2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

1. Dr. Laura P Ford http://orcid.org/0009-0002-3585-1879 The University of Tulsa [biography]

   Laura P. Ford is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Tulsa. She teaches engineering science thermodynamics and fluid mechanics, mass transfer, process control, and chemical engineering senior labs. She is an advisor for the University of Tulsa's chapter of Engineers Without Borders - USA and the delayed coking joint industry project.

2. Dr. Gary A Aurand Penn State University [biography]

   Gary A. Aurand is an Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Penn State University. He earned a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from North Carolina State University and a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Prior to joining Penn State in 2018, Dr. Aurand was on the faculty in the Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at the University of Iowa for over two decades. In addition to teaching chemical process safety, Dr. Aurand has extensive experience with all aspects of teaching and managing undergraduate chemical engineering laboratory courses. He also has taught design, thermodynamics, and energy courses multiple times.

3. Dr. Chris Barr http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2938-2896 University of Michigan [biography]

   Dr. Christopher Barr is the instructional laboratory supervisor in the chemical engineering department at University of Michigan. He obtained his Ph.D. At university of Toledo in 2013 and is a former fellow in the N.S.F. GK-12 grant "Graduate teaching fellows in STEM high school education: an environmental science learning community at the land-lake ecosystem interface". His main responsibilities are supervising and implementing improvements to the undergraduate labs. He also serves as secondary instructor for the CHE labs, the departmental safety coordinator, and lead for the SAFECHE (Process safety across the CHE curriculum) modules as well as the Visual Encyclopedia of Chemical Engineering Equipment. Currently, he serves as a director and communications co-chair for the ASEE CHE Division.

4. Frank Bowman University of North Dakota [biography]

   Frank Bowman is Thomas C. Owens Endowed Chair of Chemical Engineering, Professor and Chair in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of North Dakota. He holds a Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology and a B.S from Brigham Young University

5. Dr. Hema Ramsurn http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8078-0881 The University of Tulsa [biography]

   Hema Ramsurn is the A. Buthod Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Tulsa. Her teaching repertoire consists of the following courses: health and safety in chemical processes, mass transfer, advanced chemical reactor design, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics and senior lab. Her research revolves around bio-based materials (graphene, activated carbon, biochar), catalytic methane conversion, carbon-carbon composites and their anti-oxidative coatings for high temperature applications.

6. Dr. Janie Brennan Washington University in St. Louis [biography]

   Janie Brennan is a Senior Lecturer of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis. She earned her BS in Agricultural and Biological Engineering from Purdue University in 2010, and her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering (also from Purdue) in 2015. She teaches several core engineering courses, including thermodynamics, separations, unit operations lab, and zymurgy, and her research has focused on understanding best practices for teaching and learning in these courses.

7. Prof. Tracy L. Carter http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4184-0052 Northeastern University [biography]

   Tracy Carter is a faculty member in the Chemical Engineering Department at Northeastern University. She is also a faculty facilitator for the Industry/CCPS Faculty Workshops on process safety. Prior to Northeastern she has 9 years of R&D experience in industry. She has 15+ years of experience teaching unit operations laboratory and process safety to undergraduate and graduate students. She also has 5+ years mentoring graduate students on technical communications in the NU College of Engineering Communication Lab.

8. Dr. Kevin D. Dahm Rowan University [biography]

   Kevin Dahm is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at Rowan University. He earned his BS from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (92) and his PhD from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (98). He has published two books, "Fundamentals of Chemical Engineer

9. Dr. Luke Landherr http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9805-7336 Northeastern University [biography]

   Dr. Lucas Landherr is a teaching professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Northeastern University, conducting research in comics and engineering education.

10. Dr. David L. Silverstein P.E. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3221-7565 University of Kentucky [biography]

    David L. Silverstein is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Kentucky where he has taught since 1999. He received his BSChE from the University of Alabama and his MS and PhD in chemical engineering from Vanderbilt University. Silverstein’s research interests include conceptual learning tools and training with a special interest in faculty development. He has received the following ASEE ChE Division awards: Fahien for young faculty teaching and educational scholarship, Corcoran for best CEE article (thrice), and Martin for best ChE Division paper at the ASEE Annual Meeting.

11. Dr. Stephen Ward Thiel P.E. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6797-7225 University of Cincinnati [biography]

    Stephen Thiel is a Professor-Educator in the Chemical Engineering program at the University of Cincinnati (UC). He received his BS in Chemical Engineering from Virginia Tech, and his MS and PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. His past research has focused on membrane science, adsorption, and ion exchange. He currently serves as the Chemical Engineering Undergraduate Program Director at UC and teaches the capstone process design sequence. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Ohio.

12. Dr. Bruce K Vaughen P.E. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6424-5136 American Institute of Chemical Engineers [biography]

    Bruce K. Vaughen, Ph.D., P.E., CCPSC, (brucv@aiche.org) is the Lead Process Safety Subject Matter Expert at the Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS), a Technology Alliance in the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). He has more than two decades of industrial experience, has authored or co-authored five books on Process Safety, co-chaired sessions and presented at engineering conferences, published in peer-reviewed journals, and has developed introductory process safety webinars, courses, and workshops. In addition, he is a CCPS Certified Process Safety Professional (CCPSC), a Professional Engineer (PE), a Fellow of AIChE, and a Fellow of CCPS.

13. Dr. Troy J. Vogel University of Notre Dame [biography]

    Troy Vogel is the Assistant Chair, the Director of Undergraduate Studies, and an Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Notre Dame. He is the faculty advisor ND's student chapter of AIC

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