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Dr. Ranil Wickramasinghe

Dr. Ranil Wickramasinghe obtained his Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Chemical Engineering from the University of Melbourne, Australia.  He obtained his PhD, also in Chemical Engineering, from the University of Minnesota.  After obtaining his PhD, Professor Wickramasinghe worked in the biotechnology industry for Sepracor Inc. and later Hemasure Inc., in Marlborough, MA as well as Biogen IDEC in Boston, MA.  He joined the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Colorado State University in 1998.  He joined the Department of Chemical Engineering at the...Read more

Dr. Nickolas J. Themelis

Prof. Themelis obtained his B. Eng. and Ph.D. degrees from McGill University (Montreal, Canada). In the first part of his career he developed metallurgical processes for the extraction and refining of copper and other metals, including the Noranda Process that did away with the emission of sulphur to the atmosphere. Later, he was Vice President, Technology of Kennecott Corporation, the largest copper company in the world at that time. At Columbia University, he has been Chair of the School of Mines and, later, first Chair of the new Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering. He is...Read more

Marco Castaldi

Marco Castaldi was born in New York City and received his B.S. ChE (Magna cum Laude) from Manhattan College. His Ph.D. is in Chemical Engineering from UCLA and he has minors in Advanced Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics. Professor Castaldi has approximately 60 peer-reviewed research articles, 40 peer-reviewed conference papers, 3 book chapters and 11 patents in the fields of catalysis, combustion and gasification. Some of his research findings have been covered by The New York Times, The Observer, CNN, and other trade publications. Prior to his academic career Professor...Read more

Adnan Siddiqui

Adnan Siddiqui is a principal with ConcepSys Solutions LLC. His firm has developed an integrated design software, ConcepSys, which empowers engineers to rapidly analyze design options and generate deliverables as well as estimates in a fraction of time required by traditional engineering workflow and tools.Read more

Dr. Shuncheng Ji

Shuncheng Ji, Ph.D., is a Senior Staff Engineer with the Gasification Team at ConocoPhillips. In this capacity, he has been involved with preparing Process Design Packages for Conoco-Phillips E-Gas Technology™ and led several technology development projects and feasibility studies.

Dr. Ji has 19 years of experience in energy conversion processes including petroleum refining, natural gas processing and coal gasification.  Prior to joining the Gasification Team in 2005, he was with ConocoPhillips’ Gas-to-Liquids Team for four years during which he coordinated various...Read more

Scott D. Love

Scott received a BS in Chemical Engineering from Kansas State University in 1980. He is a registered professional engineer in Texas (1985) and Oklahoma (1987). He began his career as a process engineer at Phillips Petroleum Company’s Borger Refinery in 1980 and retired as Fellow from ConocoPhillips Company after over 34 years in 2015. Over his career, Scott was inventor and co-inventor of 14 US patents. In March of 1997, he received the inaugural Master of Process Engineering certification from Phillips. Scott has always utilized his process engineering perspective in all of his diverse...Read more

Dr. Joseph A. Miller

Executive Vice President & Chief Technology Officer Corning IncorporatedRead more

Dr. Daniel A. Crowl

Dr. Daniel A. Crowl is currently an AICHE / CCPS Staff Consultant and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Utah.Read more

Dr. Victor Atiemo-Obeng

Victor Atiemo-Obeng is passionate about most effective engineering science research and practice. He believes that effective fluid mixing undergirds successful chemical process research, development and operations.  In nearly 34 years at the Dow Chemical Company where he rose to the rank of Fellow, one of the top 100 technical leaders in the company’s Core R&D function, he championed engineering and process sciences to successfully commercialize processes across Dow’s businesses.

He was a key contributor to the company’s Global Project Methodology and the Scale-up Checklist...Read more

David A. Klanecky

Recognized for his impressive 30+ year career in R&D, operations, and commercial and strategic leadership roles in North America, Europe, and Asia, David Klanecky brings this experience to his role as the CEO and President of Cirba Solutions, the most comprehensive and trusted battery materials and management provider. Leading the strategic growth of Cirba Solutions, Klanecky led a capital raise, securing roughly $300 million. Collaborating with the private and public sectors, David is focused on expanding operational and technology capabilities to support the growing needs of the...Read more

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