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2018 SAChE Student Design Competition for Safety in Design

2018 SAChE Student Design Competition for Safety in Design

2018 SAChE Student Design Competition for Safety in Design

Kerry Shiels

Kerry is the winemaker for Côte Bonneville. She began making wine in middle and high school in a series of science projects. After earning her engineering degree from Northwestern University in Chicago, she worked in Torino, Italy in Fiat's management development program. She was then transferred to Case New Holland (CNH) world headquarters in Chicago before deciding to enter the world of wine.

Kerry received her master's degree in Viticulture and Enology from UC Davis, and then assumed the winemaker title in August 2009. She has been immersed in DuBrul Vineyard and Côte Bonneville...Read more

STS AIChE December 2018 Workshop-Only Meeting

November 15, 2018
Thursday, November 29, 2018,
5:30pm to 8:30pm
CST
Schedule 5:30PM - 6:55PM Workshop I 7:05PM - 8:30PM Workshop II *Drinks and Snacks will be provided. Register Here Workshop I: Energy targeting of chemical processes using Pinch Analysis Abstract: What is the potential for operating cost savings that can be achieved via improved energy efficiency...Read more

2018 Graduate Student Presentation Award

November 15, 2018
Nathan Smith, a graduate student from Penn State University in Materials Science and Engineering, is the winner of this year's NED graduate student presentation award. Nathan presented a talk on "Electrochemical Separation of Cs from Molten Salts using Liquid Metal Electrodes" in the session on...Read more

Steve Peck

As the director of winemaking for J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines, Steve Peck combines a gifted palate, a passion for viticulture and a comprehensive technical knowledge of winemaking practices.

Born and raised in California, Steve began cultivating his love of viticulture and winemaking as a teenager while traveling to vineyards and working alongside his uncle. A dedicated home winemaker, Steve’s uncle taught him the importance of hands-on attention to detail at every step of the winemaking process. This early exposure to vineyards and winemaking inspired Steve to enroll at the...Read more

Miguel Corcio

Miguel has over 30 years of experience as a technical leader in industrial automation, electricity, manufacturing execution systems and related engineering activities in manufacturing. His comprehensive technical experience includes functional leadership and guidance, capital investment planning & execution, compliance, building engineering capabilities, that also includes operational support. He also has extensive knowledge on standardization, continuous improvements, operation innovations, technology evaluation and deployment of IoT platforms and solutions for the manufacturing...Read more

Ragab Khir

Dr. Ragab Khir is an Associate Professor of Food Engineering, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt, and Project Scientist at Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of California, Davis, USA.

Dr. Khir research interests are focusing on developing infrared radiation (IR) heating technologies for food processing that has promising merits including improved product quality and safety, increasing energy and processing efficiency, and reducing water and chemical usage, improving consistency and...Read more

Richard Turton

Richard Turton has a total of 36 years of experience in the chemical process industry and academia. His areas of expertise and emphasis are process design and process design education. He is the lead author of two textbooks, "Analysis, Synthesis, and Design of Chemical Processes" (5th edition) and "Chemical Process Equipment Design", both books are published by Prentice-Hall (Pearson). He has extensive experience in the process systems engineering area and routinely teaches courses in the design and simulation areas....Read more

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