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Lydia Ramsey

Lydia Ramsey is an international business etiquette expert with over thirty years of experience.  She offers seminars, keynote speeches and executive coaching to corporations, associations and universities.   Lydia travels throughout the US and abroad to offer her programs on business etiquette.  

Lydia is the author of several books including MANNERS THAT SELL – ADDING THE POLISH THAT BUILDS PROFITS (Pelican Publishing 2008) and LYDIA RAMSEY’S LITTLE BOOK OF TABLE MANNERS (Longfellow Press 2008). She has produced four training videos, including “Dining for...Read more

Joseph P. Hamilton, Esq.

Joseph P. Hamilton is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Perkins Coie LLP. He counsels companies and research institutions on their intellectual property needs including the establishment, development and maintenance of patent portfolios. Joe also has extensive experience in litigating patents before Federal courts and the International Trade Commission and has handled numerous patent interferences before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences. He has experience in a wide variety of technologies including chemical and polymer manufacturing and processing, biotechnology, medical...Read more

Robert L. Gravell

Bob Gravell is a Principal Process Safety Consultant with the DuPont Company and is located at the DuPont Explosion Hazards Laboratory in Deepwater, NJ. 

Bob received his BS and MS degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Virginia and has 34 years of experience with DuPont, including assignments in project engineering, technical services, manufacturing, and R&D.  In his current role he is responsible for addressing a wide range of  reactive hazards issues, including flammability and explosion behavior of vapors and combustible dusts.  He is...Read more

Charles A. Petty

Dr. Charles A. Petty is a member of the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at Michigan State University and is presently the Director of the NSF Center for Multiphase Transport Phenomena. In 1966, Professor Petty received a BS degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Florida. He completed his PhD studies in 1970 at Florida and joined the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Delaware as an Assistant Professor. While at Delaware, he participated in a fluidized bed coal combustion program at the Argonne National Laboratory as an NSF Summer...Read more

Sangtae Kim

Sangtae 'Sang' Kim was appointed in 2008 as the inaugural executive director of the Morgridge Institute for Research. Prior to this appointment he was the Donald W. Feddersen Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University. His past work experience includes NSF Division Director for cyber-infrastructure programs and executive experience at pharmaceutical companies Eli Lilly and Parke-Davis, as the V.P. for R&D IT. His initial career in academia was at the Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University...Read more

Bhavik Bakshi

Bhavik R. Bakshi is the Richard M. Morrow Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at The Ohio State University. He received his B.Chem.Eng. degree from the Institute of Chemical Technology in Mumbai, India and his MSCEP and PhD degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research is in the area of Sustainable Engineering which is resulting in systematic methods for developing products and processes that make positive contributions to human well-being while being economically feasible and respecting nature's limits. He...Read more

Dr. Douglas Ludlow

Dr. Douglas Ludlow is currently a Professor at Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla, Missouri. He has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Brigham Young University, and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Arizona State University.

Dr. Ludlow began his professional career working for Monsanto at their Soda Springs, ID elemental phosphorous facility where he worked as a process engineer for about one year.  He returned to school and completed his doctorate in chemical engineering at Arizona State University in 1986.  He began his academic career at the...Read more

William F. Banholzer

In the fall of 2013 Banholzer joined the University of Wisconsin following a 30-year career in industrial research.  At UW Banholzer has appointments in the Chemical and Biological Engineering Department, Chemistry Department, the Wisconsin Institute of Discovery, and the Wisconsin Energy Institute. At UW his interest is to develop unique teaching materials focus on education about industrial chemistry.  He retired from Dow Chemical where he was an Executive Vice President leading Dow’s Venture Capital, New Business Development, Licensing activities, and served as...Read more

Charles 'Chuck' Black

Chuck , joined the company in 1973 and during the next seven years held various engineering positions within the Production Department. From 1980 to 1989, Black held various management positions including Budget Director for Tampa Electric. 

In 1989, he was named director-Engineering and Construction for TECO Power Services. In December 1990, he was named Vice President-Engineering and Construction for TECO Power Services. In December 1991, he was named Vice President-Project Management for Tampa Electric. In that capacity he was responsible for the engineering and construction...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

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