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S. James Zhou

S. Zhou received his Chemical Enginnering Ph.D. from Syracuse University in 1989. He worked for Allied-Siganl, Honweywell Aerospace, Honeywell International in China, and now Gas Research Institute. He is experienced in the filed of separation sciences and technologies, space life support, coating and materials. His current work is centered on carbon capture from flue gas, syngas, and natural gas sweetening....Read more

Samuel A. Rodgers

Sam Rodgers is a Process Safety Leader for Honeywell Specialty Materials. He holds a masters in Chemical Engineering from the University of Virginia. Sam has been active on NFPA committees since 1994, is currently an alternate on the committees for Electrical Equipment in Chemical Atmospheres as well Handling and Conveying of Dusts, Vapors and Gases, and chairs the Explosion Protection Systems committee....Read more

Saquib Sultan

Saquib Sultan is in the second year of his Ph.D. program in Chemical Engineering at the University of Cambridge, holding the degree of M.Eng. (First Class Hons.; 2008), also in Chemical Engineering, from Imperial College London. His research involves the utilisation of natural and synthetic, calcium-based sorbents for the removal of carbon dioxide from flue gas, in order to produce a pure stream of CO2 for sequestration. Saquib has submitted his first paper on the subject to Energy & Fuels and is awaiting publication. His latest work involves the simultaneous production of H2 with...Read more

Satoshi Hata

Satoshi Hata is a Group Manager within the Compressor & Turbine Engineering Department, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., in Hiroshima, Japan. He has 27 years experience in R&D for nuclear uranium centrifuges, turbomolecular pumps, and heavy-duty gas and steam turbines. Mr. Hata has B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees (in Mechanical Engineering) from Kyushu Institute of Technology.Read more

Sean J. Dee, P.E.

Sean J. Dee, Ph.D., P.E., CFEI is a Managing Engineer at Exponent, Inc. At Exponent, Dr. Dee applies the fundamentals of chemical engineering in projects that help clients mitigate the risk of potential accidents, losses and injuries. His areas of expertise include incident investigation, process safety, green manufacturing, and clean energy.

Over the course of his career, Dr. Dee has investigated incidents in residential, commercial, and industrial facilities. In many of these cases, Dr. Dee has helped his client understand the strengths and weaknesses of their process safety...Read more

Shaowei Li

Shaowei Li, Assistant Professor from the Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University, China, have researched on the nanoparticle synthesis in micro-reactor, CFD simulation of two-phase flow in microchannel. His current work is the research on the treatment of high level liquid waste.Read more

Sheri R. Snider

Sheri Snider is a senior district account manager at Nalco Water, a division of Ecolab. She received her BS in chemical engineering from the Univ. of Illinois in 1989. She began her industrial career at Exxon Chemical in 1989, where she held positions in process engineering and technical sales. In 1994, she transitioned to Nalco Water and has held positions in technical sales, global industry technical support, and management. Currently, in her role as senior district account manager, Snider provides service, troubleshooting, and technical support for the Nalco Water process treatment...Read more

Tony Cooper

Tony Cooper, PhD, (tony.cooper@mac.com) provides manufacturing and design project consulting, with an emphasis on the efficient use of data to support appropriate decisions in process management, continuous improvement, engineering, and design. He was a founder of Six Sigma Associates and is a faculty member of the Center for Executive Education at the Univ. of Tennessee. He has taught and supported projects at Cytec Industries, Whirlpool, Allied Signal Aerospace, PPG, and Remington. He received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Rensselaer...Read more

Vasily Simanzhenkov

Vasily Simanzhenkov is a research engineer at NOVA Chemicals Corp. He has 10+ years experience in secondary crude oil treatment processes, petroleum and petroleum product analyses and petrochemicals. Dr. Simanzhenkov received two diplomas in chemical engineering and technology, the first from the State Academy for Oil and Gas, Moscow, Russia, and the second from Freiberg University of Mining and Technology, Freiberg, Germany and received the Ph.D. degree (2000) from Freiberg University of Mining and Technology. He is the author of numerous conference and research papers, co-author of a...Read more

Walt Hart

Walt Hart is a Managing Consultant in the Houston office of IHS Purvin & Gertz. Having joined Purvin & Gertz in 2006, Walt’s proprietary studies have involved business analysis and strategy, market studies, forecasting, valuations, and legal support. He works primarily in the area of natural gas liquids and light naphtha, but also has experience in alternative fuels. He has authored portions of worldwide multiclient studies, taught workshops, given seminars, and conducted training courses while at Purvin & Gertz.

Prior to joining Purvin & Gertz, Walt spent 14...Read more

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