Industry Leader Panel

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Sunday, April 28, 2013, 1:30pm-2:30pm CDT

Grand Hyatt, San Antonio, Lone Star A

The Industry Leader Panel will be made up of five professionals that will discuss their career path after college.

Albert Carpenter

Al Carpenter graduated in 1982 with a B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Arizona and went on to further his education earning a B.ChE from GA Tech. He has broad experience working in production and process development, including plant startup, new product introduction, pilot plant operations as well as international assignments in Italy and Germany. Al is currently working as Principal Process Engineer at Evonik Corp. and is a member of their Global Process Safety Team.

Jack Hipple

Jack Hipple is a 30 year veteran of the chemical industry, including responsibility for global chemical engineering research at Dow Chemical as well as its Discovery Research New Ventures program. He has also managed chemical material technology projects for the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, new product development for Ansell Edmont in the protective equipment area, and process scale up for aerogel materials at Cabot Corporation. He currently Principal with Innovation-TRIZ, providing consulting and innovation training.

Jason Ormes

Jason Ormes is a graduate of Purdue University. He began working for Chevron Phillips as a process engineering intern and became an employee shortly after his graduation in 2007. His career started in the technical department where he optimized process controls and developed simulation based unit optimization models. In his current role as an Ethylene Production Engineer, Jason’s responsibilities include the safe and reliable planning, management of change, troubleshooting, and optimization of a world scale production ethylene unit.

Meagan Lewis

Meagan Lewis graduated from the University of Illinois in 2008 and soon after started at UOP, a Honeywell Company. She is currently a Sr. Product Line Specialist at UOP for Olefins and Detergents products. Meagan is also a Graduate student working towards her MBA at Loyola University Chicago. Meagan is extremely involved with the AIChE Young Professional Committee and is currently a co-chair of the Retention and Recruitment subcommittee. She has also recently taken on the role of National Programming Co-Chair for the AIChE Spring 2014 Meeting in New Orleans.

Nicholas Urbanski

Nicholas F. Urbanski, Senior Engineering Specialist, Heat Transfer and Fractionation, started with the ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company in December 2009. His current responsibilities include thermal and hydraulic review of heat transfer equipment of various configurations including shell-and-tube, air-cooler, plate-frame, plate-fin, and printed circuit for onshore and office applications throughout the upstream business. He also remains closely linked to the downstream organization. He contributed commentary for the upcoming third edition of the ALPEMA Standard.