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Ralph King

RALPH E. KING SENIOR ENGININEERING ADVISOR, MECHANICAL AND DISCIPLINE ENGINEERING – LYONDELLBASELL INDUSTRIES Ralph E. King is a 32-year experienced mechanical engineer with a broad range of technical experiences. During his career he has gained a broad range of engineering experiences including maintenance / reliability engineering of fixed, fired and rotating equipment, process / production engineering and process safety / RMP coordination. Ralph is currently serving in Mechanical and Discipline Engineering, for LyondellBasell Industries. Ralph’s current responsibilities include...Read more

Revonda Tew

Revonda Tew has 19 years chemical industry experience (8.5 years in process development,engineering, and PSM). She has led PSM compliance initiative atlarge chemical facility, authoring policies and procedures to address industry, regulatory, and company standards; managed their implementation. She holds one US patent. She has participated in/led over 40 PHAs, many MOC risk reviews/approvals, several investigations, and many PSM compliance audits and Risk Based Process Safety (RBPS) assessments (Best Practice Assessments). She has developed customized training materials including RBPS, PSM...Read more

Reynolds A. Frimpong

Reynolds Frimpong obtained his PhD in Chemical Engineering from University of Kentucky and is currently doing post-doctoral research with the Center of Applied Energy Research, University of Kentucky....Read more

Richard A. Cairncross

Richard Cairncross is an associate professor in the Chemical & Biological Engineering Department at Drexel University. He leads a research group working on topics related to renewable polymers and renewable energy, and teaches courses on renewable energy and design. A team of students under his direction received a P3 (People, Prosperity and the Planet) Award from the EPA for development of a new reactor that converts low quality natural/waste oils into Biodiesel. He has researched the net energy balance of corn-to-ethanol processes, the effect of different biomass feedstocks on...Read more

Richard Zoldak

Richard P. Zoldak, P.E. Position – Senior Technical Service Engineer Technical Articles * "Catalyst Development for Improved Reformer Performance." Presented at The AIChE Safety in Ammonia Plants and Related Facilities Symposium, September, 2006, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (co-authored) * "Spiral Heat Exchangers Preheat High Solids Black Liquor Without Plugging." Pulp and Paper. February, 1991 (co- authored) * "Waste-Heat Recovery: Weighing in the Environmental Factor." Engineer's Digest, August, 1989 (presented at AIChE Local Chapter and Regional Table-Top Show, St. Louis, MO)...Read more

Richard Prugh

Richard Prugh's process safety experience includes 30 years in Du Pont's explosives, organic chemicals, safety and fire protection, and engineering departments. This was followed by 17 years as a full-time independent process-safety consultant and, currently, 8 years with Chilworth Global. He is a Fellow member of the AIChE and is a registered Chemical Engineer in five states and a registered Fire Protection engineer in Maryland. He also is a graduate of the Process Safety Institute as a Quantitative Risk Assessment Analyst and is a Certifed Safety Professional. His contributions to the...Read more

Robert F. Wasileski

Bob Wasileski joined CCPS as Lead Process Safety Specialist in 2015.  He has over 20 years of experience in manufacturing, including the production of ethylene, polyethylene, polystyrene and synthetic hydrocarbon resins.  He has held roles in both process engineering and chemical process safety, working most recently at the corporate level for NOVA Chemicals, Inc. providing technical management and support in the areas of process safety, process risk management and loss prevention engineering.  Bob’s expertise primarily resides in the areas of process design for loss...Read more

Robert Joyce

Robert Joyce is a chemical engineer and attorney with the Oklahoma City based lawfirm of McAfee & Taft. A significant portion of his practice deals with litigation and regulatory matters involving environmental, health, safety and transportation issues associated with mid-stream and downstream oil & gas operations,aerospace, manufacturing,and mining. Mr. Joyce was a process/project engineer with Cities Service Company and OXY, Manager of Environmental Compliance and Senior Attorney with Hilti, and has been in private practice for more than 20 years.Read more

Roberto E. Galiasso Tailleur

Roberto Galiasso Tailleur a,b a Simon Bolivar University, Department of Thermodynamics, Sartenejas, Baruta, 89000, Venezuela. b Oklahoma University Department of Chem. Biol. and Mat. Eng., Norman, Oklahoma 73019 USARead more

Ryan McCann

Ryan McCann PhD Candidate Purdue University Department of Industrial and Physical PharmacyRead more

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