About

Chartered in 1979, the Process Safety division provides ways for chemical engineers and others to exchange information concerning all facets of process safety. It is committed to:

• Furthering the application of chemical engineering to the broad field of process safety 
• Providing a forum for chemical engineers and others to exchange information concerning all facets of process safety 
• Acting as a source of information for chemical engineers not actively engaged in process safety, and alerts them to the importance of the field
• Addressing problems of process safety, and the protection of property in the manufacture and use of chemicals.

The Process Safety Division also has the responsibility to assist its members to advance professionally. It fulfills this responsibility primarily through four program groups:

• Loss Prevention and Process Safety (Area 11A)
• Process Plant Safety Symposium  (Area 11B)
• Safety in Ammonia Plants and Related Facilities (Area 11C)
• Process Safety Management Mentoring (PSM²) Symposium (Area 11D)

These groups are responsible for organizing annual or bi-annual symposia, providing papers and presentations that emphasize technology and methods to assist practicing engineers to do a better job. The papers are compiled into proceedings for accumulating the best engineering practices for easy reference. Members of these groups can be viewed on the Program Committee's page.

In addition, the Executive Committee of the PSD has reviewed and accepted AIChE's IDEAL principles, as is noted in AIChE's Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Statement: AIChE IDEAL Statement 

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