Symposium & Welcome Reception

The centennial symposium will host panels, speakers and interactive presentations to showcase the department’s impact over the past century and how we are leading world-changing engineering education and research for the future.

The event will take place Friday, April 15, 2016 at the Etter-Harbin Alumni Center from 7:00am-5:00pm with a welcome reception to follow. The reception will host a casual poster session providing attendees the opportunity to learn more about department research and to speak with graduate students about their work.

Program Schedule

Symposium Speakers’ Biographies

7:00am Registration and Breakfast

8:00am Introduction

Welcome, Greg Fenves, President UT Austin
Centennial Overview, Tom Truskett, Department Chair

8:40am Energy, Water and Separations

Moderator: Chris Quinn (PhD ’95), VP Research and Development, Akzo Nobel Surface Chemistry LLC

Richard L. Stover (BS ’86), Executive VP, Desalitech
Jose Bravo (MS ’81), Former Chief Scientist, Shell
Charles Campbell (BS ’75, PhD ’79), Rabinovitch Endowed Chair in Chemistry, Adjunct Professor of Chemical Engineering and Physics, University of Washington

9:50am Coffee Break

10:10am The Future of Chemical Manufacturing

Moderator: Gregg Goodnight (BS ’73), Principal Consultant, TZMI

Sam Smolik (BS ’75), Senior Vice President Manufacturing Americas, LyondellBasell
Tom Yura (BS ’89), Senior Vice President & General Manager, BASF
Mike Zeglin (BS ’79), President, Chevron Phillips Chemical Qatar
Michele Mahoney (BS ’93), NAO General Manager, Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP

11:20am Functional Materials & Nanomanufacturing

Moderator: Chris Quinn (PhD ’95), VP Research and Development, Akzo Nobel Surface Chemistry LLC

C. Grant Willson, Rashid Engineering Regents Chair, University of Texas at Austin
Stephanie Watts Butler (PhD ’91), Technology Innovation Architect, Texas Instruments

12:00pm Break for Lunch

1:00pm Address from Sharon L. Wood, Dean, Cockrell School of Engineering, University of Texas at Austin

1:05pm Chemical Engineering and Human Health

Moderator: François Baneyx (PhD ’91), Charles W.H. Matthaei Professor of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering and Department Chair of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington

Michael Pishko (PhD ’92), Dean, College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Wyoming
Adam Heller, Research Professor & Ernest Cockrell Sr. Chair Emeritus in Engineering, UT Austin

1:40pm Novel Therapeutics and their Manufacture

Moderator: François Baneyx (PhD ’91), Charles W.H. Matthaei Professor of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering and Department Chair of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington

Tae-Han Kim (PhD ’88), Chief Executive Officer, Samsung BioLogics
Hongming Chen (BS ’92), Chief Scientific Officer, Kala Pharmaceuticals

2:20pm Snack Break

2:40pm Chemical Engineering from Perfumes and Flavors to Film and Storytelling

Moderator: François Baneyx (PhD ’91), Charles W.H. Matthaei Professor of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering and Department Chair of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington

Yves Boisdron (MS ’68), Chairman of Firmenich’s Board of Directors and former Group Executive Vice President of Strategy of Rhodia
David Long (BS ’97), Program chair of the digital cinema degree in RIT’s School of Film and Animation, Academy Award winner
Troy Campione (PhD ’85), Creative Director and Founder, Cineteller Productions

3:45pm Entrepreneurship in Chemical Engineering

Moderator: François Baneyx (PhD ’91), Charles W.H. Matthaei Professor of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering and Department Chair of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington