American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Baton Rouge Section
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AIChE BR Section Past Meetings:
2011-2012 Year
November, 2011. Connie Fabré, "An Overview of the Greater Baton Rouge Industry Alliance (GBRIA)"
October, 2011. Prof. Armando Corripio P.E., "Engineering Ethics and Professionalism"
September, 2011. Prof. Krishnaswamy Nandakumar, "Past, Present and Future of Chemical Process Modeling and Simulation"
2010-2011 Year
May, 2011. Ann K. Taylor, Consultant, Coates Award Recipient , "My Career"
April, 2011. Steve Ferrer, "The Proper Assessment of Plant Alarm Metrics for Reduction in Process Safety Risk"
March, 2011. Carter Chambers, "Wireless Process Automation Solutions"
February, 2011. James Folse, "OSHA's National Emphasis Program (NEP) and The La. Chemical Industry"
January, 2011. Bruce King, "Chemical Engineers Can Make an Impact on the Developing World"
December, 2010. Glenn Young, "The Golden Age of Process Safety"
November, 2010. Sharon Cole and Frank Thigpen, "Industrial and Consulting Experiences on the Chemical Engineering Profession"
October, 2010. Darwin Logerot, "Boundary Management"
September, 2010. Gordon Combs, "Why Biofuels Make Sense"
2009-2010 Year
May, 2010. Noel J. Ricord, "Ethics: Codes of Conduct"
April, 2010. Scott D. Reed, "Impact of Proposed Revisions to the Clean Air Act for Smog Reduction in Louisiana"
March, 2010. Dan Borné, "Chemical Manufacturing in the American Economy"
February 23, 2010. Charles F. D'Agostino, "The Louisiana Business & Technology Center"
January 12, 2010. January Joint Meeting with the
New Orleans Section,Charlie Speed, "Oil & Gas Production and Corrosion"
December 15, 2009. Professor Eric Smith, "The Impact of Environmental Regulations in Louisiana"
November 19, 2009. Floyd Griffiths &Todd Rigby, "Cold Lime Softening"
October 15, 2009. George Pietrogallo, Jr., "ExxonMobil Centennial: Celebrating 100 Years in Baton Rouge"
September 17, 2009. Professor Armando Corripio, "Engineering Ethics and Professionalism"
2008-2009 Year
May 19, 2009. Coates Award Banquet, Professor Andrew Maverick
March, 2009. Raymond Allen, "Global Climate Change from the Chemical Engineering Perspective"
February, 2009. Kent M. Blumberg, "Communication and Leadership Skills for Chemical Engineers"
December, 2008. Jim Porter, "The Haynesville Shale: Can Louisiana industries get the gas from one of the nation's largest natural gas fields?"
November, 2008. Dr. Ray Ferrell, "Medicinal Clay and Spiritual Healing"
October, 2008. Larry Trom, "Compact Heat Exchanger Applications in Refinery and Petrochemical Plants"
September, 2008. Keith Sliman, "Current Safety and Security issues in the Chemical and Refining Industries"
2007-2008 Year
May, 2008. Louis J. Thibodeaux, "Environmental Chemodynamics —The last chemical design element"
March, 2008. Jim Schexnayder, "Cathodic Protection"
February, 2008. Dandina N. Rao, Ph.D., LSU Petroleum Engineering Department, "Gas-Assisted Gravity Drainage (GAGD) Process for Enhancing Oil Recovery from On- and Off-Shore Petroleum Reservoirs"
January, 2008. Paul Hewitt, Tracerco Americas, "New Oil/Water Interface Control Technology for Desalter Optimization"
December, 2007. Roland ThompsonJacobs Engineering, "Sulfur Recovery in Petroleum Refining"
November, 2007. Jerry Spivey, Ph.D., LSU Chemical Engineering, "Selective Catalytic Conversion of Syngas to Oxygenates"
October, 2007. Randy Peterson, Homesite Company, "The Louisiana Petrochemical Industry in World War II"
September, 2007. Dr. James E. Henry, Chemical Engineering, LSU, "Engineering the Biological Response"
2006-2007 Year
May, 2007. Harold W. Young,
Research Fellow, Chemtura, "The Mysterious Stranger in Chemical Processes". This was also the annual Coates Award Banquet.
