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Vilas Pol

Prof. Vilas G. Pol is a Chemical Engineering Professor and Purdue Faculty Scholar at Purdue University, IN, USA. Pol has 25+ years of research experience in the fields of materials-, chemical- environmental- engineering, nanoscience, energy storage and thermal safety aspects of rechargeable batteries. He authored/ co-authored >220 research publications and an inventor on 12 issued US patents and 25 applications. Pol delivered hundreds of invited, keynote and plenary talks worldwide including ‘TEDx’. Pol’s research activities are highlighted in PBS-NOVA, ABC7 news, Discovery, New...Read more

Nishithan Kani

Nishithan C. Kani has been a Ph.D. student in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago since Fall 2018. He has obtained his M.S. in Chemical Engineering from IIT Madras and B.Tech in Chemical Engineering from Anna University in India.

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Saket Bhargava

Saket Bhargava joined the chemical engineering Ph.D. program at the University of Illinois in the fall of 2017, with an exemplary record from Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS) – Pilani in India. He is a recipient of a number of awards, including Chateaubriand Research Fellowship, Embassy of France in USA (2021), Mavis Future Faculty Fellowship, Grainger College of Engineering, UIUC (2020), Hanratty Conference Travel Award, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UIUC (2020), IEEE Division Student Achievement Award, Electrochemical Society ECS (2020), Link...Read more

Alexander Orlov

Dr. Alexander Orlov is the Founder & CEO of SuperClean Glass Inc. He is also a Professor of the Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering. In addition, he is an affiliate faculty of the Chemistry Department and the Institute for Advanced Computational Science. Dr. Orlov is the Founder and President of Sustainable Nanotechnology Inc. and serves as a reviewer for over 25 funding agencies (including NSF SBIR/STTR programs). He is also an advisor and advisory board member of several technology companies. Dr. Orlov has also contributed greatly to the practice of...Read more

Stratos Pistikopoulos

Professor Pistikopoulos is the Director of the Texas A&M Energy Institute, and holds the Dow Chemical Chair professorship in the Artie McFerrin department of chemical engineering at Texas A&M. Prior to joining Texas A&M, he was a professor at Imperial College London, and the director of its Centre for Process Systems Engineering. Throughout his career, his research work has been focusing on the development of methods and tools for the optimal design and operation of process systems and their supply chains, which are economically feasible, exhibit good operability...Read more

Brian Tarroja

Brian Tarroja is a researcher and educator focused on better understanding the advantages and disadvantages of different pathways for developing a cleaner energy system and evaluating the effectiveness of solutions to improve them.

Currently, Brian leads and pursues original research in various aspects of these topics as an Assistant Professional Researcher and Lecturer at UC Irvine, as part of the Advanced Power and Energy Program (APEP). He serves as PI and Co-PI on research grants, manages the Energy Systems Integration group of the APEP center, mentors graduate students in the...Read more

Kirti Yenkie

Kirti Yenkie's research focuses on leveraging Process Systems Engineering (PSE) principles in the areas of Environment, Sustainability, and Healthcare.

At Rowan University, she teaches Process Dynamics and Control, Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics, and Process Optimization. She was selected as one of the 20 Outstanding Young Chemical Engineering Educators by the CACHE (Computer Aids for Chemical Engineering) Committee (2019) for her teaching methodology to incorporate computational tools and design thinking for explaining theoretical concepts.

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Abderrahman Zehraoui, Ph.D

Dr. Zehraoui is the Niagara Falls Water Board's Executive Director. He has more than 25 years of extensive experience in water, wastewater, stormwater, and solid waste management, as well as in R&D which have allowed him to make significant contributions to a variety of key projects in civil & environmental engineering. Dr. Zehraoui’s experience spans design management, project management, construction, and O&M of water and wastewater-related projects. Dr. Zehraoui has extensive experience working in municipal settings, as well as interacting and building mutual confidence with...Read more

Pinakin Patel



World leader in hydrogen and fuel cell technologies with over 40 years of experience and 30+ patents. Has received over 500 million dollars in R&D funding for the development of projects worldwide. Recipient of prestigious awards from US-DOE, State of Connecticut, ASME, Electrochemical Society, and others. 

Supported dozens of start-ups in alternate energy and associated supply chain development, including strategic alliance and funding development.

Highly successful track record with multi-national sponsors, including BASF, Sempra, Exxon, EPRI, NASA,...Read more

Elizabeth Wayne

Elizabeth Wayne is a TED Fellow and Assistant Professor at Carnegie Mellon University in Chemical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. Elizabeth Wayne, PhD works at the interface of immunology and biomaterials engineering where her lab develops strategies to enhance therapeutics delivery and diagnostics tools. Dr. Wayne is currently developing models to explore how disease induced chronic inflammation alters macrophage interaction with biomaterials. The goal is to reverse engineer materials that can target disease modified monocyte/macrophages. Currently, she is applying these concepts...Read more

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