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Two instructors per course from the following:
Harold G. Fisher retired as a Principal Engineer from the Process Safety Technology Group of Union Carbide Corporation after 40.25 years of service. He had 11 years production engineering experience and 27 years reaction safety engineering / emergency relief system design experience. He earned a BSChE from Syracuse University in 1961 and MSChE, MSE (IE) and MBA degrees from West Virginia University in 1968, 1971 and 1974, respectively. He has been involved with the Design Institute for Emergency Relief Systems (DIERS) since 1976 having served as Technical Chairman from 1982-1984 and Chairman of the DIERS Users Group since 1985. He was the editor and contributing author of the AIChE / DIERS Project Manual and co-editor and contributing author of three AIChE / DIERS “International Symposia on Runaway Reactions, Pressure Relief and Effluent Handling” books. He is a Fellow of the AIChE. Upon his retirement, Mr. Fisher opened a chemical engineering safety consultancy.
James E. Huff is Principal in Huff Consulting Services, 165 Robin Court, Galt, CA 95632 (209) 745-6380, huffje@softcom.net. He retired after 33 years with The Dow Chemical Company, where he last held the position of Associate Process Consultant. He received his BSChE from the University of Idaho in 1950 as well as a Doctorate in Engineering from Yale University in 1957. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Michigan. He is also the author or co-author of many publications, as well as an active member and Fellow of AIChE. He was one of the original members of the intercompany committee that became DIERS. He served as Chairman of the DIERS Relief System Hydrodynamics and Safety Valve Stability / Capacity Technical Advisory Committee and was the Chairman of the DIERS Users Group Venting Technology Committee. He contributed chapters to the two texts used in this course.
D. Arthur Shaw
Dr. Shaw is a Principal Engineer and Partner at ioMosaic Corporation. Before joining ioMosaic, Dr. Shaw worked at Monsanto Corporation for 28 Years. He earned a BSE from the University of Michigan in 1971 and MS and PhD degrees from the University of Illinois in 1973 and 1976, all in Chemical Engineering. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in Missouri. He has been involved with the Design Institute for Emergency Relief Systems (DIERS) having served as Chairman of the Mathematical Modeling of ERS Committee of the DIERS Users Group. He was a contributing author of the AIChE / DIERS Project Manual and contributing author for two AIChE / DIERS “International Symposia on Runaway Reactions, Pressure Relief and Effluent Handling” books. He is a Fellow of the AIChE.
Steve G. Coats
Steve G. Coats is a Senior Consultant in the Polymers, Dispersions & Interfaces Group in the DuPont Company. He has served as a consultant in the fields of fluid flow since 1987 and polymer processing since 2002. He was the Chairman of the DIERS High Viscosity Hydrodynamics Committee from 1996 to 2004. He played an active role in preparation of the CCPS book – Guidelines for Pressure Relief and Effluent Handling Systems . Steve obtained a BSChE at Rice University and a MSChE at Princeton University.
Robert N. D'Alessandro
Robert N. D’Alessandro is the Director of the Technology & Process Department at Evonik Degussa Corporation, where he has worked since 1991. He received his BS in Chemistry and Mathematics from Fordham University in 1976, his BS in Chemical Engineering from Columbia University in 1978, and his MS in Chemical Engineering from Manhattan College in 1981.
Robert is a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Alabama. Robert has been an active member of the DIERS Users Group since its inception in 1986. Since 2004, Robert has served as the elected secretary of the DIERS Users Group. He is also the chairman of the multi-company committee for preparing the 2nd Edition of the CCPS Guidelines for Pressure Relief and Effluent Handling Systems and on the editorial board of Process Safety Progress, a peer reviewed journal published by the AIChE. Robert is also the author of many publications on emergency relief systems and an active member of AIChE.
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