Insight into ASME Standard for Bioprocessing Equipment (ASME BPE-2002) for consulting, design and process engineers

Meeting Date

Tuesday, March 14, 2006

Speaker 

Jeremy Higginson, Director of Design Engineering for Sharpe Mixers in Seattle

http://www.sharpemixers.com/

Program

In 1988, many with ASME expressed interest in developing standards for the design of equipment for the biopharmaceutical industry. After many committee meetings and consensus building, the first edition of the BPE standard was approved as an American National Standard in 1997. It was updated in 2002 and is currently undergoing another update, to be released in the next year or so. BPE stands for Bioprocessing Equipment and as the name suggests it is directed at the design, inspection, and testing of equipment for pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and personal care product plants. This presentation will cover the need for such a standard, major points within the standard, and current developments affecting the next version.

About the Speaker

Jeremy Higginson is the Director of Design Engineering for Sharpe Mixers in Seattle. He graduated with a BSME from Gonzaga University in 1998 and received his PE license for Washington State in 2003. He is a certified engineering manager and has 8 years experience in the design of mixing equipment. He has designed equipment for Merck, McNeil, PureFlo, Schering Plough, Alfa Laval, Elan, Eli Lilly, Zymogenetics, and others in the biopharma industry. He is currently on the mixer subcommittee of the Design for Sterility and Cleanability section of the BPE standard.

Schedule

Meeting Location  

From Interstate 5 in Seattle, take exit number 167 – Mercer Street/Seattle Center

Keep right at the fork in the ramp.

Turn right onto Fairview Avenue North.

Turn left onto Valley Street.

Turn slight right onto Westlake Ave North.

The restaurant is located at 1232 Westlake Avenue North.

The meeting room is on the lower level.

Menu 

Entree Choice #1:   Chicken Cacciatore

 or 

Entree Choice #2:   Portabello Steak

Both entrées served with Caesar Salad, vegetable, rice, small dessert selection and beverage.

Cost:

(cash or check payable to Puget Sound AIChE)

NOTES

1.  Please pay by check made out to Puget Sound Section AIChE, or bring exact change.

2.  For reservations:  

3. You can cancel by calling by noon the Thursday before the meeting. Dinner reservations "no-shows" will be billed !!