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June 2017

An Interview with Syamal Poddar, 2016 Philanthropist of the Year

At the 2017 Spring Meeting in San Antonio, the AIChE Foundation celebrated the hundreds of AIChE Fellows who have come together in support of the Doing a World of Good campaign. Since the campaign launched in the fall of 2014, AIChE Fellows have collectively given more than $902,000 in support of...

Mark A. Stadtherr

Mark Stadtherr is Research Professor in the Dept. of Chemical Engineering at the Univ. of Texas at Austin and Keating-Crawford Professor Emeritus in the Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the Univ. of Notre Dame. Previously, he was on the chemical engineering faculty at the Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His primary teaching interests are process safety, process design, ecological and environmental modeling, and optimization.

Mark has published more than 180 peer-reviewed research papers in the areas of optimization and modeling, and was recognized with the...Read more

Lori T. McDowell

Lori McDowell is currently CEO of LMcDowell Inc. and Strategic-Partner with Schooley Mitchell. Lori helps businesses reduce expenses and optimize their operations. She is also pursuing her passions of working with non-profits, public speaking, and supporting diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. Before stepping out as an entrepreneur, Lori worked for Matheson, Praxair, and WR Grace in roles encompassing business development, technical sales, and R&D. She serves on the Board of The Hall Group. Lori received a BS in chemical engineering from the Univ. of Pennsylvania, an MS in...Read more

Anthony F. Fregosi

Anthony Fregosi is a Senior Manufacturing Systems Engineer at Cornerstone Chemical Co. and a Fellow of AIChE. He earned his BSChE from the Univ. of Florida. As a member of his company’s Information Technology department, Anthony supports multiple software systems with an emphasis on the plant’s data historian system. Over his career, he has held positions as a process/production engineer and process safety/responsible-care coordinator with both OxyChem and American Cyanamid/Cytec Industries/Cornerstone Chemical.

Anthony first joined AIChE as a student member, and upon...Read more

Joseph D. Smith

Joseph D. Smith works at Missouri Univ. of Science and Technology (MST; previously Missouri Rolla) and leads Elevated Analytics Consulting as Chief Technology Officer. He has served AIChE as a Director (2014–2016), Institute Treasurer (2017), and Secretary (2019–2021), and is a Fellow of the Institute. He has served on AIChE’s Local Sections and Student Chapters committees for over twenty years. His previous career includes the Dow Chemical Co., Cabot Corp., Koch Industries, and Idaho National Laboratory. He formed Elevated Analytics Consulting in 2006 and led a joint venture with CD-...Read more

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