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March 2023

Two Major Industrial Decarbonization Funding Opportunities Announced by the U.S. Department of Energy

March 15, 2023
On March 15, the U.S. Department of Energy announced two major Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs) totaling over $900 million for RD&D projects driving industrial decarbonization efforts. With the RAPID Manufacturing Institute's increased focus on industrial decarbonization of the process...
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2023 Jay Bailey Young Investigator Award in Metabolic Engineering

Pavel Dvořák

Pavel Dvořák is currently an Associate Professor and group leader at Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic. He obtained his M.Sc. (2009) and Ph.D. (2014) degrees in Molecular Biology with honors at Masaryk University. He started his research career at Loschmidt Laboratories, the protein engineering group of Jiří Damborský. At that time, he was focused on the design of synthetic enzymatic cascades for the degradation of halogenated anthropogenic pollutants and he introduced elements of synthetic biology and systems metabolic engineering in the biodegradation & bioremediation field....Read more

Laura Philips

Dr. Philips is the co-founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of Spheryx, Inc. a technology company developing holographic microscopic techniques for a broad range of applications in areas including the pharmaceutical industry, semiconductor manufacturing, cosmetics, consumer products, quality assurance and process control. She serves on the boards of the Guttmacher Institute, a research institute focused on women’s health, where she is Treasurer; The POGIL Project, a non-profit organization with an innovative approach to STEM education backed by NSF and used in over 1000...Read more

Patrick Lockwood-Taylor

Patrick Lockwood-Taylor was appointed President of Bayer U.S. on August 1,  2020 and is responsible for all U.S. activities of the worldwide Bayer group.  In addition to these responsibilities, Patrick also serves a dual role as Regional President of Consumer Health North America, which he has held since joining the company in 2018. Patrick is a member of the Consumer Health Executive Committee, the Bayer U.S. Country Leadership Team and Executive Sponsor of ARISE, Bayer’s business resource group for employees of African descent and their allies. From 2019-...Read more

Practical Flue Gas Carbon Capture at Steam Crackers

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 16, 2023
“Post-combustion CO 2 capture” is a widely used technology for decarbonizing plants in various sectors, including...

Full Machine Electrification of a Grass Roots Ethylene Plant

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 16, 2023
Traditionally, large compressors in ethylene plants are driven by steam turbines which are fed by steam generated in conventional cracking furnaces...

OCM & Steam Cracker Integration

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 16, 2023
Oxidative Coupling of Methane (OCM) offers a synergistic integration opportunity with Steam Crackers. Steam cracking is a highly endothermic reaction...

Energy Efficient Olefin-Paraffin Separations with OptipermTM membrane System

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 16, 2023
Energy Efficient Olefin-Paraffin Separations with Optiperm TM Membrane System Robert Somich Process Technology Engineering Braskem Jacob Wargo...

Low Carbon Intensity Ethylene Overview

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 16, 2023
Sustainability has become increasingly important in the chemical and energy industries in recent years. Now, due to pledges of carbon neutrality (...

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