2023 ChemE Show Agenda
Tuesday November 28, 2023
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM | Registration Open | |
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9:00 AM - 5:00 PM | Exhibit Hall Open | |
9:30 - 10:00 AM |
Profitable Decarbonization: How Digital Twins increase Efficiency and Reduce Emissions Anne Emberson, Area VP, Digital, NALCO Water Sterling Allen, Business Development Director, Siemens Industry Software |
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Session 01: Green Petrochemicals/ Circular Economy | ||
10:00 - 10:30 AM |
Chemical Recycling of Polyethylene by Tandem Catalytic Conversion to Propylene Dr. Ivan Konstantinov, Sr. Research Scientist The Dow Chemical Company |
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10:30 - 11:00 AM |
Data as a key resource to chemical recycling Ujjal Basu, Sr. Principal Technical Sales Consultant, AVEVA |
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11:00 - 11:30 AM |
Ethanol to Ethylene - A Proven Route to Green Products Scott Neifert, Ethylene Technology Manager, Lummus Technology |
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11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | Lunch and Technical Theatre Presentations | |
Presentation by: Calgavin | ||
Session 02: Ethylene and Derivatives | Session 03: Decarbonization/ Sustainability | |
1:00 - 1:30 PM |
Optimization Model for Polymer Production Scheduling Aurelio Ferrucci, Executive Vice President, Prometheus SRL |
Energy & Sustainability Research at PVAMU Center for Energy & Environmental Sustainability Dr. Sunith Madduri, Postdoctoral Research Associate and Faryal Fatima, Research Assistant, Prairie View A&M University |
1:30 - 2:00 PM |
Carbon Neutral Ethylene Oxide/ Ethylene Glycol (EO/EG) Technology Saurabh Katiyar, Principal Technologist, Scientific Design Company, Inc. |
Examples & Best Practices to begin your decarbonization Efforts Robert Swim, Chemical Industry Manager, North America, Rockwell Automation |
2:00 - 2:30 PM |
(K-COT) Comercially proven FCC-based technology that uses a specialized ZSM5 catalyst to convert low-value hydrocarbon feedstock into high-value propylene and ethylene Rian Reyneke, Chief Technical Leader, Olefins Technology, KBR |
Technologies of Choice for Mega Scale production of Low Carbon Energy Vectors Maximilian Helmle, Solutions Development Manager, Air Liquide |
2:30 - 3:00 PM | Networking Break and Technical Theatre Presentations | |
Energy-automation-software triad to achieve sustainability in chemicals and clean energy Yasmine McColl, Global Business Development Leader, Chemicals Segment, Schneider Electric |
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Session 04: Maintenance and Reliability | Session 05: AI/Machine Learning/ Digital Transformation | |
3:00 - 3:30 PM |
Vapor Nano Bubble Infusion to Mitigate Heat Exchanger Fouling and Improve its Environmental Impact Michael Radicon, Lead Specialty Products, HTRI |
How to get a head start on your digitalization journey Alex Pfalzgraf, Senior Digitalization Consultant, Siemens Industry Inc. |
3:30 - 4:00 PM | TBA |
AI Enables Industrial Autonomous Operations in the Chemical Industry Elbert van der Bijl, Director of Marketing and Solutions Consulting, Yokogawa Corporation of America |
Wednesday November 29, 2023
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM | Registration Open | |
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9:00 AM - 5:00 PM | Exhibit Hall Open | |
Session 06: Cutting-Edge Technologies Revolutionizing the Process Industry | Session 07: Chemical / Plastics Circularity | |
10:00 - 10:30 AM |
Commercialization of Innovation from ideation Dr. Ida Chen, R&D Fellow, The Dow Chemical Company |
Advanced Recycling - Overcoming the Challenges in Feeding Plastic Waste into the Recator Dr. Jayant Khambekar, Senior Consultant, Jenike & Johanson |
10:30 - 11:00 AM |
Accelerating Chemical Reactions through Programmable Catalysis Omar Abdelrahman, Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts Amherst |
Leveraging Life Cycle Assessment to Compare Linear and Circular Ecosystems Dr. Mahesh Sawant Senior Research Scientist, The Dow Chemical Company |
11:00 - 11:30 AM |
What crystal engineering can teach us about water treatment Mike Reynolds, Senior Principal Scientist, Shell Catalysts and Technologies |
Feedstock Options for a Circular Economy in NetZero World Dr. Joseph B. Powell, Aspire Endowed Executive Director, University of Houston |
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | Lunch | |
