Begun just months after the Fukushima accident, Georgia's $14 billion Vogtle nuclear reactor expansion is progressing under immense scrutiny. Check out the video progress report for an update.
Jonathan Foley shows how agriculture and land use may be the biggest challenge to the global environment. He looks at how these issues could grow even larger as we look to feed over 9 billion people in the future.
John S. Watson is chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Chevron Corporation, a position he has held since 2010.
Previously Watson served as vice chairman of the board from 2009 to 2010 and was responsible for business development; mergers and acquisitions; strategic planning; corporate compliance; policy, government and public affairs; procurement; and the Project Resources Company. In 2008, he was elected executive vice president for strategy and development. In 2005, Watson was elected president of Chevron International Exploration and Production Company. In 2000,...Read more
Ellen Kullman, 56, is chair of the board and chief executive officer of DuPont. She is the 19th executive to lead the company in more than 208 years of DuPont history.
Ellen became CEO on Jan.1, 2009, and chair of the board on Dec. 31 that year. She was president from Oct. 1 through Dec. 31, 2008. Prior to that, she served as executive vice president and a member of the company's office of the chief exeAs CEO, Ellen has championed market-driven science to drive innovation across the company’s businesses. Under her leadership, decision making has moved closer to customers around the...Read more
John Televantos is a Partner at Arsenal Capital Partners, a middle market private equity firm focused on the specialty industrial, healthcare and specialty financial service sectors. Before joining Arsenal in 2006, Dr. Televantos was President of Aqualon Company, owned by Hercules, Inc.; President and Founder of Helios Chemical Company; and Chief Executive Officer for Foamex International.Read more
See honorees, photos, and sponsors from AIChE’s 2012 Gala. The event raised funds for the continued development of real-world, sustainable technology practices and meaningful, usable sustainability tools that promise to benefit the environmental performance of all companies.