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2008 CAST Executive Committee

Elected Members
Ex-Officio Members
  • Area 10a: Systems and Process Design
  • Area 10b: Systems and Process Control
  • Area 10c: Computers in Operations and Information Processing
  • Area 10d: Applied Mathematics and Numerical Analysis
  • Area 10e: Information Technology
  • Other Ex-Officio Members

    Roles and Responsibilities for Elected Officers and for Ex-Officio Members    New!





    Elected Members

    Past Chair

    Karen A. High
    423 Engineering North
    Oklahoma State University
    Stillwater, OK 74078-5021
    Ph: (405) 744-5280
    Fax: 312-996-5921
    high at okstate.edu

    Chair

    Gavin P. Towler
    UOP LLC
    25 E Algonquin Rd
    Des Plaines, IL 60017-5017
    Phone: 847-391-2788
    Fax: 847-391-3737
    Gavin.Towler at uop.com

    First Vice-Chair

    Francis J. Doyle III
    Dept. of Chemical Engineering
    University of California, Santa Barbara
    Santa Barbara, CA 93106
    (805) 893-8133
    (805) 893-4731 FAX
    doyle at engineering.ucsb.edu

    Second Vice-Chair

    Scott E. Keeler
    Dow AgroSciences LLC
    9330 Zionsville Road
    Indianapolis, IN 46268-1054
    Phone: 317-337-3138
    skeeler at dow.com

    Secretary/Treasurer

    Karl D. Schnelle
    Dow AgroSciences, 306/D2
    9330 Zionsville Road
    Indianapolis, IN 46268-1054
    Phone: 317-337-3140
    Fax: 317-337-3628
    kschnelle at dow.com

    Directors 2006-2008

    Dan Rozinski
    Rohm and Haas Engineering Division
    3100 State Road
    Croydon, PA 19021
    Phone: (215) 785-7382
    DRozinski at RohmHaas.com

    Robert E. Young
    ExxonMobil Torrance Refinery, CCB 119
    3700 W. 190th St.
    Torrance, CA 90504
    Phone: (310) 212-1832
    robert.earl.young at exxonmobil.com

    Directors 2007-2009

    Donald Bartusiak
    ExxonMobil Chemical Company
    P.O. Box 4900
    Houston, TX 77522-4900
    Phone: 281-834-5229
    don.bartusiak at exxonmobil.com

    Kenneth R. Muske
    Dept. of Chemical Engineering
    Villanova University
    800 Lancaster Ave.
    Villanova, PA 19085
    Tel: (610) 519-6195
    Fax: (610) 519-7354
    kenneth.muske at villanova.edu

    Directors 2008-2010

    Bhavik Bakshi
    Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    The Ohio State University
    140 West 19th Avenue
    Columbus, OH 43210
    Tel (614) 292-4904
    Fax (614) 292-3769
    bakshi.2 at osu.edu

    Jeffery Logsdon
    Ineos Nitriles
    Lisle Executive Center
    3030 Warrenville Road, Suite 650
    Lisle, Illinois 60532
    Phone: 630-857-7215
    Jeffery.Logsdon at Innovene.com

    Ex-Officio Members

    CAST Division Programming Chair

    Lorenz T. Biegler
    Department of Chemical Engineering
    Carnegie Mellon University
    Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890
    Phone: 412-268-2232
    Fax: 412-268-7139
    lb01 at andrew.cmu.edu

    CAST Division Programming Vice-Chair

    Wayne Bequette
    The Isermann Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
    Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    110 8th Street
    Troy, NY 12180-3590 U.S.A.
    Tel (518) 276-6683
    Fax (518) 276-4030
    bequette at rpi.edu

    Area 10a: Systems and Process Design

    Program Coordinator for 2008

    Claire S. Adjiman
    Department of Chemical Engineering
    Centre for Process Systems Engineering
    Imperial College London
    London SW7 2AZ
    United Kingdom
    Phone: +44 (0)20 7594 6638
    Fax: +44 (0)20 7594 6606
    c.adjiman at imperial.ac.uk

    Program Coordinator for 2009

    Z. Ted Fidkowski
    Air Products
    7201 Hamilton Boulevard
    Allentown, PA 18195
    fidkowzt at airproducts.com

    Program Coordinator for 2010

    Kyle Camarda
    Chemical & Petroleum Engineering
    University of Kansas
    Rm. 4132 Learned Hall
    1530 W. 15th
    Lawrence, KS 66045
    Phone: (785) 864-2908
    Fax: (785) 864-4967
    camarda at ku.edu

