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Aiche Separations Division Newsletter 2019 AIChE Separations Division Newsletter 2019 Words from the Division Chair The Separations Division has provided knowledge and networking opportunities for AIChE members in the In this issue areas of separation science and technology since 1990. It is one of the biggest AIChE Divisions with more than 500 members and a large programming at the Annual Words from the Division Meeting. The primary objective of the Division Chair …………………………..….1 continues to be the development of technical AIChE Engage - Separations programming for the AIChE Spring and Annual Division ……………………......3 meetings, covering a variety of used and novel separation processes and materials developments in 8 Separations Division major separation areas. At the Spring 2019 Meeting in New Orleans, the Division Awards…………………..….……4 sponsored or co-sponsored 10 oral presentation sessions associated with a Topical Highlights from the 2019 Distillation Symposium. At the Fall 2019 Annual Meeting in Orlando, the Division AIChE Annual sponsored 59 oral presentation sessions, 4 Poster Sessions and 11 co-sponsored Meeting………………………….8 sessions with other Divisions. The programming efforts have been coordinated by the Division Chair along with our eight Area Chairs: Marcus Mello (Area 2), Andrew Sloley 2019 Graduate Student (Area 2A), Seth Huggins (Area 2B), George Goff (Area 2C), Haiqing Li (Area 2D), Stefano Research Awards ………….13 Brandani (Area 2E), Seyi Odueyungbo (Area 2F), Nick Merchant (Area 2G) and Josh Election Results for Thompson (Area 2H). I would like to thank each of the Area Chairs for their service and 2020……………………………..15 efforts to develop a strong programming for our Division and AIChE members in 2019. 2019 Separations Division In addition to the regular oral presentation sessions, the Division hosted 4 poster Officers ………………..……….18 sessions and we had our poster competition reinstated thanks to the initiative and coordination of our 1st Vice-Chair Ranil Wickramasinghe with the help of graduate 2019 Separations Division Area Chairs ……………..…...19 students. I would like to thank Ranil and the graduate students for taking on this important task of recognizing outstanding posters. Future AIChE Another important objective of the Division is to recognize achievements of members Meetings……………………….19 through awards. Awards presented at the Orlando meeting included: • Clarence Gerhold Award, sponsored by UOP, for outstanding contributions to research, development, or application of separations technology: Yoram Cohen • Innovation Award, for outstanding contributions to scientific, technological, or industrial areas involving separations technologies: Richard Braatz • FRI/John G. Kunesh Award, sponsored by Fractionation Research, Inc., for outstanding contributions by an individual under the age of 40: Willian Phillip • Graduate Student Research Awards, sponsored in part by the Division and Chevron: Raj Manivannan and Pranav Madabhushi (Area 2A); Yao Ma, Junyi Liu and Ratul Chowdhury (Area 2D). 2 (Words from the Division Chair continued…) I would like to thank everyone involved in the nomination and selection of these awards. Special thanks to our 2nd Vice- Chair Anand Vennavelli, who did an excellent job taking the lead in coordinating these awards. Anand did also a great job with the arrangements of our Awards dinner at the Maggiano’s restaurant. On behalf of our Division, I would like to offer a very special recognition to Neil Yeoman, who stepped down in 2019 as our Division Treasurer, after serving for over 20 years. Thanks to Neil’s long-term commitment and hard work to our division, we have enjoyed a very healthy financial position for many years up until now. Many thanks are also due to Atanas Serbezov, our Secretary, for his long-term service that maintains continuity and memory for the Division. I have been lucky to have been preceded by Roger Whitley, who as Past Chair provided invaluable support during my term as Chair. I also thank the other Executive Committee members, 1st Vice Chair Ranil, 2nd Vice Chair Anand, and our ten Directors for working together with me in advancing important topics and maintaining the existing ones within the Division. I would like to thank outgoing Directors Chris Burcham and Megan Donaldson for their service to the Division. In 2019, we started a new initiative in the Division with the objective of improving communication with members. I would like to thank our Director Paul Scovazzo for taking on the coordination of the Engage platform within our Division. Engage has the mission of connecting AIChE members with each other and their Chemical Engineering communities. Engage is being rolled out in stages to all divisions under the leadership of AIChE National. The Division also voted on a new logo based on options provided by AIChE national. In addition, we have continued to support AIChE’s Young Professionals (YP) community and we contributed to their vibrant mixer in New Orleans. Through networking in the mixer, I was able to recruit a YP volunteer, Rasika Nimkar, to help Paul with the Engage platform. Thank you, Rasika for your support. As we look forward to another successful year for the Division, we welcome our newly elected officers for 2020: Our 2020 Chair, Ranil Wickramasinghe, our 1st Vice-Chair, Anand Vennavelli, our 2nd Vice-Chair, Alice He, our Treasurer, Tarun Poddar, Atanas Serbezov, reelected for another term as Secretary, and our new Directors, Stefano Brandani, Stephen Thiel and Dan Summers (filling in for the last year of Director Alice He, who has been elected 2nd Vice-Chair in 2020). Dan will also assist Director Haiqing Li with the Division Awards. Please join me in congratulating and welcoming them to their new roles in the Division. It has been an honor to serve as Chair of the Separations Division in 2019. I have enjoyed my time and have built many new professional relationships and friendships while serving as Director and in the Division’s leadership leading up to becoming Chair. Please consider engaging with our Division through Engage, our LinkedIn group or our website to connect with other members and to follow our Division’s activities. If you are looking for greater involvement in the Division, additional opportunities include service as an Area Chair, Director or chairing technical sessions. Don’t hesitate to reach out if you would like to contribute to the Division. Finally, please join me in wishing Ranil Wickramasinghe all the best as the Division Chair for 2020. Sincerely, Marcus Mello Separations Division Chair, 2019 3 Dear AIChE Separations Division Members, We are happy to announce that the Separations Division has launched an online engagement, information sharing, and networking platform within the AIChE Engage Community. This platform is a private online community exclusively for Separations Division members. Each Separations Division member was automatically added as a member of this new platform. The major goal of this platform is to increase engagement of members by stimulating discussion around chemical separation principles, practices, career and professional topics. In addition, through this forum, Separations Division members and leaders can ask questions, seek advice, or provide suggestions on issues that relate to the Separations Division. One important benefit of this platform is timely and easy information sharing of Separations Division activities plus useful information by members for the benefit of others. Additionally, we have been exploring ways to enhance networking between Separations Division members, and we see this platform as an avenue to help us get to know, connect with and assist each other as global members of the Chemical Engineering family. Though there may be different discussions going on in this community in a given day, you will only receive one email digest each morning summarizing the discussions from the previous day. However, you can always visit the Separations Engage community to follow up on ongoing discussions at any time of the day. This email digest will be separate from the Discussion Central daily digest. To ensure you receive the digest email, stay connected by white listing the email address [email protected]. You can find more information on how to white list this address here. There are some rules regarding how we should conduct ourselves when using the private Engage Community. We recommend that you read through the Engage Code of Conduct and familiarize yourself with the platform through the Engage Quick Start Guide. These are exciting times for the Separations Division! It is our expectation that this new platform will dramatically increase the networking, engagement level, speed and effectiveness of information sharing within our division. We look forward to connecting and discussing with you on, Separations Engage Community. Regards, AIChE Separations Division Leadership 4 Separations Division Awards 2019 Clarence Gerhold Award Yoram Cohen This award, sponsored by UOP, LLC (A Honeywell Company), recognizes an individual's outstanding contribution in research, development, or in the application of chemical separations technology. The AIChE Separations Division is pleased to announce Dr. Yoram Cohen as the recipient of the 2019 Clarence G. Gerhold Award for Outstanding contributions to the fundamentals and technologies of self-adaptive and energy-optimal membrane-based water desalination, membrane fouling monitoring, and high-performance RO membranes. Dr. Yoram Cohen received his B.A.Sc. (1975) and M.A.Sc. (1977)
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