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1/17: From the Manhattan Project to Global Warming (CO2 GHG Mitigation Technologies) and Beyond Details

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Speaker: Meyer Steinberg, Former Senior Chemical Engineer at Brookhaven National Laboratory, where he was Head of the Process Sciences Division of the Department of Applied Science at BNL and also as a Consultant to the Department of Advanced Technology.

2011
12/8: Sixth Annual Energy & Resources Conf.
"Our Crucial Water Supply; Ensuring its Future" 2.5 PDH credits available (for NYS PEs) Details
pasted-graphicVenue: Con Edison Building
11/1:
2011 Career Day at the Chem Show

Venue: Chem Show, Jacob Javits Convention Center

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Panelists: Dr. Dan Lepek (The Cooper Union), Lauren Deitch (AIChE), Rachel Friedman (Con Edison) and Keynote Speaker: Anthony Fasano, P.E. (Powerful Purpose Associates). Additional photos of Student Leaders accepting AIChe, Metro New York's $500 grants for student chapter development.

10/17: Ultra Clean Hydrogen From Biomass to Generate Combined Heat and Power using Fuel Cells

Venue: Campus of Stony Brook University, SUNY
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our first LI meeting)

9/19: What are chemical engineers and why do we need them? Archived mtg. ann.
Sources: Google Books and Ai Control Systems
6/18: Plant Tour of New York City’s Croton Water Filtration Plant, Bronx, NY Archived mtg. ann.
Details on this past event from the AIChE's ChEnected blog.

5/23:
Lead, or fade away: why your business can not ignore Social Media

Speaker: Bodo Albrecht, Co-Founder and President of BASIQ Corp. LinkedIn discussion on this event.

4/26:
Lapses in Process Safety .... and
Their Catastrophic Consequences
(PDH-PS003822)

Speaker: Gregory Hounsell, former Principal Process Engineer at Pfizer, Inc.

4/3: AIChE, Metro NY exhibited at (for Middle and High School students, White Plains, NY)

Officers attending: (from left to right) Greg Hounsell, Ariel Czemerinski (in both photos), Umesh Goswami, and Mary Lynch.

3/21: Members' Benefits

Speaker: Felicia Guglielmi, Director of Volunteer and Membership Activities, American Institute of Chemical Engineers

2/22: Chemical Engineering Careers

A panel discussion with seven active Chemical Engineers describing what they are doing now, and what they expect to be doing over the next ten years.

Panelists (Sector):
Dr. Herbert W. Cooper, President, Dynalytics Corp. (Petrochemicals)
Ariel Czemerinski, Principal, AMC Engineering, PLLC (Environmental)
Umesh Goswami, Safety, Health and Environmental group, Roche (Energy and Carbon Management)
Sabrina Hawkins, Chemical Engineer, ATK (Alliant Techsystems Inc.), Advanced Programs Group, Propulsion & Controls Div. (Transportation/ Propulsion)
Gregory Hounsell, formerly Principal Process Engineer, Pfizer (Pharmaceuticals)
Mary K. Lynch, Senior Instructor, Con Edison (Steam & Electric Utilities)
Roxy Schneider, Project Engineer & Operations Leader, AIChE, Center for Chemical Process Safety (Professional Societies / Process Safety)

2010
12/9: Fifth Annual Energy & Resource Conference

11/15: Career Options for Undergraduate Chemical Engineers (Student Event)

10/18: Plant Tour - Con Edison Steam Facility

Host: Rachel Friedman, Project Manager for a Demineralized Water Purification System at Con Edison

9/20: The Future of Chemical Engineering

Source: Washington Univ. in St. Louis Dept. of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering (WUSTL)

Speaker: June Wispelwey, Executive Director, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)

6/21:
E-Recycling - Recycling of Electronic Devices

Speaker: Fred J. Dufek, President / CEO / Managing Director, e-Green Management

5/17: Mini-Conference Details

• Biomass: Alternative Feedstocks for Fuels, Chemicals and Polymers
Speaker: Howard Blum, Industry Consultant • Distributed Production of Advanced Biofuels from Biomass Waste Speaker: Prof. Niyi Lawal, Stevens Institute of Technology • Intellectual Property Issues Speaker: Barry Schindler, Greenberg Traurig • Bio-Plastics Market and Products: What's the Fit? Speaker: Bob Williams, Cereplast Inc. • Biomass-Derived Materials, Chemicals and Fuels Based on the PHA Platform Speaker: Oliver Peoples, Metabolix

4/19: Process Safety - Inherently Safer Technologies Download Presentation (2.4 MB PowerPoint file) Speaker: Dennis C. Hendershot, Staff Consultant, AIChE's Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS)

3/15: Nuclear Power - Engineering Nuclear Power for the 21st Century Speaker: Howard L. Sobel, P.E.

2/24: Engineers' Week Dinner - AIChE, Metro NY Section will be a co-sponsor of this event

1/19: Nanotechnology - What is it? Any concerns? What about the future? Speaker: Dr. Shaun Clancy, Director of Product Regulatory Services for Evonik Degussa Corp. Download Presentation