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Vincent van Wingerden

Vincent is a Director of Partnerships at Classiq, the world's leading quantum computing software company. He started his career at Microsoft, where he helped Fortune 500 customers with the adaption of the newest technologies, such as AI and Quantum Computing. After Microsoft, Vincent joined Classiq, the first company to have developed a high level programming platform for quantum computing. He works with partners and customers on a daily basis, to help them become quantum computing leaders in their respective industries. He has a lot of experience in using new technologies to solve...Read more

Shang Yu

Shang Yu is a Research Associate and UKRI Guarantee Marie Curie Fellow in the Department of Physics at Imperial College London. His research focuses on programmable, scalable and distributed photonic quantum computing, quantum optical neural networks, and error-corrected architectures. Shang has delivered several first-of-their-kind experiments, including the initial verification of the non-additivity of quantum-channel capacity, a parity-time-symmetry-enhanced quantum sensor, and a universal, temporally encoded photonic quantum computer applied to drug-discovery problems. Before joining...Read more

Anders G. Frøseth

Anders is a Founding Partner at Propagator Ventures and serves as a Mentor at Creative Destruction Lab. He has 20 years of international investment experience in private and public markets and 8 years experience investing in quantum computing. Anders holds a PhD in Condensed Matter Physics from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and did a Post Doc at Paul Scherrer Institute. He holds an MBA from the Norwegian School of Economics....Read more

Matthias Mikkelsen

Dr. Mathias Mikkelsen has been working as a research scientist at Qunasys since 2023. His current work focuses on many-body applications of quantum computing, such as chemistry and materials science.

He holds a PhD in physics from Okinawa institute of Science and Technology with an academic background in classical simulation of few and many-body body physics, condensed matter and cold atomic gases.Read more

Dallas Section Meeting

Tuesday, June 24, 2025,
6:30pm to 8:30pm
CDT
TOPIC: Solar Cells – Beyond Silicon The growing demand for energy is a direct result of rising living standards worldwide, compelling a shift to include renewable energy sources such as solar and wind power. Solar cells, which convert sunlight into electricity through photovoltaic (PV) action, are...Read more

The L.-S. Fan Award for Advancing Fundamentals of Chemical Engineering

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Award

The award consists of a plaque and $3,000. The honoree will be invited to present a lecture at the subsequent year's AIChE Annual Meeting.

DeadlineFebruary 15, 2026
AdministratorsAIChE
PresentationThe award will be presented during the Honors Ceremony at each year's AIChE Annual Meeting.
Nomination Instructions

Nominations: General award provisions, a description of the nomination packet, and a link to the nomination platform can be found at https://www.aiche.org/community/awards/awards-provisions-eligibility.

Recognizes candidates for advancing fundamentals in the field of chemical engineering.

Francisco D. Tovar

Francisco Tovar is a reservoir engineer at Occidental with over 20 years of experience in the characterization and development of conventional and unconventional hydrocarbon reservoirs; and the design, implementation and optimization of enhanced oil recovery processes. He earned a BS degree in Petroleum Engineering from Universidad de Oriente (Barcelona, Venezuela), and MS and PhD in the same field from Texas A&M University (College Station, USA).Read more

Daisy Gallagher

Daisy Gallagher is a Senior Geologist and Project Manager at Geostock Sandia in Houston, Texas, where she leads teams on Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) and Underground Injection Control (UIC) permitting projects throughout the U.S., Mexico, and Canada.

She holds a B.S. in Geology from Northern Illinois University (2004) and an M.S. in Geology from the University of Georgia (2013), and brings more than 10 years of experience in geologic consulting, regulatory compliance, and deep-well injection technologies. At Geostock Sandia—a recognized industry leader in...Read more

Onsite Information

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