November 2023 Program: Not the Summer Popcorn Blockbuster Anyone Ever Wants to See – The Danger of Popcorn Polymer.

Not the Summer Popcorn Blockbuster Anyone Ever Wants to See – The Danger of Popcorn Polymer.

Jennifer Mize

Location: Virtual – Microsoft Teams

Thursday, November 9, 2023

12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

Items the presentation will cover:

  *   An emphasis on learning from the incidents of others to prevent future incidents

  *   incomplete procedures and unrecognized hazard

  *   normalization of deviation / delayed maintenance

  *   PHA action items identified but waiting on implementation

  *   need for remotely activated isolation valves

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Jennifer Mize

Jennifer is passionate about protecting people, property, and the environment through the application of risk-based process safety.  Over the course of her career, she has developed expertise in relief design and risk assessment and is committed to sharing her expertise with others as a supervisor and mentor and through her volunteer commitments with the Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS).  Jennifer is currently an EODx Focus Area Representative in Global Operational Excellence at Eastman. She is in her third year of a 3-year director term for the East Tennessee Local Section (ETLS) and has enjoyed serving in several other roles for the local section during her time at Eastman, including serving as Chair in 2003.  At the Institute Level, she is serving as Vice Chair of the Process Safety Division.  Within CCPS, Jennifer is the Chair of the Process Safety Incident Database (PSID) Steering Committee and a member of the CCPS Process Safety Professional Certification (CCPSC) Managing Committee and Exam Committee.  She was the 2023 Chair of the Process Safety Management Mentoring (PSMM) Conference in the 18th Global Congress on Process Safety.  In addition to her support of AIChE, she is a contributing member of the ASME Section XIII Committee on Overpressure Protection.

Jennifer graduated from Auburn University in 1996 with a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering.  She is a registered professional engineer in Tennessee and holds CCPSC certification. Jennifer is also an AIChE Fellow.