Ms. Adele Ratcliff is currently the Director of the Manufacturing Resiliency & Assurance office and the Industrial Base Analysis & Sustainment Program (IBAS) within the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manufacturing and Industrial Base Policy (ODASD(MIBP)). During her tenure in OSD, she has focused on building strong interagency partnerships to address broad transition of manufacturing issues such as manufacturing readiness and the Advanced Manufacturing Enterprise. Her current position uses the broad authorities of the Industrial Base Analysis &...Read more
Joachim Werther graduated 1967 at the University Karlsruhe with a diploma in Chemical Engineering. In 1972 he obtained his doctoral degree and 1976 the Habilitation at the University Erlangen-Nuremberg. He worked for BASF AG in Ludwigshafen from 1977 to 1980. In 1980 he joined the then newly founded Hamburg University of Technology, where he was the first director of the Institute of Solids Process Engineering and Particle Technology until his retirement in 2008. 1999 to 2001 he served as the Vice President Research of Hamburg University of Technology.
His research interests...Read more
Prof. Chaouki is full professor from 1995 at Polytechnique, Montréal. He has supervised more than 120 researchers. He published more than 400 reviewed articles in refereed journals and in different reviewed proceedings, and more than 450 other scientific articles as well as edited 6 books. He has more than 22 patents on different processes. He is now editor of the Chemical Product and Process Modeling. He is also the director of te Biorefinery Center and a member of the Canadian Academy of Engineering. He has co-chaired 10 International Conferences including the 8th...Read more
This book has been written to address many of the developments since the 1st Edition which have improved how companies survey and select new sites, evaluate acquisitions, or expand their existing facilities.
Examines the concept of aging process facilities and infrastructure in high hazard industries and highlights options for dealing with the problem while addressing safety issues
In 1807, a brilliant, creative, and controversial American by the name of Robert Fulton declared his intent to build an experimental “steamboat,” which would be used to initiate a continuous passenger service between New York City and Albany, New York. With the success of his North River Steam Boat...Read more
Abhi Bhargava is a sales engineer with REMBE Inc. and spends much of his time on the road, working with clients’ processes to identify combustible dust risks and comprehensive solutions. He has previous experience in dry bulk processing, and he holds an MS in mechanical engineering from North Carolina State Univ.
