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VLS April 2014 Newsletter

April 23, 2014

Américo Diniz Carvalho Neto

Américo Diniz Carvalho Neto is an active CCPS Fellow.Read more

Ray Witter

Ray is an active CCPS Fellow.Read more

Ephraim Scheier (1961-2004)

Ephraim Scheirer served as an active CCPS Fellow. (1961 - 2004)Read more

Jack Weaver

Jack Weaver, a former director of AIChE's Technical Programs, including AIChE'S Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS), Center for Waste Reduction Technologies (CWRT), Design Insitute of Physical Properties (DIPPR), and Education, died on Dec 11, 2013, in Meadowbrook, PA. He was 76.

After earning his PhD in chemical engineering at the Univ. of Delaware, Weaver spent most of his chemical engineering career at Rohm and Haas, starting in research in 1969 and retiring in 1990 as Vice President for Environmental, Health and Safety, and Engineering. He subsequently joined the...Read more

John Davenport

John is an active CCPS Fellow.Read more

Walt Frank

Walt Frank, PE, CCPSC has a BS degree in chemical engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. He has over 45 years of experience in the chemical process industries, having held assignments in plant technical support, production supervision, R&D, major capital project design and startup, and process safety consulting.

His career includes 24 years with DuPont and ten years with ABS Consulting.  He founded Frank Risk Solutions, Inc. in 1997. Walt’s consulting expertise includes process safety management program development, evaluation, and improvement; safety culture...Read more

Cheryl Grounds

Cheryl gained 37 years of technical and leadership experience in the oil and gas industry in the areas of hazard and risk management, fire protection engineering, and management of process safety. She retired as the VP Process Safety in BP’s Group Safety & Operational Risk team where she was an advocate for process safety across BP working to set requirements, provide assurance and provide deep technical experience. Prior to joining BP, Cheryl worked with Mobil and ExxonMobil Corporations where she held a number of Process Safety Engineering positions in Refining & Marketing and...Read more

Dave Jones

Dave Jones is a CCPS fellow.Read more

Jack McCavit

Jack McCavit retired from Celanese Chemical Company after 35 years with experience in operations management and practical application of process safety management systems.  Jack served as the BP Baker Panel’s technical project manager and was a part of the team that monitored BP’s implementation of the Baker Panel recommendations. Jack served as the committee chair for CCPS’s  Guidelines for Risk Based Process Safety. He graduated from Texas Tech University with a BS in chemical engineering....Read more

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