On Thursday, June 7^th, 2012, the East Tennessee AIChE Young Professionals’ Group hosted kickball and grilling out for all AIChE members, affiliates, and their families at the Eastman Bays Mountain Recreation Area in Kingsport. See the pictures here!

Young Professionals*: the East Tennessee AIChE YP group is starting a new program for you! We have found four local, expert chemical engineers who are willing to have lunch with young professionals throughout the month of June. This is your opportunity to network with two other young professionals and an experience chemical engineer. If you are interested in participating, or just want more information please email me at adaley@eastman.com.

Lane Daley
Secretary, East Tennessee Local Section
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
(423) 229-3064

*”Young Professional” is defined by National AIChE as chemical engineers 35 years old and younger.

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“Managing Change,” Joanne S. Ward, October 31, 2012.

Young Professional Group Social at Putt-Putt, July 26, 2012.

Young Professional Group Social at Bays Mountain, June 7, 2012.

“Famous Atomic Scientists of the 20^th Century,” Norman Jacobs, May 3, 2012. (1.2 MB pdf)

“Perspective on Process Control,” Jim Downs, April 3, 2012. (5MB .pptx)

“Dust Explosions” Pete Lodal and Wayne Chastain, February 14, 2012. Also: Dust Explosion Risk Screening, and research video.

“Integrated Water Management,” John Barber, December 1, 2011.

“Small Modular Reactors and the Second Nuclear Era,” Dan Ingersoll, November 17, 2011.

“Life Cycle Assessment,” Perry Murdaugh and Jason Pierce, October 11, 2011.

“Chemical Engineering Megatrends—Future Challenges and Opportunities,” Dr. Jeffrey J. Siirola, September 29, 2011.

“A Fun but Educational History of Chemistry—Celebrating the Year of Chemistry,” Dr. Al Hazari, May 19^th, 2011.

“Cultivating a Culture for Growth and Innovation,” Dr. Greg W. Nelson, Eastman CTO, April 12, 2011.

“Pump BLEVEs,” Pete Lodal, March 2011.

Distillation Seminar, March 2011, Daniel R. Summers: Distillation 101, Tower Performance Evaluation, Tray Design Techniques, Tray Training, Packing Distribution, Distillation Seminar

“Process Heat Transfer 101,” Brad Killen, February 22, 2011 (Extensive heat transfer design and troubleshooting notes, 2.7MB .pdf)

“Dealing with Difficult People,” Joanne Ward, January 20, 2011.

“Emergency Response Leadership—Out of the Frying Pan and into the Fire!,” Peter Lodal, December 7, 2010 (Pearl Harbor Day, as is appropriate).

“Effective Meetings—Mike DePollo,” September 16, 2010.

“R.L. Hasche—East Tennessee Section’s First Chair (1945),” December 1, 2009.

“Process Analytics”, November 17, 2009.

“Kenneth Massey’s BCS Computer Systems and Sports Ratings,” October 22, 2009.

“Plant tour of the Domtar Kingsport paper mill,” September 10, 2009.

“TVA Nuclear Generation Development and Construction,” Daniel Pratt, March 10, 2009. (.ppt 5.1MB)

“The Kingsport Center for Higher Education”, Gloria Gammel, February 18, 2009. (.ppt, 3.7 MB)

“Corrosion Engineering”, Robert Sinko, Eastman Chemical Company, January 21, 2009. (.ppt, 5.5MB)

“Chemical Plant Security”, Bill Hendon, Eastman Chemical Company, December 8, 2008. (.ppt)

“Nuclear Fuel Services—Business and History”, Tracy Coates, Engineering Section Manager, NFS, Nov. 11, 2008. (.doc)

“Sustainability Benchmarks and Roadmaps”, Darlene Schuster, AIChE Institute for Sustainability, Oct. 22, 2008. (5 MB .ppt)

Nu-Energie Biodiesel Plant Tour, September 18, 2008.

“AIChE 100^th Anniversary,” Tim Nolen, April 15^th, 2008.

East Tennessee Section
Company Contacts

Please call these co-workers of yours if you need more information about our local section.

Eastman Chemical Company
Steve Miller
423-224-7350
smmiller@eastman.com

BAE Systems
Braxton Sluder
Process Chemical Engineer, Acids Manufacturing
423-578-6225
braxton.sluder@baesystems.com

Nuclear Fuel Services
Natalie Robertson
423-743-2526

nsrobertson@nuclearfuelservices.com

Domtar
Rhonda Smith
Process Control Engineer
423-392-2797
Rhonda.smith@domtar.com

2013 Local Section Officers

Officer History

	Chair- Noah McMillan Eastman Chemical Company		Vice Chair – Lane Daley Eastman Chemical Company
	Treasurer – Esmeralda Luna-Ramos Eastman Chemical Company		Secretary – Braxton Sluder BAE Systems
	Director – Paul Fanning Eastman Chemical Company		Director – Mark Harrison Eastman Chemical Company
	Director – David Hitch Eastman Chemical Company

Webmaster – Tim Nolen, Eastman Chemical Company

Professional Development – Joe Parker, Eastman Chemical Company

Newsletter Editors – Mark Kettner, Eastman Chemical Company

- Ashfaq Shaik, Eastman Chemical Company

Short Course Coordinator – Mark Shelton, Eastman Chemical Company

68 Years of Local Section History

The East Tennessee Section of AIChE has a long and interesting history. Many influential chemical engineers have shaped and nurtured our professional organization. Click here to read more and become a wizened veteran yourself. You might also be interested in the story of the distinguished life and career of our first Chair, Dr. R. Leonard Hasche.

You can find the names of many great chemical engineers in our list of Past Officers from 1945 to present and also our list of Fellows.

Our local section bylaws are documented here.