To enable members to make informed selections for the STS-AIChE, the candidates have provided an overview of their experience. Members will receive an e-mail on or before Thursday, November 5, 2015 containing instructions on how to vote electronically or by mail. Members will also be able to vote by paper ballot at the Thursday, November 5, 2015 Monthly Dinner Meeting. To be valid your ballot must be received by Friday, December 4, 2015.
Nominated as Chair-Elect for 2016*
David Rosenthal, P.E.,Reliability Delivery and Asset Management Manager, Jacobs Engineering Group
David Rosenthal, PE, CMRP is a Reliability Consultant, Owner of Reliability Strategy and Implementation Consultancy, LLC. His practice designs asset management strategies and asset care plans for process manufacturers. He has led the delivery of Reliability and Asset Management practices for Jacobs Houston Asset Management Services clients in the US. He has been involved in Reliability and Maintenance for over 30 years with previous roles as a Reliability Manager for Coker units with Marsulex, Maintenance Director in Polysilicon manufacturing, Reliability consultant assisting Lanxess producing Butyl Rubber and Kellogg’s in their Snack Foods Division in the development of their reliability programs.
The majority of his career was with the Rohm and Haas Company, a specialty chemical manufacturer. His most recent positions were a Maintenance leader, site Reliability leader for their Deer Park, TX Acrylic Acid facility and a Manufacturing Excellence Manager in their corporate Asset Management group.
Dave was the 2012 President of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Dave graduated from Drexel University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and from the University of Texas with a M.S. in Chemical Engineering. Dave is registered professional engineer in Pennsylvania. He is a member of SMRP and a Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional. He currently leads the Board of Advisors to SMRP and is a Board of Advisor to the University of Tennessee Reliability Maintainability Center.
*(and to Succeed to the Chair for 2017 and to the Past Chair for 2018)
Nominated as Secretary for 2016-2017
Chaitanya Gottimukkala
I am the current Young Professionals (YP) Chair at STS-AIChE. I have been working as a Senior Risk Engineer with RISKbytes Inc since June 2013, where I support Oil & Gas Companies manage their Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) risks. Prior to that I worked as a Process Engineer (Process Safety and Fire Protection) with CB&I, where I have had the opportunity to work on challenging projects across a variety of oil and gas industries providing process engineering design, process safety and fire protection design and support. The exposure and knowledge gained Sent from miPhone After earning my Bachelor of Technology degree in Chemical Engineering from J.N.T University in India, I decided to explore the opportunities offered by the Chemical Engineering world. That led to a M.E.S degree in Chemical Engineering from Lamar University, TX. My thesis involved the use of computational fluid dynamic (CFD) techniques to estimate industrial flare emissions, and to predict the dispersion of pollutants from vehicular exhaust pipes.
Service to STS AIChE as Secretary Officer
STS-AIChE offers invaluable networking opportunities with fellow chemical engineers as well as provides a tremendous platform to grow as a leader. I have been involved with the YP group of STS-AIChE since 2010. I started my active involvement in the role of Secretary (2012), then Treasurer (2013), Vice Chair (2014) and now the Chair (2015).
Now, it is time for me to start serving the parent body, STS. I would like to run for the Secretary position and am confident that my listening skills, MS-Office skills as well as my previous experience as YP Secretary would be a huge advantage for this position. This is just the beginning for my future involvement within the STS Executive Committee. I look forward to serving you.
Nominated as Position 2 (Outreach) for 2016-2017
Bill Epling, Ph.D.
Bill Epling is a Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Houston, and currently the Associate Chair and Undergraduate Program Director for the department. He is also the current President of the Natural Gas Vehicle Alliance of the Greater Houston Area. Bill Epling received his PhD from the University of Florida in 1997 and his BS from Virginia Tech in 1992, both in Chemical Engineering. Prior to joining UH in 2011, he worked at Pacific Northwest National Lab, a catalyst manufacturing company (EmeraChem) and at Cummins Inc. He is a Director of the Catalysis Division of the AIChE and has served in the STS-AIChE Position 2 – Outreach - for the last 2 years, with strong support from Matt Kolodney. He has also supported the James Turner, the Chair of the Student Session at the last two SPTC events, in organizing the student sessions.
Nominated as Position 4 (Human Resources) for 2016-2017
Thomas E. (Tom) Rehm, PhD ChE, PE, CSP, CPSA
I am a retired chemical engineer, my last stint being with Saudi Aramco from 1997 to 2009. As a Senior Loss Prevention Engineer, I was instrumental in development and launch of Saudi Aramco’s Safety Management System, their version of Process Safety Management. Previous lives included design engineering with UOP in Des Plaines, Illinois (1972-1981); research engineering with Amoco Chemical in Naperville, Illinois (1985-1992); and incident investigation/expert witness litigation support with CH&A, a small engineering firm in Kingwood (1993-1997). I received a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Northwestern University during a work interlude (1981-1985). Since the mid-90s I have been involved in Process Safety Management (PSM). During my retirement, I have done consulting work part-time, with my services including facilitation of process hazard analyses, process safety auditing, PSM consulting, incident investigation, and training. I am the Team Leader of the AIChE Academy PSM Development Team. I am married, have five children, and ten grandchildren.
Service to STS AIChE as Human Resources Officer
As the STS Human Resources Officer, I will lead membership activities, including recruitment of engineers by meeting with local companies, reaching out to university graduates and new hires in the area, working with the Young Professional Group chair to actively involve young chemical engineers in the Section, reaching out to members who have become inactive, organizing membership drives, maintaining ties with AIChE National to receive updated lists of chemical engineers in the area, and working to involve new members to make them feel welcome in the Section. I will liaise with local company executives to ensure their engineers are aware of upcoming STS events, get their input on what STS could do in the area of continuing education, and determine employment opportunities at their companies for dissemination to STS membership.
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