AIChE's Commission on Energy Challenges
Established by AIChE’s Board of Directors, the Commission on Energy Challenges (CEC) is comprised of industry and academic experts representing a broad portfolio of energy technologies as well as business and research interests. Over the next few months, the Commission will explore AIChE's role, as a professional engineering society, in addressing the complex technical, sociological, economic and sustainability issues of energy production, usage, and conservation.
"The Latest Innovations and Workable Solutions" from AIChE's Critical Issues Series: Energy at the 2006 AIChE Spring National Meeting.
CEC Report on Recommendations for AIChE's Energy Strategy
The members of the Commission on Energy Challenges are:
- Dr. Amos Avidan, Vice President (Commission Chair), Bechtel Corporation
- Dr. Rakesh Agrawal, W. E. Stone Distinguished Professor, Purdue University
- Dr. John Chen, Professor & Dean Emeritus (Ex-officio, AIChE President), Lehigh University
- Mr. Ashok Gupta, Air & Energy Program Director, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
- Dr. L. Louis Hegedus, Senior Vice President R&D, Arkema Inc.
- Dr. William Jacobi, General Manager Nuclear Technology (retired), Westinghouse Electric Corporation
- Dr. Dale Keairns, Senior Advisory Engineer, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)
- Dr. Jeffrey Siirola, Technology Fellow (Ex-officio, AIChE Past President), Eastman Chemical Co.
- Mr. James Smith, Director of Downstream Oil, Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA)