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Robert Langer

Robert S. Langer is the David H. Koch Institute Professor (being an Institute Professor is the highest honor that can be awarded to a faculty member). Dr. Langer has written over 1,600 articles. He also has approximately 1500 issued and pending patents worldwide. Dr. Langer’s patents have been licensed or sublicensed to over 400 pharmaceutical, chemical, biotechnology and medical device companies. He is the most cited engineer in history.  

He served as a member of the United States Food and Drug Administration’s SCIENCE Board, the FDA’s highest advisory board, from 1995 --...Read more

Dr. David Wood

David Wood received a double major in Chemical Engineering and Molecular Biology from Caltech in 1990. He then worked one year at Kelco in process development for commodity-scale mucopolysaccharides, and two years at Amgen in the Neupogen® manufacturing process. He then returned to graduate school and completed his PhD at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2001. He then spent seven years on the faculty at Princeton University before joining the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department at the Ohio State University in 2009. His current work includes protein engineering for...Read more

Caroline Reynolds

Caroline Reynolds, P.E. is a chemist and chemical engineer who has managed waste-related projects for over 25 years. Many of her past projects were investigations of potential soil and groundwater contamination. Investigation results often are used to determine the preferred remediation method and the extent and cost of cleanup. Ms. Reynolds found that it was important to quickly and clearly explain investigation findings to client management and attorneys. Understanding the findings and their implications are important motivators for the client to obtain sufficient funding...Read more

Ron Alsop

Ron Alsop, author of the book 'The Trophy Kids Grow Up: How the Millennial Generation Is Shaking Up the Workplace', is a freelance writer and editor, as well as a public speaker and consultant on the millennial generation, corporate reputation, business ethics, social and environmental responsibility, business education trends, and career development. His other books include 'The 18 Immutable Laws of Corporate Reputation: Creating, Protecting, and Repairing Your Most Valuable Asset' and 'The Wall Street Journal Guide to the Top Business Schools'.

A longtime writer and...Read more

Robin Throckmorton

Robin Throckmorton, MA, SPHR is the President and Executive HR Strategist with Strategic HR, Inc., a human resources management consulting firm located in Cincinnati, Ohio.  Strategic HR, Inc. was a winner in 2008 and 2009 of the Regional Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce Small Business Excellence 10 under 10 Award.  Robin has been a generalist and consultant for over 18 years with healthcare, manufacturing, service, and non-profit organizations creating solutions to help them recruit and retain the best and the brightest employees.

Robin is the co-author of 'Bridging the...Read more

Dr. James O. Wilkes

Jim Wilkes was born in 1932 in Southampton, England.  He obtained his bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the University of Cambridge in 1955. The English-Speaking Union awarded him a King George VI Memorial Fellowship to the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, from which he received a master's degree in 1956 and a PhD in 1963.  He was also a faculty member in chemical engineering at the University of Cambridge from 1956 to 1960, and at the University of Michigan from 1960 to 2000.  At Michigan, he was department chairman from 1971 to 1977, and assistant dean for...Read more

Professor Peter Barham

Peter Barham is a Professor of Physics at Bristol University UK, honorary Professor of Molecular Gastronomy in the Life Sciences faculty of the University of Copenhagen and honorary Research Associate at the Animal Demography Unit in Zoology at the University of Cape Town. In Bristol, as well as carrying out his own research in fundamental Polymer Physics and in the conservation of penguins, he is involved in undergraduate and post-graduate teaching and a range of adminstrative tasks. In Copenhagen, he is...Read more

Dr. Dale L. Keairns

Dale’s current work supports the Department of Energy National Energy Technology Laboratory and Deloitte business initiatives. His work has implemented methodologies for carrying out techno-economic analyses of candidate future integrated energy systems. Dale had technical and financial responsibility for the development and commercialization of technology to meet market needs during his career at the Westinghouse Science & Technology Center. His responsibilities included technology support for the Power Generation, Environmental, and Government Operations Business Units and operation...Read more

Robert W. Johnson

Mr. Johnson is a Fellow of AIChE and an industry leader in the development and dissemination of risk analysis methods and risk management strategies. Since 1978, Mr. Johnson has helped clients prioritize risk reduction options, develop corporate and plant technical safety programs, identify inherently safer processes, train PHA team leaders, and analyze fire, explosion, and toxic release hazards.

Mr. Johnson teaches AIChE continuing education courses on HAZOP Studies and on Advanced Concepts for Process Hazard Analysis, has prepared several eLearning courses on process safety topics...Read more

Joan F. Brennecke

Joan F. Brennecke is currently Cockrell Family Chair in Engineering #16 in the McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. She began her academic career at the University of Notre Dame after completing her Ph.D. and M.S. (1989 and 1987) degrees at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and her B. S. at the University of Texas at Austin (1984).  

Her research interests are primarily in the development of less environmentally harmful solvents. These include supercritical fluids and ionic liquids. In developing these solvents, Dr....Read more

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