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February 2012

Dr. Joseph J. Cramer

Dr. Joseph J. Cramer is currently Director Emeritus, Program Development for AIChE where he was Director, Technical Programming from  1994 to early 2012.. In this capacity he worked with AIChE’s Program Committee to develop content for AIChE national meetings. Previously, he had more than 20 years experience with Stone and Webster Engineering as an environmental engineer, project manager and program manager. He also worked with Brown & Root and Bechtel as an air quality engineering department head. Dr. Cramer has extensive experience both as an expert witness and in managing...Read more

Julie K. O'Brien

Julie K. O’Brien was appointed manager of Corporate Sustainability at Air Products in June 2010.  She is responsible for integrating sustainability into company businesses and work processes, working closely with Air Products’ Sustainability Council and senior managers to develop and achieve the company’s sustainability strategy.

Ms. O’Brien joined Air Products in 1986 as a participant in the company’s Career Development Program with an initial assignment in manufacturing at the company’s chemical facility in Pasadena, TX.  She subsequently moved to Allentown, PA as a...Read more

John Cirucci

John Cirucci is the Chief Engineer of the Center for Negative Carbon Emissions and a Research Professor in the Global Futures Laboratory at Arizona State Univ. Before joining Arizona State, he had a long industry career in various engineering and R&D leadership roles at Air Products and in private practice. He holds a BS and MS in chemical engineering from Penn State and Lehigh Univ., respectively, but has learned much more from working beside many extraordinary people.

John is an AIChE Fellow. He has served AIChE as a Board Director (2012–2014), a Trustee of the AIChE...Read more

Mark S. Dreux

Mark S. Dreux is a partner of Arent Fox’s Labor & Employment practice and is a nationally recognized expert in occupational safety and health law. Mark specializes in representing employers and trade associations in all aspects of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act). His practice includes counseling clients in regulatory compliance with the standards and regulations which the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the state plans have promulgated, investigating significant workplace incidents, managing OSHA inspections, contesting OSHA citations,...Read more

Blair Wheeler

Blair Wheeler joined AspenTech in 2005 as Senior Vice President, Marketing, and leads the company's product management, product marketing, corporate marketing, and partners organizations. Blair brings to AspenTech oil and gas industry experience and more than 20 years of technology marketing, product management, and partner development experience. His experience also includes senior-level positions at Avid Technology, The Boston Consulting Group, and Amoco Production Company. Blair holds an MBA degree from the Harvard Business School, and a BS degree in Geology and Geophysics from Yale...Read more

Dr. Arthur William Etchells III

Dr. Arthur William Etchells is a world recognized authority in the field of mixing for the process industries. He is a chemical engineer with BS and MS degrees from the University of Pennsylvania, and a doctorate from the University of Delaware.  For thirty nine years he worked for the DuPont Company, primarily as an internal consultant for the many diverse DuPont businesses in the field of fluid flow with emphasis on mixing and slurry transport. He has achieved the highest technical level of DuPont Fellow and the highest technical award, the Lavoisier Medal.

Dr. Etchells'...Read more

Wendy C. Young

Wendy Young is AIChE’s Senior Director of the Institute for Learning & Innovation (ILI). In this role, she leads the business units responsible for Education/Workforce Development and Membership/Career Services. By promoting career discovery, skills development, practice plus (ex. internships) and certifications, the ILI is positioned to provide value to chemical engineers throughout all stages of their careers – from the classroom to the boardroom.

Wendy is joining AIChE’s team after dedicating time to the Institute as a volunteer in a wide variety of roles throughout her...Read more

Dan Banks, P.E.

Dan Banks is a chemical engineering graduate of Rice University, and a P.E. in Oklahoma. He has worked with combustion systems for 33 years, mostly in the design of thermal oxidizer systems for vapors and liquids.

He began private consulting as Banks Engineering in 1996. Presently his work includes combustor accident investigations, safety reviews, and system upgrades to improve performance and safety. He also designs new combustor systems and assists end users with system specifications and proposal evaluation.Read more

Jeremy Lebowitz

Jeremy Lebowitz is an Associate Engineer at the Boston office of Rolf Jensen & Associates. He has a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering and a Master of Science in Fire Protection Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He has project experience in industrial and laboratory facility design and code consulting, as well as explosion protection.Read more

Jonathan Eisenberg

Jonathan Eisenberg, P.E. is the Associate Manager of the Boston office of Rolf Jensen & Associates. He is a licensed fire protection engineer, with over 9 years of fire protection and code consulting experience, as well as over 11 years of chemical engineering and chemical plant management experience. Mr. Eisenberg has extensive project experience in industrial, chemical, and laboratory facility design and code consulting, as well as explosion protection and fire suppression system design for special hazards. He is a member of the NFPA 30 (flammable and combustible liquids) and NFPA...Read more

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