Dear Colleagues,
As an active CAST member and former CAST Chair, I would like to ask for
your support in the current AIChE election. I am a candidate for the
AIChE Board of Directors. I have provided a copy of my bio and election
statement below (this also appears on the AIChE election site). I hope
you will also consider forwarding this to your friends and colleagues in
the chemical engineering community, hopefully with your endorsement.
Thanks,
Mark Stadtherr
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Brief Biography
Mark Stadtherr is currently Research Professor in the Department of
Chemical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin and
Keating-Crawford Professor Emeritus in the Department of Chemical and
Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Notre Dame.Previously, he
was on the chemical engineering faculty at the University of Illinois
(Urbana-Champaign).His primary teaching interests are process safety,
process design, ecological and environmental modeling, and
optimization.Mark has published over 180 peer-reviewed research papers
in the areas of optimization and modeling, and was recognized by the
AIChE CAST Division’s Computing in Chemical Engineering Award in 1998
for his pioneering work on applying advanced computer architectures in
chemical engineering computing.As an educator at Notre Dame, he received
the 2008 James A. Burns Award, which recognizes exemplary contributions
to graduate education at the University.Mark has a Ph.D. degree in
chemical engineering from the University of Wisconsin and a B.Ch.E.
degree from the University of Minnesota.
Statement
I have been active in AIChE for more than four decades, beginning as an
undergraduate at the University of Minnesota.During my career I have had
the opportunity to serve the AIChE in a number of significant leadership
roles, including Chair of the 10C (Computers in Operations and
Information Processing) Program Committee (1990–1992), Chair of the CAST
Division (2002-2003), Chair of the Publications Committee (2007-2010)
and Chair of the Chemical Technology Operating Council (2014).I believe
that today’s AIChE is a valuable and globally influental professional
society.If I have the honor to serve on the Board, I will use my
leadership experience to further strengthen AIChE.Some of the areas that
I will focus on include:
·Increasing the impact of AIChE as a global leader in addressing Grand
Challenge issues in health, energy, water and sustainability
·Continuing to grow our global efforts in process safety, including
focus on undergraduate education worldwide
·Making the value of AIChE membership even more apparent to current and
prospective members, thus driving membership retention and growth
·Maintaining momentum in enhancing diversity and inclusivity throughout
our global profession
·Growing current efforts to capture the energy, enthusiasm and career
diversity of our new college graduates as they become young
professionals, making AIChE a welcoming home for all
·Making AIChE the leading technology forum in exploring the
opportunities and challenges presented by the current and future
abundance of shale resources
I would welcome your comments and suggestions on these and other
potential initiatives.Please feel free to contact me at [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> or [log in to unmask]
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Mark A. Stadtherr
Research Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX 78712 USA
Keating-Crawford Professor Emeritus
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA
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