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Graham T. Polley

After graduation he worked as a chemical engineer at Fisons (no longer exists) and then as a senior chemical engineer at Albright & Wilson (no longer exists). On finishing post graduate studies he worked with Duncan Chisholm (no longer active) at the UK's National Engineering Laboratory (which no longer exists). In the early eighties he moved to UMIST (no longer exists) where he worked with Bodo Linnhoff (who is no longer active). His career in Mexico commenced at the Institute of Scientific Investagation at the University of Guanajuato. When this closed he transferred to the...Read more

Akitoshi Takinami

Akitoshi is the Chief Engineer in the Production Technology department of SHOWA DENKO K.K., a chemical company in Japan. In the past 22 years with SHOWA DENKO K.K., he has been active in projects for On-line optimization, Production scheduling and production equipment improvement in the petrochemical plant. Currently, his responsibilities include the application of control and optimization technologies to petrochemical production at SHOWA DENKO, K. K.Read more

Alan Zagoria

Alan Zagoria is an Engineering Fellow in UOP’s Optimization Services Group. For the last 12 years he has been helping customers run their refinery hydrogen networks more efficiently. Previously he has been responsible for process development, process design, control system design, startup, and technical service of PSA and membrane hydrogen purification units. He has presented papers on hydrogen management in conferences around the world and holds a degree in chemical engineering from Northwestern University.Read more

Amy Theis

Amy Theis received her B.S.E. from University of Iowa and is a registered PE in the state of IL. She has been employed by Fauske for 11 years and currently serves as the Manager of Chemical Testing & QA Services. Areas of expertise include reactive chemical systems, experimental test design strategy and emergency relief system design. She is an active participant in the DIERS users group and SACHE committee. She is currently serving as a Director for the Safety & Health Division of AICHE.Read more

ANDRÉ BERNARD

ANDRÉ BERNARD, p.eng., is a senior process engineer with NOVA Chemicals Corporation. He has over 35 years of experience in plant operations and process design. He has published several technical papers throughout his career and holds BS and MS degrees in chemical engineering from l’École Polytechnique de Montréal in Canada. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) and a registered professional engineer in the provinces of Ontario and Québec in Canada.Read more

Ankur Pariyani

Ankur Pariyani, PhD is Co-Founder and Chief Innovation Officer of Near-Miss Management LLC (www.nearmissmgmt.com), where he focuses on product development and innovation (Phone: 267-603-2378; Email: pariyani@nearmissmgmt.com). He has authored several papers in leading journals in the area of risk analysis. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania and a B.Tech from the Indian Institute of Technology in Guwahati, both in chemical engineering.

He has a passion to innovate novel yet...Read more

Anne Skaja Robinson

Anne Skaja Robinson joined Tulane University in January 2012 as the Chair of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. Prior to Tulane, Dr. Robinson was a Full Professor and Associate Chair at the University of Delaware, where she started her academic career in 1997. Her honors include a DuPont Young Professor Award, and a National Science Foundation Presidential Early Career Award for Science and Engineering (PECASE) Award, and she is a fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. She has several patents and over 75 publications in the field of biochemical...Read more

Arvid Pasto

Arvid Pasto is currently Director, C3/Oak Ridge. He retired in February 2007 as Director, High Temperature Materials Laboratory, and Manager of EERE and Technology Programs, Metals and Ceramics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Prior to this, Arvid was Leader, Ceramic Processing Group from 1992 to 1993, and from 1991 to 1992, a Technical Staff Member of the Ceramic Processing Group.

Previous experience includes eleven years (1980 - 1991) at the corporate R&D center of GTE Laboratories Inc. in Waltham, MA, as a staff member and research group leader, developing...Read more

Ashutosh Garg

Ashutosh Garg has more than 36 years of hands on practical experience in design, engineering and troubleshooting of Fired Heaters. He has also being giving Fired Heaters Training for more than 13 years.Read more

Richard D. Doctor

B.S. Chemical Engineer Northwestern University; investigates process design and economics for the full energy-chain analysis of fossil, nuclear and renewable power cycles using ASPEN®. Coming from a background with Arco, he led the DOE Energy Environmental Monitoring work at the Great Plains Coal-gasification plant including interaction with regulatory agencies. He has responsibility for staff conducting studies relating to bench-scale chemistry and fluid dynamics of advanced energy systems; he was the lead for the CO2 transport chapter supporting the Nobel-Peace Prize recognized efforts...Read more

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