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Scott M. Husson

Dr. Scott Husson is Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at Clemson University. He received his BS in chemical engineering from Penn State University in 1993 and his PhD in chemical engineering from UC Berkeley in 1998. His research group develops surface engineering methods to create advanced functional membranes for protein chromatography, CO2 capture, water purification, as well as responsive membranes with switchable surface properties and controllable barrier properties. Dr. Husson has published over 50 journal articles and book chapters and has received 3 patents....Read more

Seung Soon Jang

Dr. Seung Soon Jang joined the School of Materials Science and Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology in July 2007. Dr. Jang worked at Samsung Electronics and the Materials and Process Simulation Center (MSC) at CalTech performing various researches in nanoelectronics, fuel cell, and interfacial systems as a director of Supramolecular Technology for six years with Prof. William A. Goddard, III. His research interest includes computations and theories to characterize and design nanoscale systems based on the molecular architecture-property relationship, which are especially...Read more

Shulin Chen

Dr. Shulin Chen is a Professor of Biological Systems Engineering and the leader of the Bioprocessing and Bioproduct Engineering Laboratory (BBEL) at Washington State University (WSU). He received his PhD in Biological and Environmental Engineering from Cornell University in 1991. Dr. Chen’s research interest is in industrial biosystems engineering applications to bioenergy and bioproducts. Dr. Chen has published over 150 refereed journal papers, and contributed to 12 invited book chapters. He currently directs research initiatives advancing sciences and technologies on integrated algal...Read more

Song-Charng Kong

Dr. Song-Charng Kong received his PhD from University of Wisconsin - Madison. Currently he is a faculty member at Mechanical Engineering Department, Iowa State University. His research is focused on spray combustion, biomass gasification, and bioenergy system analysis.Read more

Stanley Huang

Dr. Stanley Huang has a specialty area in cryogenic applications, particularly in LNG and gas processing. He graduated from National Taiwan University with a B.S. degree and attended Purdue University in 1981. He earned his Master and Ph.D. degrees in Chemical Engineering and a Master of Science in physics there. Stanley has 20 years of industrial experiences and is a Registered PE in Texas. Currently he is a Staff LNG Process Engineer of Chevron. E-mail: Shhuang@Chevron.comRead more

Steven D. Leith

Dr. Steve Leith joined Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in August, 2009 and in his current position as senior research engineer is responsible for developing and demonstrating cost-competitive fabrication platforms for manufacutring of metal-based arrayed microchannel devices. Prior to PNNL, Dr. Leith held a number of positions in process development and engineering management in both the public and private sectors including positions with Sandia National Laboratory, Hewlett-Packard and RMT International. Through the course of his career, Dr. Leith has focused on development of...Read more

Syamal Poddar

Syamal Poddar is the founder and President of the consulting company Poddar & Associates. His 40+ year industrial career includes working for two global companies — Exxon Research & Engineering and Bechtel Corp. — where he held diversified professional, management, and leadership responsibilities. He also maintained his teaching interest as an adjunct faculty member for several years at the Univ. of Houston (Clear Lake and Downtown campuses). As a part of his consulting activities, he offers several technical, project and business development, and leadership courses in the U.S. and...Read more

Yinjie Tang

Born in Shanghai, I grew up in Zhejiang Province, China. I obtained BS (1997) and MS (1999) in chemical engineering at Tianjin University in China. My MS thesis was on riboflavin fermentation and purification (advisor Xue-Ming Zhao). I did my PhD at University of Washington (1999~2004), where my study focused on marine bioremediations (advisor Barbara Krieger-Brockett). My postdoc research was at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (advisor Jay Keasling). I have worked at Washington University since 2008.Read more

Thomas Foust

Dr. Thomas Foust is the Executive Director of the National Advanced Biofuels Consortium (NABC). The NABC has a three-year mission to develop to a near pilot ready state advanced biofuels that are “drop-in” supplements to gasoline, diesel and jet fuels. A key component of the NABC towards accomplishing this aggressive goal is to leverage the existing fuels and vehicles infrastructure to the maximum extent possible. The NABC is comprised of 17 organizations representing national laboratories, universities and industry that are leaders in the advanced biofuels field. Prior to recently taking...Read more

Werner A. Kurz

Dr. Werner A. Kurz Dr. Kurz is a Senior Research Scientist at the Canadian Forest Service (Natural Resources Canada) in Victoria, BC. He leads the development of Canada’s National Forest Carbon Monitoring, Accounting and Reporting System and the development of the Carbon Budget Model of the Canadian Forest Sector (CBM-CFS3). Dr. Kurz was a lead author of five reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) including the chapter on Forestry Mitigation Options in the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (Working Group 3). His research focuses on the potential role of the forest...Read more

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