PROCESS DEVELOPMENT DIVISION (PDD) - - Group 12

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PROCESS DEVELOPMENT DIVISION (PDD) - - Group 12

• Fall 2008 General Meeting at Philadelphia
• Cawas Cooper
• Air Products Chemicals Inc.
• 16 November 2008

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Agenda

• Financials and Membership (10 minutes)
• Summarized Reports from Areas (10 minutes)
• Fall 2008 Meeting and ConFex Training (5 minutes)
• New Initiatives and PDS 2010 (15 minutes)
• New Awards/Topical (10 minutes)
• Qs and last minute preparations

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Treasurers Report

• David Edwards, Zeton Inc.

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Highlights

• Recent Income Received
• Refund of Spring A/V Expenses 314.23
• Recent Expenses (October)
• 1,500 for Research (1,000) and Student (500)
  Awards
• Web hosting 240
• Account balance of 30,637.78 as of Sept 30, 2008
• 758 paid up members as of June 30, 2008

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FY 2007-2008 Summary
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Balance Change FY 2007-2008

• Balance June 30, 2007 - 23,310.79
• Balance June 30, 2008 - 25,041.54
• Net Increase in Funds FY 1,730.75

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Fiscal Year Information

• AIChE Fiscal Year is Jan 1 to Dec 31 (Calendar)
• PD Division Fiscal Year is July 1 to June 30
• Treasurer nominated every 2 years
• - Current David Edwards (Zeton)
• - Past Raymond Rooks (Praxair)

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Membership Report

• Michael Hill, Hill Associates

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PDD Membership 2002 - 2008
Lets reach 1,000 by 2010
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
2008
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Area 12a Process Research and Innovation

• Sagar Gadewar, GRT Inc.

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Current Area 12a Leadership

• Chair Sagar Gadewar, GRT Inc.
• Chair-Elect Joseph Schroer, CWB Tech.
• Activities Chair Santiago Faucher, Xerox
  Research Center of Canada
• Past Chair Karl Krause, DuPont

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Area 12a Summary

• 5 sessions scheduled for Fall 2008 (2 of the 5
  are co-sponsored)
• 2 sessions scheduled for Spring 2009 (abstract
  submissions in progress)
• 5 sessions planned for Fall 2009 (chairs have
  been assigned)
• We would like to plan 2 sessions for Spring 2010
  (no sessions if response to Spring 2009 sessions
  is poor)
• Fall 2010 programming to be discussed at the area
  12A meeting on November 18 (aim to plan for 5
  sessions)

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Area 12b Pilot Plants

• Joe Powell, Shell

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Area 12b Leadership

• Chair Dan Pintar, UOP
• Chair-Elect Adam Whalley, Zeton
• Activities Chair David Attride (Eastman)
• Past Chair Joe Powell, Shell

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12b - Spring 2009

• Shortcut Methodology in Pilot Plants
• Chair Joe Powell, Shell
• Co-Chair Dan Pintar, UOP
• Heavy oil upgrading, hydrotreating refining
  pilot plants
• Adam Whalley (Zeton)
• Dan Pintar (UOP)
• Dinner to be coordinated Joe Powell

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Area 12c Technoloy Transfer(NEED LIVE UPDATE)

• Mitch Loescher, CDtech

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Area 12d Manufacturing

• Lorna Oritz-Soto
• CRI/Criteion Catalysts

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Area 12d Leadership and Fall

• Chair Lorna Ortiz-Soto
• Shell Global Solutions (US) Inc.
• Chair-Elect Shawna Berg
• Shell Global Solutions (US) Inc.
• Activities Chair Jason VanRoeyen
• Shell Chemicals

• Development and Operating Histories of Chemical
  Processes (Monday, November 17, 2008 830
  AM-1100 AM)
• Chair Jonathan Worstell
• Vice-Chair George Liebermann
• Career Development in the Chemical Processing
  Industry (Monday, November 17, 2008 1230
  PM-300 PM)
• Chair Shawna Berg
• Vice-Chair Raj Sengupta

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12d Programming

• Spring 2009 (Tampa, FL)
• Plant Improvements Identifying and Prioritizing
  Work When the Plant Is Running Well
• Chair Shawna Berg
• Vice-Chair Lorna Ortiz-Soto
• Instrumentation An Engineers Best Friend and
  Biggest Enemy
• Chair Jason VanRoeyen
• Vice-Chair Shawna Berg

