Richard Cairncross is an associate professor in the Chemical & Biological Engineering Department at Drexel University. He leads a research group working on topics related to renewable polymers and renewable energy, and teaches courses on renewable energy and design. A team of students under his direction received a P3 (People, Prosperity and the Planet) Award from the EPA for development of a new reactor that converts low quality natural/waste oils into Biodiesel. He has researched the net energy balance of corn-to-ethanol processes, the effect of different biomass feedstocks on...Read more

Richard P. Zoldak, P.E. Position – Senior Technical Service Engineer Technical Articles * "Catalyst Development for Improved Reformer Performance." Presented at The AIChE Safety in Ammonia Plants and Related Facilities Symposium, September, 2006, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (co-authored) * "Spiral Heat Exchangers Preheat High Solids Black Liquor Without Plugging." Pulp and Paper. February, 1991 (co- authored) * "Waste-Heat Recovery: Weighing in the Environmental Factor." Engineer's Digest, August, 1989 (presented at AIChE Local Chapter and Regional Table-Top Show, St. Louis, MO)...Read more

Richard Prugh's process safety experience includes 30 years in Du Pont's explosives, organic chemicals, safety and fire protection, and engineering departments. This was followed by 17 years as a full-time independent process-safety consultant and, currently, 8 years with Chilworth Global. He is a Fellow member of the AIChE and is a registered Chemical Engineer in five states and a registered Fire Protection engineer in Maryland. He also is a graduate of the Process Safety Institute as a Quantitative Risk Assessment Analyst and is a Certifed Safety Professional. His contributions to the...Read more

Bob Wasileski joined CCPS as Lead Process Safety Specialist in 2015.  He has over 20 years of experience in manufacturing, including the production of ethylene, polyethylene, polystyrene and synthetic hydrocarbon resins.  He has held roles in both process engineering and chemical process safety, working most recently at the corporate level for NOVA Chemicals, Inc. providing technical management and support in the areas of process safety, process risk management and loss prevention engineering.  Bob’s expertise primarily resides in the areas of process design for loss...Read more

Robert Joyce is a chemical engineer and attorney with the Oklahoma City based lawfirm of McAfee & Taft. A significant portion of his practice deals with litigation and regulatory matters involving environmental, health, safety and transportation issues associated with mid-stream and downstream oil & gas operations,aerospace, manufacturing,and mining. Mr. Joyce was a process/project engineer with Cities Service Company and OXY, Manager of Environmental Compliance and Senior Attorney with Hilti, and has been in private practice for more than 20 years.Read more

Roberto Galiasso Tailleur a,b a Simon Bolivar University, Department of Thermodynamics, Sartenejas, Baruta, 89000, Venezuela. b Oklahoma University Department of Chem. Biol. and Mat. Eng., Norman, Oklahoma 73019 USARead more

Ryan McCann PhD Candidate Purdue University Department of Industrial and Physical PharmacyRead more

S. Zhou received his Chemical Enginnering Ph.D. from Syracuse University in 1989. He worked for Allied-Siganl, Honweywell Aerospace, Honeywell International in China, and now Gas Research Institute. He is experienced in the filed of separation sciences and technologies, space life support, coating and materials. His current work is centered on carbon capture from flue gas, syngas, and natural gas sweetening....Read more

Sam Rodgers is a Process Safety Leader for Honeywell Specialty Materials. He holds a masters in Chemical Engineering from the University of Virginia. Sam has been active on NFPA committees since 1994, is currently an alternate on the committees for Electrical Equipment in Chemical Atmospheres as well Handling and Conveying of Dusts, Vapors and Gases, and chairs the Explosion Protection Systems committee....Read more

Saquib Sultan is in the second year of his Ph.D. program in Chemical Engineering at the University of Cambridge, holding the degree of M.Eng. (First Class Hons.; 2008), also in Chemical Engineering, from Imperial College London. His research involves the utilisation of natural and synthetic, calcium-based sorbents for the removal of carbon dioxide from flue gas, in order to produce a pure stream of CO2 for sequestration. Saquib has submitted his first paper on the subject to Energy & Fuels and is awaiting publication. His latest work involves the simultaneous production of H2 with...Read more