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2008-2009 Program

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Date

Time

Location

Speaker

Information

Wed. Sept. 17, 2008

6 -7PM Social Hour
7- 8 PM Dinner 
8 - 9 PM Featured Speaker

 

Sheraton Airport Hotel
5300 Riverside Drive
Cleveland , Ohio 44135
216-257-1500

 

Mike McCormac is the Manager of the Oil & Gas permitting section with the Division of Mineral Resources Management.

Oil-Gas Well Drilling, 

Cost: $20 per member, $5 for unemployed members and FREE to the first 5 students who register at the meeting reception desk. Click for Menu
RSVP: Make your reservation by noon on Friday, September 12 with Joe Yurko at 440-232-3320x4690 or jyurko@cle.boehringer-ingelheim.com

Tue. Oct. 7, 2008

5:30-8:30 PM

Hoggy's Barn and Grill (Valley View)
5975 Canal Rd.
Valley View, OH 44125
216.328.9871

Joseph D. Hensel - CEO of Polyflow Corporation

Cash Bar Available
$20/person
Fireside Dining
Buffet Dinner:  Includes Pulled Pork, Pulled Chicken, Fresh-baked Buns, Choice of 4 Side Dishes (Baked Potatoes, Steamed Vegetable Medley, Coleslaw, Whipped Sweet Potatoes), Fresh Garden Salad, and Soft Drinks (Coffee, Tea, Soda, Milk)

Nov. 08

TBA

TBA

University Hospitals Research

TBA

Jan. 09

TBA

CWRU

ChE Dept. Tour & Talks

 

Feb. 09

TBA

TBA

Student Night/Sustainability

TBA

Mar. 09

TBA

TBA

ISA Joint Meeting

TBA

Apr. 09

TBA

CSU Stillwell Hall

Science Fair/CSU Tour

TBA

May 09

TBA

Ohio & Erie Canal 

Joint Meeting w/Akron Section

TBA

Jun. 09

TBA

Wine Tasting at John Christ Winery Avon Lake

Social Event

TBA

2007-2008 Program

Next Event: Thursday, June 26, 2008

Topic: Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact

The presentation on the Great Lakes Compact will provide an overview of prior attempts to protect the Great Lakes from large-scale diversions, and the constitutional authority for the individual states to enter the new compact. The six major provisions of the compact will be discussed, as well as the legal process for ratifying the compact. Ohio water use laws and the impact of the compact on individual property rights will also be covered.

Speaker: Bill Fisher

Bill Fisher is a Research Business Specialist in the Center for Clinical Research at University Hospitals Case Medical Center. His responsibilities include assisting in the processing of grants throughout the organization, protecting and commercializing the intellectual property of University Hospitals, and identifying funding sources for unfunded clinical projects. Prior to joining University Hospitals, Bill worked for over three years in local law firms, most recently as a patent attorney for McDonald Hopkins LLC. Bill also worked for over six years as a chemical engineer for OM Group. Bill received his J.D. from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, and his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Ohio University, Athens. Bill is a member of the Ohio Bar and is registered to practice before United States Patent and Trademark Office.

 Time:

  • 6:00 - 7:00 Social Hour, Appetizers

  • 7:00 - 8:00 Dinner

  • 8:00 - 9:00 Presentation

 Location: Holiday Inn, Strongsville

15471 Royalton Road, Rt-82 & I-71
Strongsville, OH 44136
(440) 238-8800

Meal:

  • Order off of the diverse menu.  

  • Cost: Each member will pay his or her own tab.

  • Each student will pay $5.00 with the balance of his or her tab (excluding alcohol) picked up by AIChE

 RSVP: 

Past Meetings:

September Meeting: We are looking forward to the AIChE Meeting at Case on September 19th with buffet dinner! Students of members are welcome. Fees will be $20 for AIChE members, $5 for ChemE Students, and High School students. Junior High School students are usually free with their parent (AIChE will cover their costs at $5). The program will include a brief overview of CWRU ChE program and tours of the CWRU microfabrication and fuel cell labs.

October Meeting:  "Richard Stuebi"  BP Fellow for Energy and Environmental Advancement. Richard Stuebi joined the Foundation in March 2006 as the BP Fellow for Energy and Environmental Advancement.  In this role, he works with various public and private sector stakeholders to promote commercial activity in advanced energy in the Cleveland area.  Richard has nearly 20 years of experience as an executive, entrepreneur and consultant in the energy industry, with most of the past decade focused on advanced energy technologies and business opportunities.  Richard shares his perspectives on energy and environmental matters on a weekly basis through www.cleantechblog.com. Prior to joining the Foundation, Richard founded NextWave Energy, a professional firm focused on capitalizing upon new business opportunities stemming from innovative energy technologies.  As President of NextWave Energy, he assisted several emerging and established private-sector clients in various aspects of business development, including strategy and capital formation.  Previously, Richard was a senior vice president at Louis Dreyfus, the global commodity trading firm and was a management consultant in the energy practice of McKinsey & Co. Richard earned degrees in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Stanford University ."

November 14, 2007 Presentation:  “POLYMER PROPERTIES USING POLARIZED LIGHT,” Dr. Ferdinand Rodriguez will demonstrate the effects of time, temperature and stress on physical properties and transitions of polymers using polarized light with a variety of common plastics and rubbers.  The glass transition temperature and melting temperature can be affected by chain stiffness, polarity, and plasticization.  The materials used in the demonstrations include polyisobutylene, silly putty, poly (methyl methacrylate), polystyrene, poly (vinyl chloride), polyethylene, and poly (ethylene oxide).

February 28, 2008 - Student Night Presentation:  "Practical application and system design utilizing VLE data" Speaker: Paul E. Mason. Theoretical and empirical pure and binary chemical species vapor liquid equilibrium (VLE) data is available for many compounds.   Theoretically predicting VLE in multi-component systems can be both difficult and dangerous in design practices.  The extent of empirical data is limited to pure and binary systems.  It is rare that the system is binary.  Often it is necessary to estimate the equilibrium conditions for practical applications for multi-component mixtures where data may not be available at the conditions of interest.  Industries, such as semiconductor manufacturers, may have complicated vapor streams that require removal of specific compounds for environmental compliance.  One method of removal is gas absorption through chemi-adsorption utilizing a randomly packed column.  A design basis for a multi component mixture is considered where the system is also complicated by side-reactions.   

March 27, 2008 Centennial Celebration. The Cleveland Section of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) hosted a Cleveland Centennial Celebration on Thursday, March 27, 2008.  This event included local companies in the Greater Cleveland Area that employ chemical engineers, with representatives hosting booths with information about their companies and what chemical engineers do at their companies.  Booths were hosted by 

 We had about 60 guests and 20 people staffing booths.  The presentation titled "Building an Advanced Energy Industry in Cleveland ” provided by Richard Stuebi of the Cleveland Foundation.

 

 

2006-2007 Schedule