Dr. Dale L. Keairns | AIChE

Dr. Dale L. Keairns

Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, AIChE Chair, Center for Energy Initiatives, and Executive Advisor, Booz Allen Hamilton

Dale’s current work supports the Department of Energy National Energy Technology Laboratory and Deloitte business initiatives. His work has implemented methodologies for carrying out techno-economic analyses of candidate future integrated energy systems. Dale had technical and financial responsibility for the development and commercialization of technology to meet market needs during his career at the Westinghouse Science & Technology Center. His responsibilities included technology support for the Power Generation, Environmental, and Government Operations Business Units and operation of a commercial business. An integral part of this work was as a representative for Westinghouse on international industrial research consortia.

Dale served as the 2008 President of the AIChE board of directors during the centennial year of AIChE. He currently serves on the Institute for Sustainability and the Climate Solutions Community managing boards and the Public Affairs and Information Committee(PAIC).He holds a B.S. and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering receiving his PhD in 1967 fromCarnegie Mellon University.