David Van Wagener is currently a Ph.D. Candidate and Graduate Research Assistant at The University of Texas at Austin in the department of Chemical Engineering. He works under Dr. Gary T. Rochelle in the area of absorption/stripping with aqueous amines for carbon capture from coal-fired power plants. He has been a member of this research group since October 2006 and focuses on modeling the stripper and reducing its energy requirement. Mr. Van Wagener received his undergraduate degree from Bucknell University in 2006 with Magna Cum Laude honor.Read more

Dennis Koehl is senior vice president and chief nuclear officer for Xcel Energy. He is responsible for activities at Xcel Energy’s Prairie Island and Monticello nuclear plants, both located in Minnesota and operated by Northern States Power Co.-Minnesota, an Xcel Energy company. Koehl has more than 30 years of experience in the nuclear industry, including positions of increasing responsibility at Tennessee Valley Authority’s Sequoyah and Watts Bar nuclear plants. He has a diverse background in operations, assessment, engineering and plant performance. Koehl serves on the board of directors...Read more

Dennis Miller is a professor of chemical engineering at Michigan State University, where his research interests include catalysis and reactive separation processes for renewable feedstocks.Read more

Department Head Associate Professor Chemical Engineering Department Universidad de los Andes Bogotá / Colombia Degrees: Ph. D. Chemical Engineering (2006). Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine, France. M. Sc Civil Engineering (2000). Universidad de los Andes, Colombia. Chemical Engineering (1998). Universidad de America, Colombia. Research Area: Colloids systems (emulsions and suspensions)Read more

Dmitry Eskin's field is modeling of multiphase flows in application to industrial processes. Dmitry Eskin obtained his B.S. and M.Sc. degrees in Mech. Eng. from Bauman Moscow State Tech. University and Ph.D. degree in Chem. Eng. from Mendeleyev Univ. of Chem. Technol. of Russia. He held research positions at universities and governmental research organizations in Russia, Germany, Israel, Canada and USA. During last six years Dmitry is a researcher at Schlumberger, a leading oil and gas service company. Currently, Dmitry holds a position of Scientific Advisor at Schlumberger DBR Technol....Read more

Dr I A Karimi is a Professor in the Department of Chemical & Environmental Engineering at the National University of Singapore. He received his PhD from Purdue University in Chemical Engineering. He has worked in both academia and industry for several years. He has published extensively in the area of Process Systems Engineering, and has led industry-collaborative research and consulting projects with several local chemical and logistics companies and agencies. He won an IBM faculty development award in 1985, and DuPont's Best Manufacturing Technology award in 1994. He was also a co-...Read more

Dr Jag Shur is a Research Fellow at the University of Bath School of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, where his conducting research investigating bioequivalence of dry powder and metered dose inhalers. He has BSc (Hons) in Pharmaceutical Sciences and completed his PhD entitled “Formulated Muco-Regulatory Agents in the Airways of Patients with Cystic Fibrosis” at Portsmouth School of Pharmacy. Following this, he was a post-doctoral fellow at London School of Pharmacy investigating the fabrication of microparticles for Vaccine delivery using supercritical fluid technology. Dr Shur recently...Read more

Dr Murthy Konda is currently a ORISE postdoctoral fellow at National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), US Department of Energy (DOE). Prior to joining NETL, Murthy was a research associate in the Centre for Process Systems Engineering (CPSE) at Imperial College London. He received his PhD (2007) in Chemical Engineering from the National University of Singapore (NUS). He has extensive research experiences in modeling, design, control, optimization, analysis and simulation of energy systems at multiple length and time scales. He has authored or co-authored several research articles and...Read more

Dr. Chandrasekhar (Spike) Narayan presently leads the Science and Technology Organization at IBM Research - Almaden. He is responsible for driving both fundamental and applied research in areas that include nanoscale science and engineering, nanoscale device integration, spin based electronics, advanced materials development and characterization, storage technologies and computational materials science. He is also responsible for driving new programs in the areas water, energy, environment and health care. Dr. Narayan is also a Master Inventor within IBM Research and has over 50 US Patents...Read more

Dr. Charles Forsberg is the Executive Director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Nuclear Fuel Cycle Study, teaches nuclear chemical engineering, and leads nuclear-renewable / nuclear-fossil studies in the Nuclear Science and Engineering Department. Before joining MIT, he was a Corporate Fellow at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He is a Fellow of the American Nuclear Society, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and recipient of the 2005 Robert E. Wilson Award from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers for outstanding chemical engineering...Read more