SPOTLIGHTS
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Dan Summers, Fractionation Research will be the VLS keynote speaker on Thursday, May 24 at 9:00 pm EST. His talk is titled "Improvements in Distillation Design". Distillation has been used for millennia as a means to upgrade the purity of certain chemicals. Dan contends that, contrary to popular belief, it is the "World's Oldest Profession." Since this unit operation has been practiced for so long, numerous people have designated distillation as a "Mature Science" and there will be no more improvements. This is quite the opposite of what is happening in the distillation industry. Dan will discuss improvements that will make distillation improvements that will improve separation efficiency.
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June Wispelwey, AIChE Executive Director will be the keynote speaker for the June 28, 2012 meeting. June will be speaking on the Future of Chemical Engineering. This is a joint meeting with the Lehigh Valley Local Section. June has been AIChE Executive Director since January 2009. The VLS meeting will begin at 8:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time. The link to the meeting is below.
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Sustainable Remediation - More than GHG by Laura Gimpelson
Laura Gimpelson will be the keynote speaker for the July 26, 2012 VLS meeting. Laura will be discussing Sustainable Remediation, more than Greeen House Gases. She is President at LG Environmental Engineering, a registered Professional Engineer in multiple states, and has more than 30 years of experience in the use of green remediation technologies to address contamination from organic and inorganic compounds, heavy metals and explosives; implementation and auditing of industrial and commercial environmental and safety compliance programs; and site assessments using USEPA, AAI, ASTM and FDIC protocols. Laura was formerly the RCRA enforcement officer with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 6 office in Dallas, Texas Laura is the VLS Secretary and Newsletter Editor and is an AIChE Fellow.
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Distillation Troubleshooting by Henry Kister
Henry Kister will be the keynote speaker for the VLS on Thursday, September 27 at 9:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time. Henry will discuss Distillation Troubleshooting. Henry Z. Kister is a Fluor Corp. Senior Fellow and Director of Fractionation Technology. He has over 30 years experience in troubleshooting, revamping, field consulting, design, control and startup of fractionation processes and equipment. He is the author of the textbooks Distillation Troubleshooting, Distillation Operation, and Distillation Design, as well as over 80 published technical articles, and has taught the IChemE-sponsored “Practical Distillation Technology” course 300 times. A recipient Chemical Engineering Magazine’s 2002 award for personal achievement in chemical engineering, of the AIChE's 2003 Gerhold Award for outstanding contributions to chemical separation technology, and of the AIChE South Texas Chemical Engineering Practice Achievement Award 2005, The meeting is co-sponsored by Fluor Corp.
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The world of today creates a need for a different kind of industrial problem solver. Come learn from keynote speaker Joe Bonem about a problem solving technique that he has used over a long career of successful problem solving in a high stakes industrial environment. Joe will also demonstrate how to solve an example problem to illustrate the application of the technique. The VLS meeting is Thursday, October 25, 2012 at 9:00 pm US Eastern Standard Time. Joe is retired from Exxon Mobile and author of two books on problem solving.
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