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Paul G. Lambert

Paul Lambert has a degree in Chemistry from Newcastle University in the UK and a PhD from the department of Chemical Engineering at the South Bank University in London UK. He is a fellow of the RSC, a chartered chemist & scientist and a companion member of the Institution of Chemical Engineers. He has over 32 years experience in industry working in R&D, scale up, production but mostly in safety, health and environment. Currently he is head of Environment, Safety and Health for the Health and Nutrition business unit of Evonik Industries. His special interests are in technical safety...Read more

Pinakin Mistry

Pinakin Mistry, a professional engineer, working with Lyondell Chemical since June 2003. He is Consulting Materials Engineer with Mechanical & Discipline Engineering. He has 25+ years of experience with world wide petro chemical and oil & gas industry. Pinakin is certified ISO 9000 Lead Auditor, ASNT NDT Level III (UT), API 510 and 653 Inspector. His area of expertise is high temperature alloys, welding metallurgy, material selection, corrosion engineering, failure analysis, inspection, NDT, and cathodic protection. He presented 3 papers with AIChE EPC conference in last few years...Read more

Preeti Gangadharan

Preeti Gangadharan is a Chemical Engineering Ph.D. student at Lamar University, Texas. Her research interests include process simulation and sustainability-based design of complex chemical/energy systems.Read more

W. Brian Piercy

Presently works for Invensys Operations Management as a Turbomachinery Controls Engineer. Designs and implements control systems for steam turbines, gas turbines, compressors and generators. Graduated from Lehigh University in 1980 with a B.S. Chemical Engineering. Worked for Union Carbide Corporation in Seadrift, TX from 1980 - 1986 as a controls systems engineer managing projects in the Olefins and Ethylene Oxide units. Joined Tri-Sen Systems in 1986. Tri-Sen was eventually acquired by Invensys.Read more

Douglas W. Sullivan

President of Lidcon, Inc. a startup company developing a new petroleum coking technology. Also president of Whitson Sullivan Company a company selling various types of processing equipment. Member of AIChE, ISA and M&WMA. Registered Professional Engineer in Texas and holder of B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Missouri.Read more

Niara Eckhard Uhlein

Process Engineer at Braskem, with experience in petrochemicals. Graduated in Chemical Engineer with specialization in Petrochemical. Financial and Project Manager MBA by Fundação Getúlio Vargas in Brazil.Read more

S. Ranil Wickramasinghe

Prof 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. He joined the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Colorado State University in 1998. In 2011 moved to the University of Arkansas. He is a professor and the holder of the Ross E Martin Chair in Emerging Technologies in the Department of Chemical Engineering.Read more

Kevin M. Van Geem

Prof. dr. ir. Kevin Van Geem received his Master and Ph.D. at Ghent University in Belgium. Under the supervision of Prof. Guy B. Marin he performed research on thermochemical conversion processes and in particular on steam cracking of hydrocarbons. Detailed kinetic modelling, simulation of the hot and cold section of steam crackers, coke formation/fouling, and the role of additives are among his expertise. More recently Prof. Van Geem focused also on thermochemical conversion of biomass and on the combustion behaviour of renewable fuels. He is a Fulbright postdoctoral fellow of the...Read more

Xuan-Xian Peng

Prof. Xuanxian Peng received his Ph.D. from Xiamen University, China and studied at McGill University, Canada as a postdoctoral fellow. He had two experiences at Kyoto University, Japan and The Scripps Institute Research, USA as a visiting professor during 1998-2001. He was a Professor and group leader of Department of Biology, Jiangxi University, China from 1993 to 1996, and then moved to Department of Biology, Xiamen University, China as a Professor and group leader. Professor Peng was the Chairmen of Department of Biology from 1998 to 2003 and the Dean of School of Life Sciences, Xiamen...Read more

Rafique Janjua

Rafique Janjua PE Director Process Technology, Water & Wastewater Systems, Environmental Engineering:(BSE)from Arizona State University and (MSE)from University of Virginia. Have two (2) US patents (pending)Read more

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