Jody E. Olsen, P.E., is the Principal Engineer and Manager at JE Olsen Consulting, LLC (Email: jodyo@jeolsenconsulting.com). She has been a process safety consultant since 2016. Her skills and background are in the implementation of process safety management (PSM) elements including process hazard analysis (PHA), management of change (MoC), pre-startup safety review (PSSR), root cause failure analysis, mechanical integrity, and other elements. Prior to this role, she spent nearly three decades working in upstream oil and gas production for...Read more
Sarah R. Kurtz, PhD, is a professor at the Univ. of California Merced. She obtained her PhD in 1985 from Harvard Univ. She worked at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, CO, from 1985 to 2017 and continues as a research fellow there. She is known for her contributions to developing multijunction, GaInP/GaAs solar cells, supporting the concentrator photovoltaic (PV) industry, and leading efforts on PV performance and reliability. Her work has been recognized with a jointly received Dan David Prize in 2007, the Cherry Award in 2012, C3E Lifetime Achievement Award in...Read more
The Environmental Division (ED) of AIChE held two widely attended webinars related to environmental career opportunities for chemical engineering students in 2021. These webinars greatly helped the...
Learn about the diverse specialties and work of these AIChE Fellows, such as finding uses for coal and waste plastics in the renewable energy economy and fighting drug use through a control systems approach.
Technical Program Now Available! See the Technical Program at the link here: Technical Program Join other NAM29 attendees at social activites throughout the week of NAM29. See scheduled activities here: Social Activities The 29th North American Meeting of the North American Catalysis Society (NAM29...
Hugh James is the Chief Executive Officer at Project Commercialization Group (PCG), Inc. Chemical engineering is challenging, changing, and exciting. Hugh’s long career has taken full advantage of this fact. He has worked in industries including engineering and construction, gas, fertilizers, chemicals, power, pipelines, mining, and venture capital — with experiences ranging from small to Fortune 100 organizations. His work has involved living in North America, Latin America, Europe, Africa, and Australia. Accomplishments include Korea’s LNG import plan; starting an energy development...Read more
The AIChE National Capital Section (NCS) is excited to hold an in-person networking event and tour Maggie Malick Wine Caves starting from 11 am EST on June 26 th (Sunday), 2022. Maggie Malick Wine Caves is a female-owned, boutique winery in Northern Virginia. They feature award-winning, estate-...Read more
Topic: Hanford Waste Treatment Plant At Hanford, Washington, plutonium was created to make the atomic bombs, during WW II and the Cold War. There were huge wastes generated, 53 million gallons of the worst mixed nuclear and chemical wastes in the history of the world. They are stored in 177...Read more
Kiran studied Chemical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (Mumbai, India). He moved to the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) to work with Prof. Jens Nielsen and obtained his PhD in Systems Biology. Kiran was then appointed as Assistant Professor at DTU where he worked on transcriptional regulation and metabolic engineering. In 2010, Kiran joined the Structural and Computational Biology Unit at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL-Heidelberg, Germany). He was appointed Director of Research at the MRC Toxicology...Read more
