B. S. Chemical Engineering - Lehigh University , 1970
M. S. Chemical Engineering - University of Pennsylvania , 1978
1970 - 1972, 1974 - 1980 - Rohm and Haas Company, Research Process Engineer (plastics, monomers, agricultural chemicals process development and scaleup projects)
1972 - 1974 - Rohm and Haas Company, Engineering Division, Startup Engineer, monomer manufacturing facility
1980 - 1982, 1983 - 1989 - Rohm and Haas Company, Engineering Division, Senior Engineer, Process Hazard Analysis Department
1982 - 1983 - Shift Leader, Agricultural product plant startup
1989 - 1994 - Rohm and Haas Company, Engineering Division, Technical Fellow, Process Hazard Analysis and Environmental Engineering Department
1995 - 2005 - Rohm and Haas Company, Engineering Division, Senior Technical Fellow, Process Hazard Analysis and Environmental Engineering Department
American Institute of Chemical Engineers - Fellow
Board of Directors, 2001-2003
AIChE Foundation Trustee, 2002-2004
Safety
and Health Division
(Board of Directors, 1994-1995, Vice Chair, 1996-1997, Chair, 1998)
Loss Prevention Programming Committee - Area 11a (1996 - Present; Symposium Vice-Chair, 2000, Symposium Chair, 2001, Committee Chair, 2002-2003)
National Programming Committee , 2000-2003
Editorial Review Boards, Chemical Engineering Progress , Process Safety Progress ;Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, Journal of Chemical Health and Safety (including regular "Process Safety" column in each issue)
Chemical Manufacturers Association (now called the American Chemistry Council) - member of Distribution Risk Task Group, 1997-1998
Member of American Chemical Society
Center for Chemical Process Safety :
Risk Analysis Subcommittee - Member, 1986-2002, Chair, 1994-2002
Hazard Evaluation Procedures Subcommittee - Chair, 1989-1992
Inherently Safer Process Subcommittee - Member, 1993-1996; Chair, 2005; CCPS Staff Consultant, 2005-2008
Reactive Chemistry Subcommittee – Member, 2002
Undergraduate
Education Subcommittee (
Safety and
Chemical Engineering Education - SACHE
) - Member, 1996-Present; Chair, 2003 - 2006
William H. Doyle Award for the best paper the AIChE Loss Prevention Symposium
2002 - "Connections: How a Pipe Failure Resulted in Resizing Vessel Emergency Relief Systems." (View or Download in Adobe Acrobat PDF Format - 136 KB)
Presented with the 2000 Merit Award by the Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center at Texas A&M University for significant contributions to chemical process safety.
Development of inherently safer and environmentally friendlier processes and products. Implementation of inherently safer design principles at all stages in the life cycle of a chemical process, from initial conception through an operating manufacturing plant.
Identification and evaluation of chemical process hazards, and risk management, including risk decision making tools. Development and use of both qualitative (HAZOP, checklists, SHE Reviews) and quantitative (fault tree analysis, accident consequence modeling, human reliability analysis) hazard analysis techniques, as well as chemical accident investigation techniques.
Safety engineering, particularly emergency relief system design, static electricity hazards, and dust explosion hazards.
History of technology, engineering and science, with emphasis on the philosophy of engineering design and the creative aspects of engineering.
Community Organizations:
Through 2005 - Member of Board of Directors of Central Bucks Athletic Association (Buckingham United Soccer); Newsletter editor, intramural soccer coordinator, Senior Girls soccer coach
Through 2002 - Central Bucks School District Parent Advisory Council for Gifted Education Programs
With my wife Connie, presented with the "Parents of the Year" award by the Pennsylvania Association for Gifted Education in 1997 for volunteer efforts in support of education
