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Dr. Timothy G. Rials

Tim Rials is Professor (Dept. of Forestry, Wildlife, and Fisheries) and Director of the Center for Renewable Carbon, and Associate Dean of AgResearch at The University of Tennessee, Institute of Agriculture.  Dr. Rials is a graduate of Mississippi State University, and earned his M.S. and Ph.D. in wood science from Virginia Tech.  He joined the university following 13 years with the U.S. Forest Service, Southern Research Station in Pineville, Louisiana, after two years on the faculty of the University of California–Berkeley.  Tim’s research career has focused on the...Read more

This Week in Chemical Engineering - Food, Pharmaceutical & Bioengineering Spotlight: January 13, 2020

Don't miss out on the latest business and technology news for chemical engineers, featuring select items in relation to Food, Pharmaceuticals & Bioengineering!

JEFFREY R. SEAY, P.E.

JEFFREY R. SEAY, P.E., PhD, is a professor of chemical engineering and the PJC Board of Trustees Engineering Professor at the Univ. of Kentucky College of Engineering Paducah Extended Campus Program (Email: jeffrey.seay@uky.edu). He is also the President and Founder of Empowered Solutions for Environmental Sustainability (www.eses-plastic.org), a nonprofit organization focused on helping local communities in developing countries take control of their plastic waste management challenges. Seay holds an...Read more

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Guidelines for Inherently Safer Chemical Processes: A Life Cycle Approach, 3rd Edition

October, 2019
Since the publication of the second edition several United States jurisdictions have mandated consideration of inherently safer design for certain facilities. Notable examples are the inherently safer technology (IST) review requirement in the New Jersey Toxic Chemical Prevention Act (TCPA), and...

More Incidents That Define Process Safety

October, 2019
More Incidents that Define Process Safety book describes over 50 incidents which have had a significant impact on the chemical industry as well as the basic elements of process safety. Each incident is presented in sufficient detail to gain an understanding of root causes for the event with a focus...

Guide for Making Acute Risk Decisions

October, 2019
This book presents a guidance on a large range of decision aids for risk analysts and decision makers in industry so that vital decisions can be made in a more consistent, logical, and rigorous manner. It provide good industry practices on how risk decision making is conducted in the chemical...

Lise Lauren

Lise Laurin, CEO of EarthShift Global, has been working for 20 years to support enterprises in their endeavor to reduce social and environmental impacts. With EarthShift Global, she has focused on Sustainability Return on Investment (S-ROI) and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) as tools for measuring sustainability. She is currently the driving force behind the LCA Capability Roadmap. She is a pioneer in S-ROI, having broadened the scope from the original Total Cost Assessment methodology to include benefits and impacts to society, and in particular how a decision can be adapted to be a win-win-...Read more

AIChE NO: January 23rd Meeting at Cornerstone Chemical Co

Thursday, January 23, 2020, 6:00pm CST
AIChE Local Section Members, Young Professional Members and Tulane Student Chapter Members are invited to attend our January Meeting at Cornerstone Chemical. This meeting will feature very short presentations from 4 of Cornerstone's young process engineers on an overview of the process to which...Read more

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