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  • 2014 Conference Keynote

    Conference Presentation
    Southwest Process Technology Conference
    October 9, 2014
    Strong process research organizations and capabilities constitute very relevant competitive advantages in the chemical industry, enabling constant...

  • A Century of Process Safety: Process Safety at OSHA

    Conference Presentation
    AIChE Annual Meeting
    November 17, 2008
    This presentation will provide a brief history of OSHA's efforts in process safety management. It will include discussion of the PSM standard and...

  • A Conceptual Approach to the Evaluation of Layers of ...

    Conference Presentation
    AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
    March 13, 2011
    First order inherently safer technology (IST) involves the elimination of a hazard through one of four traditional approaches. While these methods...

  • A Focus on Fire Fundamentals Including Emergency Response ...

    Conference Presentation
    AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
    April 30, 2013
    This article reflects on process safety fundamentals of fires and explosions for the benefit of new professionals entering the field. It provides a...

  • A Framework for Human Error Analysis of Emergency Situations

    Conference Presentation
    AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
    March 23, 2010
    Human factors play an important role in the escape, evacuation and rescue process. Human factors analysis is rooted in the concept that the frequency...

  • A Frequency Based Approach to Hole Size Selection for ...

    Conference Presentation
    AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
    March 15, 2011
    When performing a consequence based facility siting study, it is often necessary to choose a criteria for the maximum credible hole size that is the...

  • A Fuel Ratio Method for Estimating the MESG of ...

    Conference Presentation
    AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
    March 21, 2010
    Properly specifying electrical equipment for hazardous (classified) areas requires information about certain properties of the materials anticipated...

  • A Guide to the Legal Framework of the PSM Standard for ...

    Conference Presentation
    AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
    April 30, 2013
    A Guide to the Legal Framework of the Process Safety Management Standard for Engineers By Christopher J. Cunio, Esq. and Georges A. Melhem, Ph.D. The...

  • A Hierarchical Bayesian Approach to IEC 61511 Prior Use

    Conference Presentation
    AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
    April 24, 2018
    Understanding the quality of failure rate data is vital to successful application of SIS, as emphasized in the latest IEC 61511 standard. This...