Manufacture of PAN Carbon Fiber in Piedmont, SC Ben Walker, 1981 graduate of University of Pittsburgh presented a history and overview of the production of PAN Carbon fiber at the Piedmont facility in the upstate. Mike Berry a 1975 Clemson Engineering Technology graduate provided samples and...Read more
R. Russell Rhinehart started his career in the process industry. After 13 years and rising to engineering supervision, he transferred to a 31-year academic career, serving as the head of the chemical engineering department at Oklahoma State Univ. for 13 years (nearly a full enrollment cycle). Rhinehart is a fellow of AIChE and the International Society of Automation (ISA). Now retired, he enjoys coaching professionals through books, articles, short courses, and postings on his website www.r3eda.com.Read more
Mary M. Balaster, Esq. (Reed Smith LLP, 811 Main Street, Suite 1700, Houston, TX, 77002; Email: mbalaster@reedsmith.com) concentrates her practice in environmental, health and safety-related matters, providing both upfront compliance counseling and responsive advocacy in the event of an incident. She has extensive experience in crisis management matters involving spills, toxic releases, and other workplace incidents. She counsels clients in connection with major industrial accidents, crisis response, process safety incidents and workplace...Read more
Kevin is Chief Material Scientist and Team Lead Polymer & Composites at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. He has worked on a wide variety of projects for nearly 30 years ranging from vehicle light-weighting to pressure vessels for hydrogen storage to hydrogen compatibility. He was the task lead for the Department of Energy's multi-lab, multi-company Hydrogen Storage Engineering Center of Excellence for hydrogen pressure vessels, containment, and balance of plant components.Read more
Kevin is Chief Material Scientist and Team Lead Polymer & Composites at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. He has worked on a wide variety of projects for nearly 30 years ranging from vehicle light-weighting to pressure vessels for hydrogen storage to hydrogen compatibility. He was the task lead for the Department of Energy's multi-lab, multi-company Hydrogen Storage Engineering Center of Excellence for hydrogen pressure vessels, containment, and balance of plant components.Read more
Brian is a Materials Engineering Consultant with Somerday Consulting, LLC. Prior to forming his consulting business, he was a Principal Engineer at Southwest Research Institute, where his applied research projects focused on characterizing environment-assisted cracking of structural alloys in aqueous and gaseous environments. Brian has 25 years of experience in mechanical metallurgy with a focus on environmental effects on fracture and fatigue of structural alloys.Read more
Brian is a Materials Engineering Consultant with Somerday Consulting, LLC. Prior to forming his consulting business, he was a Principal Engineer at Southwest Research Institute, where his applied research projects focused on characterizing environment-assisted cracking of structural alloys in aqueous and gaseous environments. Brian has 25 years of experience in mechanical metallurgy with a focus on environmental effects on fracture and fatigue of structural alloys.Read more
Robert J. Bellair, PhD, is a technical leader in the Reaction Chemicals Group at The Dow Chemical Co. (Lake Jackson, TX; Phone: 979-238-7202; Email: rjbellair@dow.com). He has 12 years of experience assessing reactive chemical hazards in chemical processes by applying his expertise in calorimetry, thermokinetic modeling, and heat transfer simulation. He is the Secretary of the ASTM E27 Technical Committee on “Hazard Potential of Chemicals” and a member of the Technical Advisory Board for Texas A&M Univ.’s Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center....Read more
As you design or evaluate systems operating in hydrogen environments, could there be important issues you’re not considering? Issues that could potentially result in inappropriate material selections...