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April 2021

Cannabis Certification - ASTM International’s Committee D37 on Cannabis "A journey towards legitimacy through consensus standards"

April 12, 2021
Tuesday, January 12, 2021,
7:00pm to 8:30pm
EST
ASTM International, formerly known as the American Society for Testing and Materials, has been helping industries ensure the quality and safety of materials, products, systems and services for the last 120 years by providing a forum for stakeholders to develop consensus standards. While primarily...Read more

Management of Change (MOC) An Overview

April 12, 2021
Tuesday, October 27, 2020,
7:00pm to 8:30pm
EDT
Implementing and utilizing a formal change procedure in the production area or elsewhere, promotes safe operations and can prevent injury and even death. It will also favorably impact a company’s bottom-line and is an integral part of a properly implemented OSHA Process Safety Management (PSM)...Read more

2020 Year-end Report

April 12, 2021
the 2020 Year-end Report is a summary of the activities of the Section, outside of regular dinner meetings and other similar events.

William T. Gibbons

Will is a Technology Development Manager in the Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO) at the US Department of Energy (DOE), in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. He joined HFTO in January of 2020 after a decade on university campuses earning degrees in Chemical Engineering, teaching undergraduate Material & Energy balances and Thermodynamics courses, and developing prototype fuel processing reactors for an early-stage solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) startup. Dr. Gibbons focuses primarily on high temperature electrolysis (HTE) technologies and low temperature...Read more

2021 Spring Symposium Part 2 - "Electrostatic Spark Hazards - The Nature of the Problem and Practical Measures for its Control"

April 12, 2021
Tuesday, May 18, 2021,
7:00pm to 8:30pm
EDT
A key concern in facilities working with flammable liquids and powders is the initiation of a flash fire or explosion by electrostatic discharges. A flammable atmosphere is created when a critical amount of a fuel (flammable vapor/gas/aerosol/ and/or dust) is mixed with air. Ignition of flammable...Read more

2021 Spring Symposium Part 1 - "Preventing Disastrous Decisions - an Overview of RBDM (Risk-based Decision Making)"

April 12, 2021
Tuesday, April 27, 2021,
7:00pm to 8:30pm
EDT
Risk-based decision making (RBDM), also referred to as risk-informed decision making, relies on timely incorporation of important risk-related information into an organization’s decision-making processes. RBDM involves a series of basic steps. It can add value to almost any situation, especially...Read more

"Steam Tracing vs. Electric Tracing - an Overview"

April 12, 2021
Tuesday, March 30, 2021,
7:00pm to 9:00pm
EDT
Deciding which method of heat tracing is best for your application is a tough decision that involves many factors. Cost, effectiveness, environment and more are all different factors to consider when making the decision. Typically, it comes down to one of two forms of heat tracing: steam or...Read more

"We shall eat grass but have our bomb" Dangers of Nuclear Proliferation: Case Studies of Pakistan & North Korea

April 12, 2021
Tuesday, November 24, 2020,
7:00pm to 9:00pm
EST
"We shall eat grass but have our bomb", pronounced by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Pakistan's Prime Minister, after India's "peaceful" nuclear explosion in 1974. As we all know, there is no peaceful nuclear explosion. Why would a relatively impoverished and backward nation...Read more

Safety Layers and Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA)

April 12, 2021
Tuesday, September 29, 2020,
7:00pm to 9:00pm
EDT
Considered the worst chemical disaster in history, the release of toxic gas from a Union Carbide chemical plant in Bhopal, India 36 years ago changed the way chemical process safety is practiced throughout the world. As this situation unfolded, numerous layers of protection failed. This...Read more

Ethics: Examining Your Engineering Responsibility

April 12, 2021
Wednesday, June 24, 2020,
7:00pm to 9:00pm
EDT
Ethics is an important part of our regular work as engineers, and licensed engineers are required to complete at least 2 hours of training in ethics every two years; yet few universities require engineering students to attend a formal ethics course. Via a discussion of case studies, attendees of...Read more

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