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Marco S. Reis, PhD, is a professor in the department of chemical engineering at the Univ. of Coimbra, Portugal (Email: marco@eq.uc.pt), where he is responsible for the Process Systems Engineering (PSE) research group. He currently serves as president of the European Network for Business and Industrial Statistics (ENBIS) and of Associação Para o Desenvolvimento da Engenharia Química (PRODEQ). He lectures on process systems engineering, quality technology and management, management and entrepreneurship, and process improvement. His research interests are...Read more
Chaitanya Khare is an EMI Development Engineer and has been leading the design and implementation of an EMI effort, redefining how Dow aggregates, visualizes, interprets, and utilizes its plant data in real time. His work has brought about an overall diagnostic dashboard tool that is currently being shared by the technology center and the operations and R&D groups across the enterprise to monitor plant health in real time. Khare’s work was recognized by two prestigious awards — the 2015 Golden Mousetrap Award, and the 2015 Manufacturing Leadership Award (Frost and Sullivan). Khare...Read more
Mary Beth Seasholtz, PhD, is the Technology Leader for the Data Services Capability in the Analytical Technology Center at the Dow Chemical Co. (Email: mseasholtz@dow.com). She began her career applying chemometrics to process analyzers. Now, her primary responsibility is to drive the technology needed to use data to make money. For this, she focuses on several areas, including statistics and chemometrics, as well as software platforms. In 2015, she and her team were awarded the 2015 Golden Mousetrap Award in Design Tools Hardware & Software:...Read more
Lloyd F. Colegrove, PhD, is the Director of Data Services and the Director of Fundamental Problem Solving in the Analytical Technology Center at the Dow Chemical Co. Additionally he is the analytics platform leader for Dow’s Industry 4.0 initiatives in Manufacturing. He began his Dow career in R&D in polymer science and quickly moved to improvement of analytical methodology in plant labs. While in a role as business quality leader for four business units, he embarked on his big data journey in manufacturing before the term big data came into use. He established the first...Read more
Why is AIChE revising its Constitution? Why should I vote for the proposed amendments? What do the Constitution and Bylaws really do for AIChE? Will the changes impact the benefits I receive as a member? Will my dues increase? Why wasn’t the Constitution amended sooner? What other amendments are...
John F. MacGregor, PhD, is President and CEO of ProSensus Inc. (Email: john.macgregor@prosensus.ca), a company that provides specialized engineering consulting and state-of-the-art software for the analysis and interpretation of big data from the process industries, and for the online monitoring, control, and optimization of processes based on developed models. He is a Distinguished University Professor Emeritus at McMaster Univ., Canada, where he spent 36 years in the Chemical Engineering Dept. and in the McMaster Advanced Control...Read more
Too often, Process Safety Information (PSI) is inaccurate, out-of-date or stuck in a filing cabinet and not readily available. Find out how to more effectively manage your PSI, and have updated...
When acquiring equipment, technologies or facilities, do your technical due diligence assessments meet all expectations? Learn what you need to examine, why and how. In 60 minutes, you’ll identify...
