Ken Phillips is the Sales and Marketing Manager of Adams Valves, Inc. He is responsible for sales, training, marketing and channel management for North America. In 1985, he received a Bachelor of Science degree from Texas A&M University in Engineering Technology specializing in Mechanical and Fluid Systems. Since 1989 he has specialized in the application, sales and marketing of triple eccentric metal seated valves. He has participated on API committees for butterfly valve design standards and fire safe design standards.Read more

Lance Lobban is the Lloyd G. and Joyce Austin Presidential Professor of chemical engineering and, since 1998, director of the School of Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering at the University of Oklahoma. He also holds the Francis W. Winn Chair in Chemical Engineering. His areas of expertise are chemical reaction engineering and catalysis, and he has directed research programs related to biomass conversion to biofuels, catalytic and plasma conversion of natural gas to liquid fuels and chemicals, photocatalytic oxidation, and modeling of solid oxide fuel cells. He holds three...Read more

Leonidas Bleris is an Assistant Professor with the Electrical Engineering and Bioengineering Departments of the University of Texas at Dallas. Before joining UTD, Bleris was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Systems Biology at Harvard University. Bleris earned a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Lehigh University. He received a Diploma in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2000 from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. Bleris was awarded the Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship from the National Academy of Science (NAS), and served with...Read more

Leslie May, Ph.D., accumulated over twenty years' experience in technical management of petrochemical and basic materials, leading, facilitating, and sustaining organization transformation. Her R&D and Six Sigma background includes intellectual property portfolio analysis and licensing, and management. Earned a PhD in Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington.Read more

M.S(Chemistry)2004, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India Ph.D. (Chemical Engineering and Analytical Chemistry)2008 Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) Research Associate (University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati,USA) 2009 - Present Visiting Research Fellow (IRCE, Lyon, France) 09/2007 - 02/2008 Published 25 articles in international peer-reviewed scientific journals like Journal of Catalysis, Journal of Materials Science, Journal of Physical Chemistry, Journal of Membrane Science, Applied Catalysis, Journal of Molecular Catalysis, Catalysis Letters. Presented many research papers at...Read more

Manjunath Konanur is a Sr. Process Engineering Associate and an Expertise Area ldr. for Solids Processing at Dow Chemical Co. (APB/1407, Freeport, Tx 77541. Phone: 979-238-1501; Fax: 979-238-0688; E-mail: KManjunath@dow.com). Previous to joining Dow, he worked in Norway, with CMR/POSTEC and Norsk Hydro as a principal scientist and group leader for solids processing. He received B.E.(Hons.) from the University of Mysore (India) in Mechanical Engineering and Ph.D. in Solids Processing from the University of Newcastle, Australia. He has about 24 years...Read more

Mechanical engineer in industry for over 10 years. Working in positions of fixed and rotating equipment relibility, turnaround support and implementation, capital projects, and mechanical integrity. I have been with BASF for 3 years.Read more

Mohammad Abutayeh is originally from Kafr Sur, Palestine: a small West Bank village approximately thirty miles north of Jerusalem. He holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of South Florida and is a Florida-registered professional engineer. He wrote a thesis on predicting the citrate soluble–loss of the dihydrate process as well as a dissertation on simulating a novel passive vacuum solar flash desalination process. He worked in several engineering areas designing process control systems, optimizing unit operations, customizing process equipment, employing renewable energy...Read more

Mr Ramasamy Ravi is a B.Tech(Chemical engineering) graduate of 1980 batch from Madras University and M.S (Engineering Management) from BITS, Pilani,India. He is presently serving as Vice President (PSM) at Reliance Industries Limited. He served in various capacities in operation of Ammonia / Urea plants, Process Engineering and Project Management at M/s SPIC. He joined RIL , Hazira in 1996 and worked in pre-commissioning, commissioning and operation of Aromatics unit. He completed MDP from IIM Bangalore and was assigned Planning & Coordination function in Executive Director's office....Read more

Mr. Hallmark presently is a Senior Consultant with Det Norske Veritas (DNV)in Katy, Texas. Mr. Hallmark has over 35 years experience in HSE Risk Management working for BP PLC and Shell on 4 continents. He has successfully led poorly HSE performing assets from the bottom to top quartile. Mr. Hallmartk is a graduate Petroleum Engineer from the University of Alabama and a Certified safety Professional (CSP).Read more