Eric Peterson | AIChE

Eric Peterson

Senior Manager
Exponent, Inc.

Dr. Eric Peterson is currently a Senior Manager at Exponent, Inc, where he performs technical process safety and risk analyses within Exponent’s Thermal Sciences practice. Employing his chemical engineering expertise, coupled with that of physics and meteorology, Dr. Peterson provides engineering guidance in the design and verification for all or part of facilities and systems.

He has broad experience in technical process safety in support of the upstream oil and gas industries, its mid- and downstream sectors, the petrochemical, chemical, transportation, and mining industries. He routinely conducts the several types of studies, including: quantitative risk assessment; facility siting; consequence modeling and risk analyses; safety studies; structural integrity; and teaching/training. 


Dr. Peterson obtained a B.S. degree in Mathematics and Physics from the State University of New York, Oswego, a Sc.M. in Geophysical Sciences from the University of Chicago, and a PhD in Chemical Engineering from Lamar University. He is an active member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) and American Meteorlogical Society (AMS).