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Basics of Corrosion and Fracture Mechanics

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
August 20, 2020
Basics of Corrosion and Fracture Mechanics

A Practical Application of Detection-Based Multiclass Classification of Faults: Tennessee Eastman Process

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
August 20, 2020
A practical application of detection-based multiclass classification of faults: Tennessee Eastman Process Nour Basha, M. Ziyan Sheriff, Costas...

Marc N. Casper

Marc Casper has been president and chief executive officer of Thermo Fisher Scientific since October 2009. He was also elected chairman of the board in February 2020.

He joined the company in 2001 as president of the Life Sciences sector of Thermo Electron. He was named senior vice president in 2003, and in 2005 assumed responsibility for all of the company’s operating divisions. After the merger creating Thermo Fisher Scientific in 2006, Mr. Casper was named executive vice president and president of its Analytical Technologies businesses, and in 2008 he became the company’s Chief...Read more

Edward D. Breen

Edward D. Breen is the executive chairman and CEO of DuPont de Nemours, Inc.  Prior to this appointment, he served as the executive chairman of DuPont since the separation in June 2019 and previously served as chief executive officer of DowDuPont Inc. since September 2017.  Mr. Breen previously served as chairman of the board and chief executive officer of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (EID).  He was named interim chairman of the EID board and chief executive officer on October 16, 2015, and assumed those roles permanently on November 9, 2015. 

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The Effect of Hydrophobicity on Silica-Supported Cobalt Catalysts in Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
August 20, 2020
This work focuses on the effect of surface hydrophobicity of SiO 2 gel supports on the catalytic performance of Co based catalysts in Fischer-Tropsch...

Sponsored Technology Workshop - Don't Be Blind-'Sited': Facility Siting Insights - AcuTech Group, Inc.

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
August 20, 2020
Facility siting is required to be assessed in the United States and many other countries around the world. However, siting studies are complex, and...

Risks and Accumulation Points for Radioactive NORM Foulant in an Ethylene Plant

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
August 20, 2020
Naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORM) are found in the earth’s crust in ppm levels, and the decay of these unstable...

My Lessons for Process Safety Leadership

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
August 20, 2020
Leadership is a vital component in achieving a good safety outcome, whether it be personal or process safety related. But what does leadership mean...

Management of Change (MOC) Basics for Plant Engineers

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
August 20, 2020
The essentials of Management of Change (MOC) for plant engineers will be presented. The meaning of MOC will be explained and its central role in safe...

Light Naphtha Isomerization: An Innovative 2 in 1 Compact Revamp

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
August 20, 2020
The once-through conversion of a traditional fixed bed light naphtha isomerization unit is limited by the reaction equilibrium. Overall unit...

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