Professional Experience: 25 years at EPCON International developing fluid flow software, simulation software, and thermophysical properties software for chemical engineers working in the oil, gas and chemical processing industries, currently in the role of Director of Development and Engineering. Developed and manage a practical fluid flow simulation modeling service to improve plant reliability, safety, and profitability by modeling plant utility systems. As Chair of the South Texas Section of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (largest in the local section in the nation)...Read more

Haroon S. Kheshgi is the Global Climate Change Program Leader at ExxonMobil’s Corporate Strategic Research. He studied chemical engineering at the University of Illinois (Urbana, B.S. 1978) and the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Ph.D. 1984). He pursued research at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (1983-1986) before joining Exxon Research and Engineering Company in 1986.

At ExxonMobil Corporate Strategic Research his research addresses many aspects of global climate change including carbon cycle, detection and attribution of climate change, paleoclimate implications,...Read more

Shankar Vaidyanathan is Technical Director of Process Technology & Engineering for Fluor in Sugar Land, TX. He works in the Downstream business line in the Fluor Energy & Chemicals division. He provides technology support and subject matter expert consultation for clean fuels, hydrocracking and heavy oil upgrading projects from the conceptual feasibility planning stage to design and engineering. He has experience in designing facilities in North America, Europe and Asia. Before joining Fluor, he worked for Chevron Lummus Global, Lummus Technology Division and Engineers India...Read more

Dr. Zhigang Sun is a senior staff fellow in the Office of Generic Drugs, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Since joining FDA in 2006, he has been involved with the chemistry, manufacturing, and control (CMC) review function for Abbreviated new drug applications (ANDAs). Prior to the regulatory work at FDA, he was a senior development scientist at Malvern Instruments Inc and had been involved in pharmaceutical PAT applications as well as particle characterization for powders and dispersions. He received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Purdue...Read more

Heath Briggs is a registered Patent Attorney and has over 10 years of patent prosecution experience in various technical fields. Heath is also an Adjunct Professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder, where he teaches Intellectual Property for Engineers.Read more

Larry N. Grogan is President of Grogan Advisory Services. Serving AIChE since 2004, Grogan Advisory Services is an independent financial services firm focusing on planning to strategically guide their clients through life stages. Grogan Advisory Services offers complete financial planning, asset management, insurance, analytical portfolio analysis, and consultation.

Grogan Advisory Services was established in 2001, determined to provide clients unbiased opinions and recommendations. Our research comes from multiple sources in order to present a scope of intelligent opinions. Able to...Read more

Dr. Bullemer is a senior partner with Human Centered Solutions(HCS). HCS is a North American human factors company with expertise in applying innovative, proven solutions that improve human performance. Specifically, Peter specializes in the applications of human factors principles and human-centered design methodologies to optimize the influence of culture, organizational structures, management systems and use of technology on operator and plant performance. Dr. Bullemer has a Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology from the University of Minnesota. Peter is a co-founder and former leader of the...Read more

Daniela Fuda represents the interests of primary insurers and reinsurers in the area of professional liability, with specific emphasis on legal malpractice, architects & engineers’ liability, D&O and corporate liability, and employment practices liability.  Ms. Fuda has recently assisted in risk analysis projects for various industries including accountants' professional liability policies. 

Ms. Fuda graduated from the University of Toronto in 2002 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Italian, and from Pace University School of Law in 2005, cum laude...Read more

Mr. Fuller is Assistant Vice President of Client Services at Marsh U.S. Consumer in Urbandale, Iowa. Mr. Fuller’s overall responsibilities include managing and coordinating the day-to-day administration of one of Marsh’s largest Member Group Insurance Programs. Prior to assuming this role, Mr. Fuller played a leading role in the Marsh Long Term Care Buying Service; responsible for marketing Long Term Care Insurance Plans as well as providing Long Term Care consultative services to various association members served by Marsh.

Mr. Fuller earned his B.A. degree in Political Science...Read more