High School Program |
On Tuesday morning, AIChE and the University of Illinois at Chicago Departments
of Chemical Engineering and Mechanical and Industrial Engineering will be presenting a program for
students at local high schools. The High School Career Development program will include talks by Jim
Reilly of NASA, a VP at UOP, Alan Zagoria of UOP, and Dennis O'Brien
of Jacobs Consultancy. Please see the High School Program link
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Career Fair |
Join us on
Wednesday, September 26, from 2 to 4 pm, for a chemical engineering
career fair organized by the Young Professionals Advisory Board (YPAB). Visit
with employers such as Middough, GTI, Valdes Engineering, CITGO, and Jacobs
Consultancy. The career fair is free with symposium
registration.
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Technical Program
**Attention PE's: Earn 6 PDH/Day for attendance at the symposium**
See event organizers or contact
jefferyperl@chichem.com for details
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Technical Program: Tuesday,
September 25, 2007 |
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7:30am |
Coffee |
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8:00am |
Registration |
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8:30am |
Keynote |
John Anderson, President, Illinois Institute of Technology |
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9:00am |
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Bobby W. Wright, Stress Engineering Services, Inc. |
9:30am |
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Baker Petrolite |
10:00am |
BREAK |
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10:30am |
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Cheryl Rose, USEPA Wash DC |
11:00am |
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Dr. Lyle Albright, Purdue University |
11:30am |
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Jesse Wright, Rhodia, ECO Services |
12:00pm |
Lunch |
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1:30pm |
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Frank Zhu, UOP |
2:00pm |
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Rob Brendel, Jacobs Consultancy |
2:30pm |
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Mario Romero, WOW Energy |
3:00pm |
BREAK |
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3:15pm |
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Tom Hayne, S&C Electric |
3:45pm |
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Dr. Philip Krein, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
4:15pm |
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Dennis O'Brien, Jacobs Consultancy |
4:45pm |
End Session |
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6:00pm |
Dinner |
Speaker: Jim Reilly, NASA |
| Jim Reilly, NASA Astronaut, began working at the Johnson Space
Center in March 1995, and is qualified for flight assignment as a mission specialist.
Initially, he was assigned to work technical issues for the Astronaut Office Computer
Support Branch. Since then Reilly has served as the Astronaut Office lead on Shuttle
training, and as Payloads and Procedures Operations lead for the Astronaut Office ISS Branch.
Reilly flew on STS-89 in 1998, STS-104 in 2001 and STS-117 in 2007. He has logged over
853 hours in space, including 8 spacewalks totaling 47 hours and 3 minutes. |
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Technical Program: Wednesday,
September 26, 2007 |
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8:00am |
Coffee |
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8:30am |
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Steffen Mueller, PhD, Energy Resources Center, University of Illinois at Chicago |
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9:00am |
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Dwaine Dodson, Middough |
9:30am |
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Terry Marker, UOP |
10:00am |
Break |
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10:30am |
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Dale Monceaux, AdvanceBio, LLC |
11:00am |
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Pat Slininger, USDA |
11:30am |
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UIC/USEPA |
12:00pm |
Lunch |
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1:30pm |
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Evan J. Turek, Kraft Foods |
2:10pm |
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David Dixon, Facilities Group |
2:50pm |
Break |
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3:10pm |
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Sarwat Gabriel, Kraft |
3:50pm |
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Greg Fleischman, US FDA |
4:30pm |
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Rick Fischer, BT Safety LLC |
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6:00pm |
Dinner |
Speaker: Dr. Mary Capelli-Schellpfeffer, M.D., MPA |
Dr. Capelli-Schellpfeffer is a medical doctor specializing in occupational
medicine. She is a fellow of the IEEE and has served in all capacities of
IEEE Chicago including Chair. She will speak on Benefits of a Positive
"Culture of Safety" in PetroChem and Process Industries.
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