coaching youth wresting.

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.