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February 2012

Bipin V. Vora

After receiving Masters Degree in Chemical Engineering in 1967 from the University of New Mexico, Bipin joined UOP R&D as a development engineer and at the end of 2006 he retired as UOP Fellow, a highest technical ladder position at UOP.

Bipin Vora has been one of the key individuals responsible for leading the development and commercialization of several UOP processes. Bipin is currently an active consultant and advisor.

He has 86 US patents, over 200 international patents, and over 130 publications. He has received the Distinguished Service Award from the Fuels and...Read more

Rakesh Agrawal

Rakesh Agrawal joined the Davidson School of Chemical Engineering at Purdue Univ. in 2004 as Winthrop E. Stone Distinguished Professor, with a teaching and research focus on energy and sustainability. Before Purdue, Agrawal’s career at Air Products and Chemicals included serving as Air Products Fellow and as the first chair of its Technology Board. Under his leadership, innovative process ideas were implemented in hundreds of gas separation and liquefaction plants worldwide. He holds 131 U.S. patents and several hundred non-U.S. patents, and is a recipient of the U.S. National Medal of...Read more

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