April, 2007. José Romagnoli, Ph.D.,LSU Chemical Engineering Department, "Topics in Process Control"
March, 2007. Roger Smith, Jacobs Engineering, "Refinery Process Overview, Part 2"
February, 2007. Mike Guillot, Ph.D., Stress Engineering, "Pressure Vessels and the Code"
January, 2006. David Haysley, P.E., and Bill
Swonger, Alber Garaudy
Consulting Engineering (AGCE), "Efficient HAZOPs and PHAs"
December, 2006. Dr. Jim Ford, C.F.Picou & Associates, "Advanced Proces Control - A Status Report"
November, 2006. Roger Smith, Jacobs Engineering, "Refinery Process Overview, Part 1"
October, 2006. Bill Bonds, P.E., BJB Enterprises, LLC, "Industrial Temperature Measurement"
September, 2006. Daniel Dupont, Jacobs Engineering, "Modern Plant Security Systems"
2005-2006 Year
May, 2006. Jorge Ferrer, EBR Parish Environmental and Landfill Affairs, "Profits from Waste"
April, 2006. Jamie Horton, LCI Corporation, "Applying Thin Film Evaporation for Difficult Separations"
March, 2006. Dane Borné, President, Louisiana Chemical Association, "Recovery of the Louisiana Chemical Industry"
February, 2006. LES Engineering Week Banquet
January, 2006. Randall K. Ashe, EPA-CID
Special Agent, and Beau James
Brock, EPA Region VI Criminal
Enforcement Counsel, "Conducting Environmental Criminal Investigations in Louisiana"
December, 2005. Daniel Dupont ,Principal Control Systems Engineer, Jacobs Engineering, "Safety-Instrumented Systems"
October 20, 2005. Beric Daigle, Honeywell, gave a presentation on ethical considerations, using actual, real-life cases.
September 15, 2005. Jim Fore, Jacobs Engineering, spoke on three-dimensional modeling and its capabilities.
2004-2005 Year
May 12, 2005. Isiah M. Warner, LSU, spoke about "Mentoring, Education, and Research: Combined Pathways to Undergraduate Student Success."
April 21, 2005. Carolee Laffoon and Kelly A. Young, provided an overview of environmental, health and safety management systems, titled "EHS Management Systems: What's It All About and Why Should I Care?"
March 17, 2005. Rich Whitlow, Flowmaster, spoke on the advantages of rupture pin technology over rupture disks and safety-relief valves.
February 24, 2005, "Engineer's Week Banquet"
January 20, 2005, Dr. Mike McDaniel, State Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, "State of Louisiana's DEQ"
December 21, 2004, Barry Buttler, Krebs, "Hydro-cyclone Applications in the Process Industries"
November 18, 2004, John Grohmann, APV Heat Transfer, "Hybrid Heat Exchangers"
October 21, 2004, Max George, Spirax Sarco, "Steam Trapping and Heat Exchanger Stall"
September 16, 2004, Armando Corripio, LSU Chemical Engineering, "Engineering Ethics and Professionalism"
2003-2004 Year
May 15, 2003. Ed Green, ExxonMobil, 2003 Coates Award Recipient,
spoke on volunteering to improve science education in the schools.
April 22, 2003. Ron Crum, URS Corporation, spoke on homeland
security in the chemical and refining industry. Attendance: 50
March 13, 2003. Terry Backhaus, Backhaus Financial Group, spoke
on retirement planning and how to check out your financial advisor.
February 13, 2003. Maury Drummond, Executive Director, Louisiana
Naval War Memorial Commission, discussed the history and future of the USS
KIDD. A tour of the engineering sections of the ship was led by Captain Bob
Allen and Rick Worley.
January 16, 2003. Bill Geiger, Coastal Corrotion Control, spoke
abloy cathodic protection for tanks and pipelines.
December 19, 2002. David Boulet, Louisiana Department of Economic
Development, Energy/Oil & Gas, spoke about oil and gas development for
Louisiana.
November 19, 2002. Nelson Brown and Ainsley Bishop, of Charles
SCHWAB & Co., treated those attending to a delicious meal and gave a
very informative presentation on navigating today's market. Attendance: 35
October 17, 2002. Armando Corripio, LSU Chemical Engineering,
gave his talk on ethics and professionalism. Attendance: 50.
September 10, 2002. Robert Hagen, Graham Corporation, gave
an excellent presentation on steam ejectors to a capacity crowd.
