Dr. Xinhuai Ye is currently a Research Chemical Engineer at Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). He accepted his Ph. D in Chemical Engineering at Vanderbilt University in 2003. He has extensive experience in research and development and applications of membrane-based technologies. These include proton-exchange membranes (PEMs) for PEMFCs and direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs), membranes for H2 separation and CO2 capture, reverse osmosis membrane, and gas separation/purification using membrane, absorption, and adsorption methods. He is the first...Read more

Dwight has had over 25 years in olefins plants and technology. He is now Product and Process Tehnical Manager at the BASF olefins plant in Port Arthur, Texas. Dwight is responsible for all process chemistry activities at the site.Read more

Eric D. Vugrin is a Principal Member of Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Since joining the Infrastructure and Economic Systems Analysis Department in 2008, he has been the project lead for several homeland security projects that aimed to develop rigorous, mathematical methodologies for critical infrastructure analysis. Previously at Sandia, he was the technical lead for Total System Performance Assessment for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), the world's only licensed and operating deep geologic repository for the disposal of transuranic...Read more

Giorgio was born in Naples, Italy. He graduated at University Federico II of Naples with a Master Degree cum laude in Chemical Engineering in 1996. He then entered the Italian Army in the Corps of Engineers as production lieutenant. After his active duty, Giorgio moved to Milan as junior and then senior Process Engineer at Tecnimont a blue chip italian EPC company. After a full time M.B.A. course at the S.D.A. Bocconi in Milan, in 2002 he moved to Dalmine Energie, the energy trading company of the Tenaris Group, as Business Development Manager. In 2004 Giorgio moved to the Strategic...Read more

Graduated from Tianjin University with a bachelor degree in Chemical Engineering. Now I am 3rd year Ph.D. student working in Dr. Y.Y Lee's group in Auburn University.Read more

Gregory Robertson is a graduate student at Louisiana State University.  He is focusing in computer aided process engineering. He uses model simulations and optimization techniques to support efficient business decision making....Read more

Hal Thomas, an Engineering Associate - Process Safety, has been with Air Products for 35 years. He received a BSME from Bucknell University, is a registered professional engineer in the state of PA and is a certified functional safety expert, CFSE. His first ten years were spent in process controls with the balance in process safety & reliability. He is their lead trainer in the use of fault tree and layer of protection analysis and is currently leading their internal effort to improve compliance and understanding of IEC 61511. For the past several years he has also chaired the Center...Read more

Henry Z. Kister is a Fluor Corp. senior fellow and Director of Fractionation Technology. He has more than 35 years of experience in design, troubleshooting, revamping, field consulting, control, and startup of fractionation processes and equipment. He is the author of three books, the distillation equipment chapter in Perry’s Handbook, and about 150 articles. He has taught the IChemE-sponsored “Practical Distillation Technology” course more than 550 times in 26 countries. A recipient of several awards, Kister obtained his BE and ME degrees from the Univ. of New South Wales in...Read more

Herb Meyer has worked for 30 years with LyondellBasell Industries following work with E. I. DuPont. Herb is a graduate of The University of Texas at Austin with MS and BS degrees in ChE. He has worked in engineering and management primarily in the areas of control engineering and process safety.Read more

Holger is General Manager Process Engineering Olefin Plants at Linde Engineering in Munich, Germany. He is since 18 years with Linde and before heading the department of process engineering he has led the process design of numerous projects for grassroot design and revamps. He as well was responsible for the conceptual design of olefin plants.Holger has graduated as Dipl.-Ing. (equivalent to M.Sc) for process engineering at the Technical University of Hanover / Germany.Read more