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Updated section bylaws

Our section bylaws have been updated. View complete bylaws Changes include: Treasurer shall serve a two-year term AIChE national organization refered to as "INSTITUTE"...

Kansas City Section Bylaws

SECTION BYLAWS (Approved 21-May-2014) Article I Name, Location and Objectives Section 1. The name of this organization shall be the Kansas City Section of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). Section 2. The headquarters of the Section shall be located in the City of Kansas City, Missouri. Section 3. The objectives of the Section shall be: (1) the advancement of the profession of chemical engineering and the maintenance of high professional standards among its members; (2) the formation of closer professional and personal relations among its members; (3) the furtherance of the...

Should Greenhouse Gasses Be "Petrified" in Rock?

June 18, 2014
June 18, 2014

Among the many scenarios for capturing greenhouse gasses, one of the most novel is "petrifying" it in basalt formations. But is it practical?

Dr. Roger D. Aines

Roger Aines develops climate and energy technologies, working for 30 years in the US national laboratory system. He has delivered and endured countless scientific presentations – recognizing the value of effective communication.  Applying his principles for championing science, Roger has helped dozens of funders, collaborators and peers to support his work.  He regularly coaches colleagues in the art of presentation preparation and delivery.

Since 1984, Roger’s work has spanned nuclear waste disposal, environmental remediation, applying stochastic methods to...Read more

Dr. Renato Baciocchi

Assistant Professor of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering at the University of Rome “Tor Vergata” since 2003. He received his degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Rome “La Sapienza” in 1990 and earned his Doctorate in Chemical Engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of Milan in 1995. After a work experience as process engineer at KTI of Rome, he began his university career as researcher in 1998. Within the scope of his research activities, he has published about 130 papers, among which 45 in international refereed journals and he has acted as...Read more

Jason Bordoff

Jason Bordoff joined the Columbia faculty after serving until January 2013 as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Energy and Climate Change on the Staff of the National Security Council, and, prior to that, holding senior policy positions on the White House’s National Economic Council and Council on Environmental Quality. One of the nation’s top energy policy experts, he joined the Administration in April 2009. At Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Bordoff is a professor of professional practice and serves as Director of...Read more

Donald Chahbazpour

Donald Chahbazpour is currently a Director at National Grid’s Network Strategy group, the department that is responsible for engineering and design of the natural gas and electricity networks. Don is responsible for leading the company’s efforts in sustainability, specifically, focusing on renewable natural gas and system emissions from the natural gas distribution system. His responsibilities include raising awareness, engaging policy makers and delivering proof of concept projects that demonstrate the viability of renewable natural gas and integrating it into the natural gas...Read more

Marc-Olivier Coppens

Marc-Olivier Coppens is Ramsay Memorial Professor at University College London (UCL) in the UK, since 2012. He is also Vice-Dean Engineering (Interdisciplinarity, Innovation), since 2021, after serving as Head of Department of Chemical Engineering from 2012. Before that, he was on the faculty at Rensselaer (USA) and TU Delft (Netherlands). He is also Qiushi Distinguished Chair at Zhejiang University, China, since 2017.

Marc-Olivier Coppens' multidisciplinary research combines fundamental theoretical work with experiments, centering on nature-inspired chemical engineering, to...Read more

Søren Lyng Ebbehøj

Søren Lyng Ebbehøj is a master of science in sustainable energy, specialized in hydrogen and fuel cells from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU). He graduated in 2011 and is currently pursuing his PhD studies at the Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, DTU. The subject is integration of technologies for capture and electrochemical conversion of CO2 from the atmosphere for production of synthetic fuels.

In the spring 2013, Søren visited the Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy, Columbia University for a research stay, focusing on desorption kinetics and the...Read more

Liang-Shih (L.-S.) Fan

Liang-Shih Fan is a Distinguished University C J Easton Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at the Ohio State University. His research group is engaged in fundamental and applied research in the areas including fluidization and multiphase flow, particulate reaction engineering, and particle technology.Read more

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