April 2012 | AIChE

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April 2012

Industrial Leadership Keynote Luncheon

Frank van Lier, Process Technology and Sourcing Team Leader for Lubrizol, gives the Management Division Keynote Address

Frank van Lier

Frank van Lier was Global Senior Director of Process Technology for The Lubrizol Corporation, retiring in 2022 with 40+ years industrial experience across R&D, operations, and technology. His experience included numerous leadership roles at Lubrizol’s Ohio and Texas plants and a year as the General Manager of Lubrizol’s Zhuhai, China, manufacturing facility (2018). He also spent six years on the board of the Lubrizol/Indian Oil joint venture located in Mumbai, India. Frank earned a BSChE from the University of Cincinnati and an MBA from Case Western Reserve University.

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Fuels and Petrochemicals Division Welcome Session

Joseph Powell, Chief Scientist at Shell will speak about Future Fuels and Chemicals: Grand Challenges and Opportunities.

Gavin Towler

Gavin Towler is Honeywell’s Chief Scientist for Sustainability. Before that he held several R&D roles including Chief Technology Officer of Honeywell UOP. He has worked in process design and clean fuels technologies for 32 years, has 77 patents, co-authored a textbook on process design, and is a Chartered Engineer, AIChE Fellow, and member of the National Academy of Engineering.

Gavin has a BA and MEng from Cambridge and a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, all in chemical engineering. An AIChE member for 35 years, Gavin has been active in programming and...Read more

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