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February 2012

Dr. B. Wayne Bequette

Dr. Bequette worked for three years as a process engineer for American Petrofina between his undergraduate and graduate studies. From 1986 to 1987 he was a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Texas and from 1987 to 1988 he was a Visiting Lecturer at the University of California at Davis. He joined the Rensselaer faculty in 1988 and was promoted to Associate Professor in 1994 and Professor in 2000. Dr. Bequette was on sabbatical leave during the 1995-6 academic year, spending the fall semester at Merck Research Laboratories and the spring at Northwestern University....Read more

Amory B. Lovins

Amory B. Lovins, Rocky Mountain Institute's Cofounder, Chairman, and Chief Scientist, is a consultant experimental physicist educated at Harvard and Oxford. He has received an Oxford MA (by virtue of being a don), ten honorary doctorates, a MacArthur Fellowship, the Blue Planet, Volvo, Heinz, Lindbergh, Right Livelihood ('Alternative Nobel'), World Technology, National Design (Design Mind), and Time Hero for the Planet Awards, the Benjamin Franklin and Happold Medals, and the Nissan, Shingo, Mitchell, Jean Meyer, and Onassis Prizes. He is an honorary member of the American Institute of...Read more

Patrick Ropella

Patrick Ropella of the Ropella Group has a global perspective and extensive experience with Executive Search and Talent Management, covering sourcing, marketing to, assessing, recruiting, on-boarding, retaining, training and transforming top talent. For over 25 years, he has worked across all roles and functions, cascading from the top levels of Board and C-suite management to also placing apprentices coming straight out of college. He started in recruiting by placing candidates in the chemical industry; over the years, he has placed hundreds of chemists and chemical engineers in...Read more

Alan P. Rossiter

Alan P. Rossiter, PhD, P.E., is president of Rossiter & Associates, a consulting company based in Bellaire, TX (Email: alan@rossiters.org; Website: associates.rossiters.org), which helps industrial companies achieve excellence in energy efficiency. He received his PhD in chemical engineering, from the University of Cambridge.

He has more than 35 years of experience in process engineering and management, including eight years in plant technical support, design and research with Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI, United Kingdom) and nine...Read more

Michael Hightower

Mr. Hightower is a Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff in the Energy Security Center at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico.  He is a civil and environmental engineer and has over 30 years experience in research and development projects.  His current efforts include research and evaluation of innovative environmental and energy technologies and security and protection of critical water and energy infrastructures.  One of his current activities is as project leader for development of a Science and Technology Roadmap for DOE for Energy-Water...Read more

Dr. M. J. Plodinec

Dr. M. J. Plodinec is the Science Advisor of the Savannah River National Laboratory. In this role, he is responsible for fostering strategic partnerships with academia and industry to advance science and technology.Read more

Phillip C. Wankat

Phillip C. Wankat is the Clifton L. Lovell Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering and the Director of Undergraduate Degree Programs in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University.Read more

Roberto Fernandez Blanco

Roberto Fernández Blanco es miembro del AIChE-CCPS y un entusiasta promotor de las técnicas del Process Safety.Tiene una larga experiencia profesional de más de 50 años en Sistemas de Regulación y de Seguridad en Procesos, principalmente en industrias de Gas y Petróleo, Estaciones de Almacenamiento, Carga y Bombeo de Inflamables, Refinerías, Petroquímicas, Calderas, Estaciones Generadoras de Energía y Pulpa y Papel.

Roberto Fernández Blanco es uno de los principales asociados en DASIS Corp. (Buenos Aires-Argentina), una empresa dedicada al suministro de Ingeniería, Servicios,...Read more

Joseph H. Cho

Joseph H. Cho is a Sr. Technology Consultant for SK E&S gas and power projects. Over 30 years of experience in process design, project engineering and management on LNG value chain. Currently he is working for developing LNG projects associated with power plants to ensure that the projects are financeable and reliable to minimize uncertainties involved in each development stage. He is directly responsible for technology and risk management of all gas and power projects of the company.

He is a registered professional engineer at Texas Board. He was involved in process design of...Read more

Irv Wiehe

Irwin (Irv) Wiehe, a Fellow of AIChE, has been President of Soluble Solutions, a petroleum consulting company, for 11 years. He received his PhD in chemical engineering from Washington University in St. Louis and worked at Exxon Corporate Research for 22 years. Irv authored a book, “Process Chemistry of Petroleum Macromolecules” that was published in 2008.Read more

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