• Fall 2009 (Nashville, TN)
• Taking the Career Plunge What the industry wants
  you to know about the working world
• Chair Shawna Berg
• Vice-Chair John Worstell

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Process Development Division Area 12e
-Microprocessing
R. Besser, Stevens Institute of Technology,
Chair T. Dietrich, Mikroglas, Chair Elect L.
Weatherly, Activities Chair
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Programming Review

• Spring 2008-New OrleansIMRET 10, 12 sessions
  poster, 120 papers
• Fall 2008-Philadelphia-no symposium
• Spring 2009-Tampa 6-10 sessions, receiving
  abstracts
• Fall 2009-no symposium
• Spring 2010-themed symposium

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Themed Microprocessing Symposia

• Narrows audience
• Potentially reduce participation/attendance of
  old-timers in microprocess technology
• Potentially bring in new participants, new blood
  from the subtopic community
• Could spawn new areas in the PDD!

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Area 12f Process Intensifiation

• Costas Tsouris
• Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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Area 12f Leadership

• Chair Costas Tsouris, Oak Ridge National
  Laboratory
• Chair-Elect Hannsjoerg Freund,
  Max-Planck-Institut
• Activities Chair Bora Aydin, Canmet Energy
  
  Technology Centre
• Past Chair Lawrence Weatherley, University of
  Kansas

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Area 12f Programming

• Fall 2008 - Philadelphia
• 2 sessions, 13 papers
• Fall 2009 Nashville
• 3 sessions
• Plenary session (30-minute talks, invited)
• Novel processes reaction, separation
• Advanced materials

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Area 12g Product Design (NEED LIVE UPDATE)

• Michael Hill, Hill Associates

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PDD Fall 2008 Programming Factiods

• Process Development Division
• 11 sessions (session co-sponsored with 4a
  Computational Molecular Science and Engineering
  Forum (21))
• 67 papers
• Pilot Plant Topical
• 5 sessions (15b co-sponsor on one session)
• 24 papers

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PDD Fall 2008 Programming

• Saturday (15-Nov-08) Speed Networking - Annette
  Johnston, Cawas Cooper, Raymond Rooks, Merrill
  Galloway, Dan Pintar, and John Peragine.
• Sunday 530 to 630 PM General Meeting
• Monday 545 to 700 PM Division Meeting
• Tuesday 11 to 1230 PM  - - 3 Parallel Meetings
  with Boxed Lunches.  Areas 12a/c/g 12b/d 12
  e/f.
• Tuesday Dinner at Union League with awards after
  Kamlesh's session ends at 545 PM

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Philadelphia PDD Dinner
Union League of Philadelphia (Meade Room) 140
South Broad St., Philadelphia Tues. November
18th, 2008 Guests start to arrive _at_ 600pm
Dinner to be served _at_ 630 pm Green house salad
w/vinaigrette Choice of main entree chicken,
beef, seafood, or vegetarian Cinnamon apple
tart, coffee/tea CASH BAR ONLY Guests
contacted via e-mail for their entree
choices STRICT DRESS CODE (www.unionleague.org)
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Awards

• Excellence in Process Development Research Award
• Sponsored
• Award 1,000 Plaque
• Nomination Deadline June 15
• Awarded Annual Meeting (Nov).
• 2004 Recipients Michael F Doherty, Michael F
  Malone
• 2005 Recipient Prof. A. Hrymak
• 2006 Recipient Prof. Richard
  Braatz
• 2007 Recipient Prof. Volker Hessel
• 2008 Recipient Professor James B. Rawlings
• to be presented at the Fall 2008 meeting

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Awards

• Process Development Practice Award
• Sponsored by
• Award 1,000 Plaque
• Deadline December 15
• Awarded Spring Meeting (April)
• 2004 Recipient Jack Jubin (Lyondell)
• 2005 Recipient Kamlesh Bhatia
  (DuPont)
• 2006 Recipient George Liebermann (Xerox)
• 2007 Recipient Rich Palluzi (ExxonMobil)
• 2008 Recipient Shiah Cherney (Chevron)
• to be presented at the Spring 2008 mtg

