Chemical Engineer (UFBA), Petrochemical Process Engineer (Petrobras), Certified Quality Engineer (ASQ), Organizational Consultancy (UCSAL), Clean Technology Specialist and Master of Sciense (UFBA), Psychoanalist (SPOB) and Specialist in Psychosomatic (Faculdade Redentor), Educational Processes (UNb), Human and Opearation Reliability Doctor (UFRJ). Process and Production Engineer at Pronor (MDI), PolyCarbonates, Bacell (Contractor), Tecplast (Plastic bottles - Manager), SENAI (Government Industry Services). Professor and Researcher at Universities (UFBA, FAPESB), Petrobras University....Read more

Chemical Engineer, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1984. Founder and CEO of Soteica Ideas & Technology since 1985. Oscar’s main area of interest is the use of mathematical models to improve plant operations. He has contributed to the development of process simulation, production management, energy and emissions management and real time optimization markets worldwide. Over these past 25 years, Oscar has guided Soteica through three disctint phases: initially operating as a representative and distributor of software products, following with a period of system integration activity...Read more

Chemical Engineering graduated at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul and with specialization in Safety Engineering at UNISINOS, a private University in South Brazil. Braskem employee since 2008 in the Safety, Health and Environmental area, working as a Safety Engineering focusing in Process Safety at Basic Petrochemical Unit in South Brazil, dealing with risk management, loss prevention and insurance issues.Read more

Chris A. Paul is counsel in the law firm of McAfee & Taft. He focuses his practice on business issues and complex transactional and regulatory matters. He provides counseling on liabilities and exposures, environmental requirements, risk communication, environmental program auditing and upgrading, operational compliance, security regulations and programs, and development of compliance training, tracking and management systems. Admitted to practice – Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Arkansas and Kansas, U.S. Supreme Court, and various U.S. District Courts. Instructor – Oklahoma State University...Read more

CHRISTOPHER M. OTT – Principal Process Engineer, LNG Process Technology Mr. Ott has over 9 years experience with Air Products. He began working for Air Products in LNG and Hydrocarbon Cryogenics performing process design work. He then moved on to assignments in Air Separation, Chemicals Technology and Electronics, before returning to the LNG process group in 2006 where he has worked on many of the recent LNG projects, including several FLNG and Mid-size LNG plant studies. He has participated in the startup and performance testing of many baseload LNG plants. Phone: +001 610 481 8275 email...Read more

Chuck Coronella is an associate professor of chemical engineering at the University of Nevada, Reno. He does research in the area of biomass pretreatment and densification. He has been employed at UNR since 1993, where he has taught a wide range of graduate and undergraduate courses in chemical engineering.Read more

Chuck Miller is the Business Development Manager for Safety Instrumented Systems at Emerson Process Management in Austin Texas and responsible for strategic planning and organizational development for the DeltaV SIS safety system platform in the Americas. His career in the safety system industry spans two decades including product management, applications engineering, consulting, and business development roles with Industrial Control Services, Elsag Bailey and GE Industrial Services. Specializing in Process Automation and Industrial Safety, Mr. Miller has over 30 years experience in...Read more

Craig Acuff has 23 years of experience in the refining and process industries. He has been involved with implementing refinery systems for achieving business process improvements, project management on refinery scheduling and yield accounting systems and customer requirements analysis with extensive experience in process improvement transitions. He has worked for Texas Instruments, Grace Petroleum, Aspentech, and Valero. He has a B.S. degree in Mathematics from Oklahoma State University and a Master's specializing in Computer Science from the University of Central Oklahoma.Read more

Current Manufacturing Systems Engineering graduate student emphasizing in supply chain modeling, optimization, and simulation in the renewable energy and manufacturing sectors. Past experience consists of process and project roles in conventional downstream refining, as well as domestic and international undergraduate research in novel energy applications.Read more

Current PhD student at UC Davis in chemical engineering working with Profs. Robert Powell and Michael McCarthy. B.S. in chemical engineering from Lehigh University (2008) and an M.S. in chemical engineering from UC Davis (2010). Research interests include: rheology, transport phenomena, reaction kinetics, reactor design, biofuels (specifically lignocellulosic fuels), and biotechnology related to non-fossil fuels.Read more