Bill Stewart holds the position of Technical Account Manager for Rockwell Software, where he has responsibility for chemicals, refining, and polymers. Previously, he has held positions at Shell, M.W. Kellogg and AspenTech. He has 29 years experience with model predictive control, in both application development and sales. Bill holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from LSU.Read more

Blair Cox graduated with a BS in Chemical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology and is currently working on his PhD at the University of Texas at Austin under the direction of Dr. John Ekerdt.Read more

BRUCE G. BUNTING Oak Ridge National Laboratory RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2007-present, distinguished scientist, Fuels, Engines, and Emissions Research Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Knoxville, TN. 2003-2007, senior staff scientist, Fuels, Engines, and Emissions Research Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Knoxville, TN. 1996-2002, manager / technical advisor, exhaust aftertreatment, Cummins, Inc., Columbus, IN. 1989-1996, staff engineer, products research, Amoco Oil Company (now BP), Naperville, IL. 1987-1989, senior scientist, research, MRC Ball Bearing, SKF...Read more

BS Chemical Engineering from UCDavis in 2009. Worked at Nat'l Renewable Energy Lab from 2010 to now, focusing on kinetics, flow, and transport in high-solids biomass during enzymatic hydrolysis.Read more

Chemical engineer, with master degree in Reliability, posgraduation in Safety Engineer, fifteen years of experience in risk management and assessment, including an intensive application of qualitative hazards analysis techniques and quantitative risk analysis for chemicals and petrochemical industries, road and pipelines materials transportation, storage and unloading of dangerous materials on harbor and marine terminals, application of LOPA and SIL methodologies. Large experience as instructor of HAZOP, PHA and LOPA Trainings developed by DNV. Over 100 studies with her coordination and...Read more

Christos Maravelias is the Chair of the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, and the Anderson Family Professor in Energy and the Environment at Princeton University. His research interests lie in the general area of process and energy systems engineering. Specifically, his group develops optimization methods for (1) production and supply chain planning, and (2) process and energy systems synthesis and analysis, with emphasis on renewable energy technologies. He has authored a research monograph on Chemical Production Scheduling. Princeton Group website available...Read more

Claire L. Cagnolatti is Vice President of Chemicals Studies for Solomon Associates, a world-renowned performance improvement consulting firm located in Dallas. Solomon provides benchmarking services and performance improvement programs to companies in over 70 countries in the refining, chemical, power generation, and pipeline/terminal industries. Ms. Cagnolatti has been with Solomon for over 23 years, after 14 years of hands-on manufacturing experience and four years working in economic optimization at plant and corporate levels in the chemical and petrochemical manufacturing...Read more

Clay Maugans received his B.S. in chemical engineering from Texas A&M University in 1994. While an undergraduate he worked for The Dow Chemical Company in Freeport, Texas. Upon graduation he remained at Texas A&M, where he entered graduate school in order to study catalytic wet oxidation under Dr. Aydin Akgerman. He received his Ph.D. in chemical engineering in December of 1999. Since that time he is employed by the Zimpro Group of Siemens Water Technologies. His areas of specialization include wet air oxidation and electrodialysis. His research facilities are located in Rothschild...Read more

Cody Wagner is currently a graduate student in Chemical Engineering at the University of Nevada, Reno in Dr. Chuck Coronella's research group. He graduated from the University of Nevada with a B.S. Chemical Engineering in '08 and is on track to finish his Master's degree in May 2012. He has also recently been hired as Process Engineer for the Rmax plant in Fernley, Nevada, which produces polyiso rigid foam insulation. He has worked on several other projects, including extraction of lipids from municipal sewer sludges, but the focus of today's presentation will be on a collaborative project...Read more

Colman de Jong began his career in 1979m with Worthington Corporation in Buffalo, NY. Since then he has been active in a variety of applications and marketing roles regarding centrifugal and reciprocating process compressors. He is currently Director of New Equipment Sales - North America for Dresser-Rand Corporation in Houston, Texas.Read more