October 2020

Jegan Babu Arumugakan Thuraiswamy is the deputy chief for the process safety engineering group at Bechtel Oil, Gas, and Chemicals (Email: jbarumug@bechtel.com). He is a subject matter expert in the field of process safety, including inherently safer design, process hazard analysis, layers of protection analysis, risk assessment, and loss prevention strategy. He has a BS in chemical engineering from the National Institute of Technology, India. He is a Certified Functional Safety Professional (CFSP) and a senior member of AIChE. He has twice chaired...Read more

Nathan Ehresman is the business unit director for Valin Corp. (Email: nehresman@valin.com). He has worked in industrial process heating for more than 20 years and has managed engineering, fabrication, sales, and customer service teams. Ehresman has a BA from the Univ. of Minnesota, an MBA from Seattle City Univ., and an MS in industrial distribution from Texas A&M Univ. He also hosts a series of videos on Valin Corp.’s YouTube channel in which he discusses various topics in the process control industry.Read more

Glenn Graham is corporate fellow with AVN Corp., where he provides technical support for laboratory- and pilot-scale research and development projects by performing ASPEN computer simulations, designing and operating laboratory- and pilot-scale equipment, and conducting experimental data analyses. He specializes in distillation and related technologies. He joined AVN in 2013. Prior to joining AVN, Graham worked for Union Carbide and Dow Chemical in their research and development (R&D) separations groups. He received a BS and MS in chemical engineering from Montana State Univ.Read more