AIChE East Tennessee Section Programs

2010-2011 Program Year

 

 

 

AIChE East Tennessee Section Programs

2009-2010 Program Year

 

Fall 2009 Programs

 

 

Kenneth Massey’s presentation on the Massey sports computer ratings is available here.

 

Process Analytics:  Improving Measurement Capability in your Plant

Steve Wright, Process and Environmental Analytics, Eastman Chemical Company

November 17, 2009

See his presentation here.

 

 

 

“Ethics and Excellence in Engineering”

Alan Rossiter of Rossiter and Associates

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009

Eastman Research Multimedia Room, B-150C, 201C, Kingsport

Pizza Lunch at 11:30 a.m., Program at Noon

 

 

Alan Rossiter is President of Rossiter & Associates (4421 Darsey Street Bellaire, TX 77401, USA, Tel: 713-660-9503; Fax: 713-669-1987; E-mail: alan@rossiters.org), an industrial process improvement consulting company working primarily in the field of energy efficiency.

In addition to consulting projects for companies such as ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips and Sasol, he provides training courses in pinch analysis and energy management. He also runs courses in communication skills, engineering ethics and professional excellence.

Dr. Rossiter was born and raised in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), and received his B.A., M.Eng. and Ph.D., all in chemical engineering, from the University of Cambridge, England. He has more than 25 years of process engineering and management experience, and more than 50 publications. These include the McGraw-Hill book Waste Minimization through Process Design, and the 2008 publication Professional Excellence: Beyond Technical Competence (AIChE-Wiley). He is a chartered engineer, a registered professional engineer (Texas), and a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and the Institution of Chemical Engineers (UK).

 

 

Ethics and Excellence in Engineering

 

What, apart from your technical competence, is important in your career?  This is the key question addressed in Alan Rossiter’s thought-provoking presentation.

 

Our training as engineers is heavily biased towards scientific and technical matters.  However, our professional and personal lives also depend on many other disciplines, and many of us fail to appreciate this – or appreciate it only late in our careers.  The talk highlights these needs and provides practical guidance in acquiring the necessary skills.  Its goal is to encourage professional people (and especially those just entering their profession) to think through issues that affect their professional and personal future.

 

 

October 7, 2009

 

AIChE Young Professionals Advisory Board (YPAB)

David Wishnick, Chair of National YPAB

 

When:  October 7, 2009.  Pizza lunch at 11:30 a.m., presentation at noon.

Where:  Eastman Research Auditorium,  B-150, Kingsport, Tennesssee

Program overview

David’s experiences as Chicago Young Professional (YP) Chair and National Young Proffesional Advisory Board (YPAB) Chair along with several other roles allowed me to gain insight into how AIChE can be more relevant to Young Professionals.  He will use these experiences and apply his understanding of marketing and business to articulate how YPAB groups can sustain success on both the local and national levels.  David will offer a YP perceptive on how AIChE and YPAB interact as well as what strategies can help promote growth to the YP segment and enhance the programming AIChE offers.  He will also elaborate on what has worked and why YPAB is critical to AIChE for sustained relevance to the greater membership base.

Bio

David Wishnick graduated from University of Wisconsin with a B.S in Chemical Engineering in 2002 and worked in the Chicagoland area in pharmaceutical validation until 2005.  During that time he served as both AIChE Chicago House Chair and Chicago Young Professional Chair.  He moved to Seattle in 2005 where and began a part time MBA program at Seattle University while working in Business Development and Technical Sales and Marketing until 2009.  Currently he is a student finishing his MBA program.  In Seattle he served as the Puget Sound Minority Scholarship Chair and Treasurer.  Currently he is also the National YPAB Chair.

 

October 22, 2009

Kenneth Massey program at Eastman Lodge

 

On October 22nd, local section members and guests had the chance to ask questions from someone who has a direct influence on deciding the college football teams that play for the national championship.  Kenneth Massey was the featured speaker at the October meeting of the East Tennessee Local Section of AIChE.  Dr. Massey, currently an Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Carson-Newman College, developed a computer algorithm for rating college football teams.  The Massey Ratings are one component of the BCS formula.  Dr. Massey’s talk covered the following topics:

1) Rating theory with an emphasis on the role of strength of schedule, and censoring margin of victory, illustrated with examples from previous and current college football seasons.

2) History of computer ratings, their role in the BCS, and my personal involvement.

3) Nature of competition fostered by the BCS vs. potential playoff proposals.

His presentation slides are here.

 

 

September -- Tour of Domtar

 

When: Thursday, September 10, 2009 5:30 PM-7:30 PM Eastern Time

Where: Downtown Kingsport

 

We had 40 members attend the comprehensive presentations and tour of the Domtar paper mill in downtown Kingsport.  Many thanks and appreciation to local section member and Domtar employee Rhonda Smith for her help.  More pictures and information about the mill can be found here.

 

 

 

2010 AIChE Leadership Development Conference

 

 

For more information, visit www.aiche.org/leadershipconference.aspx

 

 

Attend the 2010 Leadership Development Conference and join a weekend program designed to broaden your leadership skills.  This interactive learning experience will provide tools you can take to your Division, Forum, Local Section, Committee or office position.

 

Informative full weekend program includes:

·         Leadership lessons from our founding fathers, military and industry

·         Leading during crisis

·         Effective communication skills

·         Innovation and addressing change

·         Leadership skills assessment

·         Educating future leaders

 

Engaging break-out sessions:

·         Engaging the community through outreach

·         Promoting the value of AIChE to millennials

·         Marketing your organization via communication channels

·         Team leadership

·         National AIChE resources

·         How to plan an LDC

 

Plus…

·         Eastman site tour

·         Networking opportunities

·         Whitewater rafting excursion

·         Saturday night entertainment

 

Registration is open.  For details visit:  www.aiche.org/ldc

 

You may also find this short presentation helpful.