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Mark Fisher

Mark Fisher is a senior director at Thermo Systems, LLC, a systems integrator headquartered in East Windsor, NJ (Website: www.thermosystems.com; Email: mark.fisher@thermosystems.com). With almost 30 years of industry experience, he has designed and deployed mission-critical automation and information systems in several industry segments, including life sciences, food and beverage, consumer products, water/wastewater treatment, mining, chemical processing, chilled-water generation and distribution...Read more

István Heckl

István Heckl is an associate professor at the Univ. of Pannonia (Veszprém, Hungary; Email: heckl@dcs.uni-pannon.hu), where his research interests include process synthesis, optimization, separation network synthesis, and sustainability. He lectures on C programming, C++ programming, elements of the theory of computation, and other topics, and is the leader of several research and development projects (including one that increased the planning period for the major Hungarian oil company’s product pipelines from 5–6 days to one month)....Read more

Stephan Maier

Stephan Maier is a scientific project assistant and PhD student at Graz Univ. of Technology, Institute for Process and Particle Engineering in the Process Synthesis, Process Evaluation, and Regional Development research group (Email: stephan.maier@tugraz.at). He works with such tools as process network synthesis (PNS) and the Sustainable Process Index (SPI), with an eye toward specializing in resource and energy technology process optimization in regions and urban areas, as well as ecological footprinting. His PhD thesis deals with integrated...Read more

Michael Narodoslawsky

Michael Narodoslawsky heads the Process Synthesis, Process Evaluation, and Regional Development research group at the Technical Univ. of Graz (Graz, Austria; Email: narodoslawsky@tugraz.at), where his research focuses on life cycle analysis for technologies on the basis of renewable resources, regional technology networks for renewable resources, and biorefinery development. He heads the Bioenergy Working Group within the SET-Plan Education Task Force of the European Commission, and he chairs the Bioresources Working Group of the European...Read more

Alon McCormick

Alon McCormick, PhD, has been a professor in the Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Dept. at the Univ. of Minnesota since 1989, where his research interests include the mechanisms and kinetics of various materials assembly and nano- and micro-structural processes. He is a member of AIChE, where he chairs the Chemical Engineering Technology Operating Council (CTOC) and is secretary of the Education and Accreditation Committee. He has also served as a Materials Engineering and Sciences Div. (MESD) officer and on the Executive Board of the Program Committee (EBPC). He has participated...Read more

Vincent G. Grassi

Vincent G. Grassi, PhD, is a professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering practice at Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA (Email: vince.grassi@lehigh.edu). He worked for Air Products and Chemicals for 35 years, in the areas of advanced process modeling and control and process technology. At Air Products, he served as the director of learning and employee development, which included diversity and inclusion initiatives. He is an AIChE Fellow and has been active through leadership roles with the Computing and Systems Technology (CAST) Div., the...Read more

James A. Klein, CCPSC, CPSA

James A. Klein, CCPSC, CPSA, is a senior consultant at ABSG Consulting, Inc., with 40 years of experience in process safety, engineering, and research. He was previously process safety management co-lead for North America operations at DuPont. He is the co-author of Process Safety: Key Concepts and Practical Approaches and has developed over 50 publications, conference presentations, and university talks. He holds a BS in chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), an MS in chemical engineering from Drexel Univ., and an MS in management of technology...Read more

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