December 2015

Ray Cocco has been with PSRI for eight years where he has the role of President and CEO. PSRI is a consortium-based company with 35 member companies headquartered in Canada, France, Brazil, Finland, Germany, India, South Africa, Saudi Arabia and the United States. Before PSRI, Ray spend 17 years with The Dow Chemical Company where he led research and development efforts in numerous particle technology platforms including the production of WoodStalkTM (a particleboard made of straw) for Dow BioProducts, the production of vinyl chloride monomer and RCl oxidation using fluidized beds, the...Read more

Donald J. Chmielewski is an associate professor in the Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the Illinois Institute of Technology. His research focuses on economic based control system design with applications ranging from chemical processes and hybrid fuel cell vehicles to building HVAC and electric-power networks. As a senior member of AIChE, he actively participates in the CAST division, recently serving as the chair of AIChE Workshop on Smart Grid for the Chemical Process Industry. Within the Chicago local section he has served as chair of the section (2007-8) and is active...Read more