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Topic: A History of Chemical Engineering in the Last Millennium Speaker: Dr. Bruce A. Finlayson, AIChE National President and Rehnberg Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington. Date: Tuesday, January 11, 2000 Time: Social Hour: 6 p.m. Dinner: 7 p.m. Presentation: 8 p.m. ABOUT THE PROGRAM A History of Chemical Engineering in the last Millennium How can chemical engineering have a 1,000 year history when the first chemical engineering degrees were only awarded 100 years ago? This talk will take you through an illustrated picture of the world before chemical engineering was named. Anything in Perry's Chemical Engineering Handbook will be defined as chemical engineering no matter when it was done or what it was called. Of course, most of the developments occurred in the last one hundred years, including the inventions of Haber process to make ammonia, PVC (by a UW graduate), penicillin, the catalytic converter for the automobile, and many other improvements that chemical engineers have brought to the world. The talk will conclude with an overview of the steps AIChE is taking to be relevant to the future of chemical engineering as it branches out into diverse, multidisciplinary areas. Bruce will gladly field questions about the AIChE’s bold, new plans.LOCATION: Jake O'Shaughnessey's 401 Bellevue Square Bellevue, Telephone 455-5559 DIRECTIONS: From Seattle:
Take 520 across Lake Washington to the Bellevue Exit. That puts you on Bellevue Way heading south. Proceed two miles to the major intersection of NE 8th. Cross NE 8th. Jake's is immediately on your right, half-way down the next block.
From 405 North/South:
Take 405 to the NE 8th West exit. Follow NE 8th approximately one mile to Bellevue Way. Turn left. Jake's is immediately on your right. Complimentary parking is located in the Bellevue Square parking garage on your right either immediately before or after the restaurant,which faces NE 8th in Bellevue Square. Cost: $25 Menu:
Both with salad and coffee or tea. (Same meals as from Jake's menu) ****************************************** About the Speaker Bruce Finlayson was the Vice-president of the AIChE in 1999 and will automatically succeed to President in 2000. The AIChE has 60,000 members. One of the initiatives Bruce will push is the green chemistry initiative of the EPA which will revolutionize process design. He is in the process of making AIChE more relevant to members and able to respond faster. Bruce is currently the Rehnberg Professor of Chemical Engineering at the UW and a member of the National Academy of Engineering. He has been a member of the board on chemical science and technology of the National Research Center and serves on the advisory board of the Petroleum Research Fund of the American Chemical Society. Bruce is nationally recognized for his research on chemical reactor modeling and the flow of polymers as well as his contributions to chemical engineering and literature. He has written more than 125 publications and a number of books. Bruce A. Finlayson, Ph.D Rehnberg Professor of Chemical Engineering Department of Chemical Engineering, Box 351750 University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195-1750 206-685-1634; FAX: 206-543-3778 http://depts.washington.edu/chemeng/ http://faculty.washington.edu/finlayso/
Reservations: contact Association Services (see below) NOTE: 1. Please pay by check made out to Puget Sound Section AIChE, or bring exact change. 2. Make reservations by calling 206-623-8632 or e-mail asiallen@aol.com by noon of the meeting day. If you e-mail, include: Name, tel #, AIChE member, menu selection and field trip attendance, etc, In Subject Box please: “AIChE Reservation”. 3. You can cancel by calling by noon of the day of the meeting. Dinner reservations “no-shows” will be billed !!
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