AIChE BR Section
Past Meetings:

2008-2009 Year

• 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"
• November, 2005. Davie Pratt, President, Hunter Equipmnet, "Transporting Solids Using Centrifugal Pumps"
• 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.