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Awards

• Process Development Division Student Paper Award
• Sponsored by
• Award 500 Plaque
• Nomination Deadline July 15
• Awarded Annual Meeting (Nov).
• 2004 Recipient Deepak Srinivasagupta
• 2005 Recipient Dimitrios M. Zarkadas
• 2006 Recipient Jie Xiao
• 2007 Recipient Kristin Hecht
• 2008 Recipient Kui Sing (Martin) Kwok
• to be presented at the Fall 2008 meeting

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Confex Training

• Confex Software used to set up sessions
• Annette Johnston will do live training after the
  Division Meeting on Monday

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Confex Training Summary

• Confex Software used to set up sessions
• Save email and password from AIChE for future
  referral.
• Those with division programming permissions can
  grant access to others via menu option.
• Process Development Division Programming Chairs
• Set up session descriptions and chair / co-chair
  names
• Chairs and co-chairs then receive email and
  password to administer to their sessions.
• Topical permissions are separate from Division
• Session chairs
• Enter session description or call for papers
  when permission granted.
• Accept papers, solicit trades to complete session
  (4 7 papers)
• Do not reject a good paper leave in place or
  transfer to unplaced papers folder
• Look in same folder for papers for your session.
• When accept papers prior to final deadline, and
  set up session times
• Remember to include 5 minutes intro and 5 minutes
  wrap-up time
• Division level access best to combine or rename
  sessions and trade papers.
• Confex idiosyncrasies
• Pop up window opens separate instance of
  Microsoft Explorer when access paper.
• Updates to programming do not show up until 8 AM
  EST the following business day

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New Initiative - Alternative Energy (Rooks)

• Promote Understanding of Issues Related to
  Alternative Energy
• Education (Approved)
• Highlight Alternative Energy to Students
• Outreach Student Chapters w/K-12 Institutions
• Hands on Curriculium
• 2500 Contest
• Presentations at 2009 Student Conference
• Reports and Materials on Web Site
• Symposium
• Highlight Alternative Energy to Engineers

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Spring 2009 Symposium

• Highlight Issues Related to Practicing Engineers
• Energy Sources Nuclear, Solar, Coal
• Energy Carriers Methanol, Hydrogen, Biofuelds
• High Level Talks w/ Question and Answer Sessions
• Originally Schedule for Fall 2008 -gt Spring 2009
• 3-4 Speakers Covering Above Subjects
• Continuing with Follow-Up Meetings

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Proposal for New 2009 Initiative (REPORT AS OF
10/15/08 NEED LIVE UPDATE)

• Lionel OYoung
• ClearWaterBay Technology
• Thomas Dietrich
• Mikroglas Chemtech GMBH

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Latest Situation

• Suggested Title New energy efficient Process and
  Product Development Technologies for high-tech
  industries
• Subtopics Environmental, automobile industry,
  electronic industry, pharmaceutical and
  Biotechnology, etc
• Venue Rotate among the continents
• Format 2.5 day conference (need discussion)
• Media Need discussion

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Next Step

• Gain approval from AIChE
• Within Area 12 and other divisions
• Need additional volunteers to brain storm and put
  this proposal in better format
• Identify potential partners
• Phase 2 - Discussion with interested parties
• Phase 3 1st event preparation

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ChemShow 2009 Initiative (NEED LIVE UPDATE)

• Michael Hill and AIChE

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PDS 2010 Energy Conference (Weatherley)

• Possible Date - 20 to 23 June 2010
• Possible Venues
• Oread Inn, Lawrence, Kansas (Scheduled to be
  completed next year)
• Hotel Phillips more historic elegant atmosphere
  Kansas City
• The Westin at Crowne Center, Kansas City this
  is a more modern hotel with a lot of amenities
• Possible Organizing Committee
• Weatherley, Cooper, Powell, Bhatia, Hill, OYoung

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PDS 2010 Possible Sessions

• Energy Challenges for Process Development
• Energy Analysis in Processing
• Case Studies - Users
• Case Studies Suppliers
• Latest Developments

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New Awards/Topical

• Prior Fluor Proposal(Tony/Osman)
• New Pfizer Award Ideas (Chris/Mary)
• Topical (Sal/Chris)
• Comprehensive Quality by Design (QbD) to Develop
  and Manufacture Pharmaceutical Products

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Planning By Area

• Plan to program in three areas minimum
• Add sessions as interest dictates
• Look at the grid at planning meetings to
  determine balance or patterns in programming

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Multi-year Plan