June 2023

Brent Sherman is the real-time optimization engineer at Dow’s steam cracker LHC–8 in Freeport, TX. He is responsible for maximizing profit while maintaining safe and reliable operation. In this role, he works with the plant operations staff to coordinate changing feed slates and to optimize the plant at each feed slate.

Brent began his career at Dow in 2016, hiring in through the Operations Ph. D. program. He joined the Global Separations Technology Group in Lake Jackson, TX. There, he was responsible for distillation tower design, operation, and turnaround inspection support. He...Read more

John Gerhart has worked for over 30 years as an operator of highly hazardous processes at the DuPont Chambers Works in Deepwater, New Jersey.   He was also the leader of the company-wide Operator Network, called I-24, which stood for Improved 24 Hours Operations.  The I-24 network was sponsored by the 15 member corporate operations leadership team, and worked on all aspects of how to improve operations in DuPont’s US facilities:  safety and environmental leadership, shift communications, DCS training, Control systems, PSM implementation, troubleshooting, etc.   The team...Read more