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Kimberly Ogden

Kimberly Ogden, PhD, is the Department Chair of Chemical and Environmental Engineering and a professor at the Univ. of Arizona (Email: ogden@email.arizona.edu). She received her BS degree in chemical engineering from the Univ. of Pennsylvania and her PhD from the Univ. of Colorado. She is a Fellow of AIChE, as well as the 2019 President and a member of the Executive Committee of ABET. Ogden’s research focus includes bioreactor design for the production of alternative fuels and chemicals from algae and guayule, as well as energy/water nexus...Read more

Dr. J. Reed Welker

Dr. Reed Welker earned his bachelors and masters degrees at the University of Idaho and his doctorate at the University of Oklahoma.  From 1961 to 1963 he was a group leader and section head at Oil Recovery Corp. in Norman, Oklahoma, where he worked on secondary and tertiary methods of oil recovery.  From 1965 to 1974 he was a research engineer and associate director of the Flame Dynamics Laboratory at the University of Oklahoma Research Institute.  His research included areas of fundamental fire behavior, ignition of materials, and heat transfer from fires.  From 1965...Read more

Francis J. Doyle III

Francis J. Doyle III serves as Dean of the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS).

Doyle, who is also the John A. and Elizabeth Armstrong Professor of Engineering & Applied Sciences, was elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) for his insights into natural biological control systems and innovative engineering of diabetes control devices. As co-principal investigator of the artificial pancreas project, Doyle leads a multidisciplinary team of engineers and scientists who are developing algorithms to automate an insulin delivery...Read more

Michael F. Doherty

Michael F. Doherty is Duncan & Suzanne Mellichamp Chair in Process Systems Engineering; Professor of Chemical Engineering, and former Department Chair at the University of California, Santa Barbara.  He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering.  He received his B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from Imperial College, London in 1973, and his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Trinity College, University of Cambridge in 1977.  He taught at the Universities of Minnesota and Massachusetts before joining the faculty at UC Santa Barbara in 2000.  His research...Read more

Dr. Charlie Bamforth

Dr. Charlie Bamforth is Anheuser-Busch Endowed Professor of Malting & Brewing Sciences at UCD. He has been part of the brewing industry for over thirty two years. He is formerly Deputy Director-General of Brewing Research International and Research Manager and Quality Assurance Manager of Bass Brewers. He is a Special Professor in the School of Biosciences at the University of Nottingham, England and was previously Visiting Professor of Brewing at Heriot-Watt University in Scotland.

Charlie is a Fellow of the Institute of Brewing & Distilling, Fellow of the Society of...Read more

David E. Clough

Dr. David Clough has taught applied statistics at the undergraduate and graduate levels to chemical engineering students for the past 20 years.  At the graduate level, his students have included practicing professionals.

Dr. Clough recently retired after a 43-year career on the faculty of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Colorado’s Boulder Campus.  He is still active in the Department in the Emeritus role, including the supervision of research in applied process control.  He teaches several AIChE Academy courses, both in-person and eLearning...Read more

Professor Diane Hildebrandt

Diane Hildebrandt is SARChI Professor of Sustainable Process Engineering and Director of the Centre of Material and Process Synthesis (COMPS) at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. She obtained her BSc and PhD in Engineering and Chemical Engineering from the University of the Witwatersrand.

Her current research interests focus on the synthesis and optimisation of reaction and separation processes.

Professor Hildebrandt has authored or co-authored over 80 scientific papers and has received 306 citations in the past three years.

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Jay B. Clare, P.E.

Mr. Clare is a Vice President of the Infrastructure and Environment division of URS Corporation and is the Business Line Director for Sustainability. This role includes development and leadership of strategic sustainability consulting, greenhouse gas management, energy management, water management, renewable energy, and sustainable infrastructure design and construction services. He was formerly responsible for growing and continually improving service to URS’ power, commercial and industrial customers in California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Western Canada, and China.

Mr. Clare...Read more

Mark W. Lockhart, P.E.

Mark W. Lockhart, P.E., is the Process Technology Manager for Burns & McDonnell in the P&I Group in Houston, Texas.  He is responsible for all Process Engineering and Technology Applications for the Refining and Petrochemicals sector.  Mr. Lockhart has extensive experience in manufacturing, engineering and Technology Licensing in the Refining and Petrochemicals industry.  He has held positions as plant process engineer, process design lead for major projects, Manager and V.P. of Process Engineering and Director of Refining and Petrochemical Technologies.  Mr....Read more

Professor David Glasser

David Glasser is a Professor of Chemical Engineering and Director of the Centre of Material and Process Synthesis (COMPS) at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. He obtained his BSc in Chemical Engineering from the University of Cape Town, and his PhD from Imperial College in London.

His research interests revolve around Mathematical Modelling of Processes, Optimisation, Catalysis, Process Synthesis, Biomedical Engineering and Process Intensification. He has authored or co-authored more than 100 scientific papers and was Editor-in-Chief of the new book...Read more

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