Dale Keairns
Technical Fellow at SAIC
Dale Keairns is a Technical Fellow at SAIC. He received his PhD in chemical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and his B.S. in chemical engineering from Oklahoma State University. Dale served as the 2008 AIChE President and chairs the AIChE Center for Energy Initiatives. He led research, development and the commercialization of energy and environmental technologies at the Westinghouse Science & Technology Center from 1967 to 1999. Responsibilities included research and development of fossil, nuclear and renewable energy technologies; development of technologies for environmental remediation; and managing a commercial energy business. Project development and implementation included international customers and partners. Dale served as President of Particulate Solids Research Inc, an international industrial research consortium. At SAIC he has served as a consultant to the Department of Energy National Energy Technology Laboratory since 1999 supporting energy systems analysis and planning activities that guide technology research, development and demonstration programs. Dale serves on the American Association of Engineering Societies Board, the Managing Board of the AIChE Institute for Sustainability, and the Managing Board of the AIChE Center for Chemical Process Safety. He has served on the University of Pittsburgh Chemical Engineering Department faculty and on the Program for Technical Managers faculty at Carnegie Mellon University.