The Loss Prevention Symposium (LPS) is one of four parallel symposia that comprise The Global Congress on Process Safety. Organized by Group 11A of the AIChE Safety and Health (S&H) Division, the LPS has been held annually since 1967.
The Process Plant Safety Symposium (PPSS) is one of the three parallel symposia that comprise the Global Congress on Process Safety. Since its inception in 1992, the Process Plant Safety Symposium has provided perspectives, methods and tools that could be readily practiced at the plant level.
The Center for Chemical Process Safety International Conference (CCPS) is one of four parallel symposia that comprise The Global Congress on Process Safety (GCPS). Organized by volunteers from industry and academia, the CCPS conference promotes process safety by identifying emerging process safety issues and advancing leading process safety management practices.
In January, Opower achieved a milestone: achieving two terawatt hours of energy savings — enough to take all the homes in a city the size of Sacramento off the electric grid for a year.
AIChE's annual Chem-E-Car Competition ® engages college students in designing and constructing a car powered by a chemical energy source, that will safely carry a specified load over a given distance and stop.
UMass chemical engineer Paul Dauenhauer is one of only 14 scientists recognized by the DuPont Young Professors Program this year. He'll receive $75,000 for three years to support research.
Carlos R. Apesteguía is Full Professor at the National University of Litoral (UNL), School of Chemical Engineering (FIQ), and Member of the CONICET's Research Staff at the Institute of Research on Catalysis and Petrochemistry (INCAPE), Santa Fe, Argentina. Currently, he is also the Director of the Materials Science and Engineering Research Center (CenMat, FIQ, UNL) and Chairman of the Materials Engineering Department (FIQ, UNL).Read more
Dr. Poehlein has held various management positions at Merck, including that of Director for Technical Operations at several plants, Senior Director and Executive Director for Pharmaceutical Tech Operations, and Vice President for Global Technical Operations. Dr. Poehlein holds chemical engineering degrees from Lehigh University and Georgia Institute of Technology. He has been an active member of the advisory committees for a number of chemical engineering departments.Read more
Dr. Krishna is currently responsible for development and deployment of non-IT technologies in Downstream & Chemicals for Chevron Corporation. Prior to his current appointment, he served as General Manager of Technology for Global Refining, and as Managing Director of Technology Marketing. Dr. Krishna has held technical leadership positions for most petroleum refining processes, including FCC, Thermal Processing, Rheniforming, Alkylation, and all aspects of Hydroprocessing. He is a member on the Boards for joint ventures between Chevron and Grace Davison, CBI Lummus,...Read more