Session 08: Energy Efficiency &Decarbonization - Success Stories I | Session 09: Plant Operations | |
1:00 - 1:30 PM |
Energy Management Principles for Carbon Reduction Frank Roberto ExxonMobil (Retired) |
Using Applied AI for Operations Excellence Ayush Pathak, Project Manager Sameer Thorat, Director - Process Analytics and Engineering, Americas, Ingenero |
1:30 - 2:00 PM |
Accelerate Your Sustainability Program Dr. Douglas White, Principal Consultant, Emerson Automation Solutions |
Using Dynamic Process Simulators as a Virtual Plant Steve Brown, President, and David Hill, Head of Partners Chemstations |
2:00 - 2:30 PM |
Path to Net-Zero Carbon Emissions: Opportunities, Technologies, and Strategies for Dow Dr. Michael (Mike) Curtis, Carbon and Energy Technology Principal, The Dow Chemical Company |
The Cost of Incomplete Cleaning Byron Kieser, Chief Scientific Officers Roberto Tomotaki, Heat Transfer Specialist, Clean as New |
2:30 - 3:00 PM | Networking Break | |
Session 10: Energy Efficiency and Decarbonization - Projects and Programs | Session 11: Catalysis and Reaction Engineering | |
3:00 - 3:30 PM |
Enterprise-wide Energy Efficiency Fleet Monitoring Tool Bill Hicks, Principal Sustainability Engineer, ExxonMobil |
Scale-up Methodologies for Developing Novel Polymers Hsu Chiang, Polymer Process Development and Scale-up Team Lead, ExxonMobil |
3:30 - 4:00 PM |
Continuous Energy Improvement at Chevron Phillips Chemical Orange Plant Denyse Howard, Process Engineer, Chevron Phillips Chemical |
Nitric Oxide Resistant Diesel Oxidation Catalysts Gary R. Gildert, Ph.D. Candidate, University Of Houston |
4:00 - 4:30 PM |
Decarbonized Olefin Production Chris Scharf, Vice President, Petrochemicals, KBR |
Hybrid Modeling Approach for Catalyst Monitoring and Lifetime Prediction Linh Bui, Associate Research Scientist, The Dow Chemical Company |
4:30 - 6:30 PM | Networking Mixer Sponsored by the South Texas Section of AIChE and TIEEP |
Thursday November 30, 2023
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM | Registration Open | |
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9:00 AM - 3:00 PM | Exhibit Hall Open | |
Session 12: Renewable and Sustainable Technologies | Session 13: Distillation and Separation I | |
10:00 - 10:30 AM |
Presentation title TBD Hassan Qureshi, Business Development Manager, Honeywell UOP |
Elevating Ultra-Low Liquid Load Separation System to Peak Performance Shwu Tyng Goh, Global Product Manager for Packing, Sulzer Chemtech Ltd. |
10:30 - 11:00 AM |
Preventing Unplanned Shutdowns: Critical Specifications of Reactor Thermometry for Renewable Fuel Production Justin Becker, Regional Technology Manager, Daily Thermetrics Corporation |
Life and Legacy of Professor Kenneth Edwin Porter - Shinig the way for distillation engineers Simon Chambers, Independent Consultant |
11:00 - 11:30 AM |
Renewable Feedstocks Processing challenges & Solutions Sankaran Murugesan, Project Manager, Baker Hughes |
Assessing Weepage conditions in Large Trayed Industrial Columns Dr. J. Antonio Garcia, President, Global Mass Transfer Equipment Solutions, LLC |
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | Lunch | |
Session14: AI / IIoT | Session 15: Distillation and Separation II | |
1:00 - 1:30 PM |
AI-infused chemical plant monitoring: different approaches and use cases for improved efficiency and sustainability Ryan Muir, Principal Architect, AVEVA |
Commercializing Decarbonization Technologies Involving Novel Distillation & Separations - De-risking Project Techno-Economic Challenges Mauricio Villegas, Manager of Business Development Koch Modular Process Systems |
1:30 - 2:00 PM | Timeseries Analytics and AI Empowering SMEs to Deliver Business Value: Morgan Bowling, Industry Principal - Oil & Gas, Seeq |
The Role and Challenges of Industral Scale Distillation Research Tony Cai, Chief Scientist, Fractionation Research, Inc. |
2:00 - 2:30 PM | Examples of Machine Learning Applications in the Chemical Industry and What We Need to Move to Scale: Dr. Xingyu Zhou, Senior Research Statistician and Data Scientist, The Dow Chemical Company |
Toward Sustainable Chemical Manufacturing via Systems Engineering Approaches Dr. Zheyu Jiang, Assistant Professor, Oklahoma State University |
2:30 - 3:00 PM | Networking Break | |
Session 16: Engineering Ethics | ||
3:00 - 4:00 PM |
Engineering Ethics 2023 - Speaking to Power Alan Rossiter, Executive Director, External Relations and Educational Program Development UH Energy, University of Houston |