    Area 10b: Systems and Process Control

    Program Coordinator for 2008

    Mayuresh V. Kothare
    Department of Chemical Engineering
    Lehigh University
    D322 Iacocca Hall 111 Research Drive
    Bethlehem, PA 18015
    Tel: (610) 758 6654
    Fax: (610) 758 5057
    mayuresh.kothare at lehigh.edu

    Program Coordinator for 2009

    Masoud Soroush
    Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
    Drexel University
    3141 Chestnut Street
    Philadelphia, PA 19104
    Masoud.Soroush at coe.drexel.edu

    Program Coordinator for 2010

    John P. Congalidis
    DuPont Central Research and Development
    PO Box 80304
    Wilmington DE 19880-0304
    John.P.Congalidis at usa.dupont.com

    Area 10c: Computers in Operations
    and Information Processing

    Program Coordinator for 2008

    Dimitrios Varvarezos
    AspenTech
    2500 CityWest Blvd., Ste 1500
    Houston, TX 77042, USA
    281-504-3097 (Phone)
    281-584-5479 (Fax)
    dimitri at aspentech.com

    Program Coordinator for 2009

    Christos Maravelias
    Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
    University of Wisconsin – Madison
    1415 Engineering Drive
    Madison, WI 53706-1691
    christos at engr.wisc.edu

    Program Coordinator for 2010

    Kevin C. Furman
    Corporate Strategic Research
    ExxonMobil Research & Engineering
    1545 Route 22 East
    Annandale, NJ 08801
    (908) 730-2281
    kevin.c.furman at exxonmobil.com

    Area 10d: Applied Mathematics and
    Numerical Analysis

    Program Coordinator for 2008

    Panagiotis Dimitrakopoulos
    2113 Chemical Engineering, Bldg 090
    Room 1227B
    University of Maryland
    College Park, MD 20742-2111
    Phone: (301) 405-8166
    Fax: (301) 405-0523
    dimitrak at eng.umd.edu

    Program Coordinator for 2009

    Nikolaos V. Mantzaris
    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    Rice University PO Box 1892
    Houston, Texas 77251-1892
    Phone: (713) 348-2955
    Fax: (713) 348-5478
    nman at rice.edu

    Program Coordinator for 2010

    Dimitrios Papavassiliou
    Univ. of Oklahoma
    (405) 325-0574
    dvpapava at ou.edu

    Area 10e: Information Technology

    Program Coordinator for 2008

    Larry Megan
    Praxair
    PO Box 44
    175 East Park Drive
    Tonawanda, NY 14051
    Phone: (716) 879-2061
    Fax: (716) 879-7091
    larry_megan at praxair.com

    Program Coordinator for 2009

    Scott Butner
    Knowledge Transformation & Integration Group
    Pacific NW National Laboratory
    PO Box 999 Richland, WA 99354
    Voice: (509) 372-4946
    Fax: (509) 375-2443
    scott.butner at pnl.gov

    Program Coordinator for 2010

    Venkat Venkatasubramanian
    Purdue University
    (765) 494-0734
    venkat at ecn.purdue.edu

    AIChE Operating Council Liaison

    Michael F. Malone
    Department of Chemical Engineering
    University of Massachusetts
    Amherst, MA 01003-9303
    Phone: 413-545-0838
    Fax: 413-545-1647
    mmalone at ecs.umass.edu

    Other Ex-Officio Members

    WebCAST Chair

    Mayuresh V. Kothare
    Department of Chemical Engineering
    Lehigh University, 111 Research Drive
    Bethlehem, PA 18015, U.S.A.
    Tel: (610) 758 6654, Fax: (610) 758 5057
    mayuresh.kothare at lehigh.edu

    Publications Board Chair

    Peter R. Rony
    Professor of ChE Emeritus
    1501 Highland Circle
    Blacksburg, VA 24060
    Phone: (540) 951-2805
    rony at vt.edu

    Associate Editor

    Karl D. Schnelle
    Dow AgroSciences, 306/D2
    9330 Zionsville Road
    Indianapolis, IN 46268-1054
    Phone: 317-337-3140
    Fax: 317-337-3628
    kschnelle at dow.com

    Graduate Travel Grant Chair

    Raymond A. Adomaitis
    Dept of Chemical Engineering & ISR
    University of Maryland
    College Park, MD 20742
    Phone: 301-405-2969
    Fax: 301-314-9920
    adomaiti at umd.edu

    Listserv Coordinator

    Raymond A. Adomaitis

    Web Coordinator

    Matt Bassett
    Dow AgroSciences LLC
    9330 Zionsville Road
    Indianapolis, IN 46268-1054
    Phone: 317-337-3891
    Fax: 317-337-3628
    mhbassett at dow.com