November Letter from the Chair-Mark Harkness | AIChE

November Letter from the Chair-Mark Harkness

 Mark Harkness, Chair

Hello South Texas Section,

I hope this finds you all well and safe.  We had an excellent online meeting in October, with a presentation by Mr. Madhi Nouri on

“Exploring Process Optimization in Upstream & Midstream Industry”.   I appreciate everyone’s patience as we continue to learn and improve on presentations and meetings in the virtual format.  Our November Meeting Speaker is Mr. Wesley Carter with Amplify Process Safety.  Registration for the November meeting will be through the AIChE STS website.  We have re-booted our Networking lunches virtually, and the next meeting is Friday, November 20th, from 11:30AM to 1:00PM.  Signup is available via the STS website.  Elections are complete!  Congratulations and Thank You to our new officers!

The South Texas Section’s newly elected officers are:

  • Chair Elect -Julie Dean White
  • Treasurer - Yurika Diaz Bialowas
  • Education Officer - Mahdi Nouri
  • Communications Officer - Romina Myrtaj

The AIChE South Texas Section 2019 Awards have been finalized.  Congratulations to all our award winners! 

They are:

2019 STS – AIChE Distinguished Service                                 John C. Middleton

2019 STS – AIChE Outstanding Young Professional               Emily May Jackson

2019 STS – AIChE Distinguished Service                                 Talia Sanchez

2019 STS - AIChE Best Applied Paper Award                          Chuan Xia, Yang Xia, Peng Zhu, Lei Fan, and Haotian Wang

2019 STS - AIChE Best Fundamental Paper Award                 Hao Li, Sujin Guo, Kihyun Shin, Michael S. Wong, and Graeme Henkelman 

2019 STS - AIChE Best In-Practice Paper Award                     William Pittman