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Sampath A. Karunarathne

Sampath Karunarathne was born in Sri Lanka. He graduated from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, in March 2007 with a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture. After graduation he worked in the Department of Agricultural Engineering, University of Peradeniya as an assistant lecturer. Then he worked as a research assistant in Solid Waste Management Research Unit, University of Peradeniya. He enrolled in the Biological Engineering graduate program at the University of Maine in summer 2009. Currently he is working as a graduate research assistant in the Forest Bioproducts Research Institute (...Read more

Sanjiv Ratan

Sanjiv Ratan is Chief Technology Officer of the Technip Group for the Hydrogen-Syngas Product-line & Technologies. He is in charge, on corporate level, for technology enhancement, development and promotion, competence centers harmonization and strategy relating to hydrogen-syngas product-line. Sanjiv has 30 years of experience and extensive global exposure in the field of hydrogen-syngas covering hydrogen, HyCO, DRI and GTL. He is well recognized in the industry and has contributed more than 40 papers in international conferences and publications. He holds a Bachelor of Technology...Read more

Se-Jin Jeon

Se-Jin Jeon is a Principal Researcher on the Civil Engineering Research Team, Daewoo Institute of Construction Technology, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea. He received his BS, MS, and PhD in civil engineering from Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea. His research interests include precast concrete structures, containment structures, and heat transfer and thermal stress analyses of concrete structures.Read more

Seungho Jung

Seungho Jung's recent focuses are on facility siting and plant layout. He holds a BS from Seoul National University (S. Korea) and a MS from Seoul National University (S. Korea). He is currently getting his PhD at Texas A&M University. He is active in many professional organizations, including MKOPSC and AIChE....Read more

Sharon C. Glotzer

Sharon C. Glotzer,  PhD, NAS, NAE

Sharon C. Glotzer is the the Anthony C. Lembke Department Chair of Chemical Engineering, the John W. Cahn Distinguished University Professor of Engineering and Stuart W. Churchill Collegiate Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Michigan. Her current research on computational assembly science and engineering aims toward predictive materials design of colloidal and soft matter. Using computation, geometrical concepts, and statistical mechanics, her research group seeks to understand complex behavior emerging from simple...Read more

Fausto Gallucci

Since August 2009, Fausto Gallucci was appointed as a tenure track assistant professor at the Fundamentals of Chemical Reaction Engineering group (UTwente). He is involved in fundamental study of new reactor concepts, such as chemical looping combustion in packed bed, and responsible for the master course, Multiphase Reaction Technology. All of his research activity was devoted to the development of new reactor concepts for process intensification (also condensed in three patents). In particular he was involved in the development of membrane reactors for different...Read more

Dr. Hubert Koepf

Speaker's Biography Hubert Koepf Linde AG, Engineering Division Hubert is Specialist Engineer in Materials Technology for Linde AG, Linde Engineering Division since more than 25 years. Since Linde`s portfolio contains Engineering, Gas Production and Special Equipment Manufacture, he has wide background to share chemical plant life cycle considerations from different perspectives. He has worked on numerous steam cracker projects for new and revamped ethylene plants with specific emphasis on materials selection, failure analysis, welding techniques, non destructive testing and valuation of...Read more

Stan Polcar

Stan Polcar is a Process Manager in the downstream process engineering group for Mustang Engineering. He is responsible for leading process design teams on work ranging from front-end studies to detailed engineering projects. Mr. Polcar has been with Mustang for 13 years. Prior to Mustang he was with Litwin and Pritchard. He holds a BS degree in chemical engineering from Case Western Reserve University.Read more

Stephen P. Harris

Stephen P. Harris, Jr., Ph.D. Fellow Scientist Savannah River National Laboratory Aiken, SC 29808 (803)725-5304 Education Ph.D., M.S., Statistics (1980, 1975) Dissertation: General Robust Estimation Procedures Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y. B.S., Mathematics (1973) State University of N.Y. at Albany, Albany, N.Y. Professional Experience Fellow Scientist, Statistical Consulting (1999- ) Principal Scientist, Statistical Consulting (1985-1999) Savannah River National Laboratory, Aiken, S.C. Consulting statistician and statistical modeler. Areas of expertise include statistical...Read more

Steve G. Rochelle

Steve G. Rochelle is an engineering associate with Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport TN. He holds B.S. (1972), M.S. (1974) and Ph.D. (1977) degrees from Tennessee Technological University in engineering science and mechanics. His current interests include CFD modeling of agitated tanks, settling of suspended particles, general thermal modeling and coal gasification reactor operations. He is a registered engineer in Tennessee and South Carolina.Read more

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