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Robert A. Urban

Robert Urban and Bhavik Bakshi are with the William G. Lowrie Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at The Ohio State University.Read more

Roger T. Bonnecaze

Roger T. Bonnecaze is the T. Brockett Hudson Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. He has served as Chair of the Department since 2005. He received a B.S. from Cornell and a M.S. (1987) and Ph.D. (1991) from the California Institute of Technology in Chemical Engineering. His research focuses on complex fluid and materials processing flows, particularly with applications in nanomanufacturing. In addition to publishing over 70 papers on these subjects, he holds eight licensed patents. Bonnecaze is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and received the...Read more

Ronald J. Willey

Ronald J. Willey is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at Northeastern University in Boston, MA. He holds a Ph.D. in Chem. Eng. from the Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a B.S. Chem. Eng. (summa cum laude) Univ. of NH, Durham. He is a registered professional engineer in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and serves on the Board of the Registration for Engineers and Land Surveyors. He is also co-editor of Process Safety Progress.Read more

Rong Xing

Rong Xing obtained his Ph.D in Chemical Engineering at University of Kentucky in 2007. His research areas focus on the development of new membrane materials (polymer, mixed matrix membrane, and zeolite membranes) and efficient separation processes for applications in industrial gas separation, air/gas drying,alcohol-water separaton, and microalgae harvesting.Read more

Rui Xie

Rui Xie is a PHD candidate of wood chemistry in Auburn University. The main research is to identify potent fermentation inhibitors in the prehydrolysate of woody biomass, and to investigate the chemical mechanisms of detoxification of inhibitors.Read more

Rune Reppenhagen

Rune Reppenhagen is the DeltaV Brand Manager at Emerson Process Management’s Process Systems and Solutions division. He is responsible for marketing and sales development of DeltaV. The previous 8 years, Rune held various sales support and marketing roles at Emerson. Rune started his career with Emerson in 1998 in the technology department that developed DeltaV. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Automation Engineering from Bergen College of Engineering in Norway, a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, and a Master of Science...Read more

Ryan Tasseff

Ryan Tasseff born in Boulder Colorado June 17th 1982. Grew up in Ormond Beach Florida. Graduated with honors in 2006 from the University of Florida with a BS in Chemical Engineering specializing in molecular dynamics of lipid bilayers. Spent time working with or consulting for Dow Chemical Company, Progress Energy and General Electric with a focus on computational modeling of unit operations and processes. Currently enrolled as a PhD candidate at Cornell University. Research focus is computational modeling of large scale protein interaction networks involved in proliferation and...Read more

Saeed Khaleghi Rahimian

Saeed Khaleghi Rahimian is a Ph.D. student of Chemical Engineering at the University of South Carolina. He received a B.S. and M.S. in Chemical Engineering from University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran. He has been active in the area of Electrochemical Engineering for almost 3 years and has 3 papers with related topics. His research interests include Mathematical Modeling and Optimization of Chemical and Electrochemical Processes, Parameter and State Estimation, Global Optimization, And New Mathematical Methods for Solving System of Nonlinear Equations. His current research involves application...Read more

Salvador García-Muñoz

Salvador Garcia has wide expertise and deep knowledge in process and product design, process simulation and multivariate latent variable methods (PCA/PLS and others). Consulted and closely worked with a wide range of chemical industries. Has both experience in plant floor and in research environment with international exposure progressing projects in America and Europe. Speaker and organizer of international conferences and forums around the application of modeling technology for QbD. Salvador holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from McMaster University (Canada) a M.Sc. and a B.Sc. in...Read more

Sam Willard

Sam Willard, President & General Manager Sam has been with HETSCO since 1995 and currently serves as President & General Manager. He works with new and existing clients for project planning, execution and technical support. Mr. Willard has 35+ years in the industrial gas and petrochemical industry in the production, sales, maintenance, construction and service areas. On a day to day basis Mr. Willard leads the entire team of HETSCO to provide estimates, scheduling and execution of field repairs, cold box refurbishments, vessel alterations and new vessel fabrication. He maintains...Read more

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