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PROCESS DEVELOPMENT DIVISION (PDD)

PROCESS DEVELOPMENT DIVISION (PDD). Chemical Engineering Technology Operating Council (CTOC) Presentation Cawas Cooper Air Products & Chemicals Inc. 5 April 2008 New Orleans. PDD Growth Story. Division

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PROCESS DEVELOPMENT DIVISION (PDD)

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  1. PROCESS DEVELOPMENT DIVISION (PDD) Chemical Engineering Technology Operating Council (CTOC) Presentation Cawas Cooper Air Products & Chemicals Inc. 5 April 2008 New Orleans Slide 1 of 16

  2. PDD Growth Story • Division • Established in 1999, chartered in 2000, and expanded to four areas (vs. only “Pilot Plants”) • Seven areas now • Membership • Current ~900 (vs. 448 in 2004) • Programming • Sessions, Topicals at Fall and Spring Meetings • Process Development Symposia every second summer • Short courses/tutorial • Financials • Current balance ~$25 K (vs. ~$9 K in 2004) Slide 2 of 16

  3. PDD Areas • 12a: Process Research and Innovation • 12b: Pilot Plants (before 1999) • 12c: Technology Transfer • 12d: Manufacturing • 12e: Micro Process Engineering • 12f: Process Intensification • 12g: Product Design Slide 3 of 16

  4. PDD Membership Slide 4 of 16

  5. Our Tactical Approach • Proactive Leadership • Monthly Steering Committee Teleconferences • Closely tied with AIChE, MPCs, EPBC, and CTOC • E-mails always answered • Fall and Spring Division/Area meetings • Infrastructure • Webpage maintained by a responsive webmaster • Electronic newsletter • Special events • Spring/Fall dinner • On-site visits/meetings Slide 5 of 16

  6. Drivers Behind PDD Growth • FOCUS ON THE VOLUNTEERS • Past leaders stay involved and guide • New leaders of division groomed from Area Chairs and Symposia chairs • Vital importance of fun and welcoming atmosphere at dinners and planning meetings • Share and try not to overwhelm anyone Slide 6 of 16

  7. Drivers Behind PDD Growth (cont’d) • COLLABORATE and ADD NEW AREAS • More areas and symposia have helped • Co-sponsor as many sessions as we sponsor • RANTC interactions and open to new proposals • New ventures (short course on web did not work but..) • IMRET partnership enviable • Alternative Energy Initiative getting started Slide 7 of 16

  8. Drivers Behind PDD Growth (cont’d) • MONITOR QUALITY OF PROGRAMING • Strategic and tactical plans important • Symposia rallies group outside of regular meetings • Check for duplicates, vendor presentations solely for advertising, and dominance of session by one group Slide 8 of 16

  9. Planning By Area • Plan to program in three areas minimum • Add sessions as interest dictates • Look at the grid at planning meetings to determine balance or patterns in programming Slide 9 of 16

  10. Multi-year Plan Slide 10 of 16

  11. Lessons Learned • Programming is the key to sustainability and growth • Recruit new session chairs at every meeting • Ongoing effort by all involved • Continue to develop better metrics for measuring quality • Add short courses • Spending money wisely • Lunches at area meetings did not work in Fall • Try new ideas (Subsidize PDD Dinner at Fall 2008?) Slide 11 of 16

  12. Looking Ahead • Growing PD Symposium…improving quality and increasing sponsorships/exhibitors • Strengthening programming at both meetings…more attendees • Monitoring with new metrics…lower no shows • Developing a couple of quality pre-conference short courses…continued offerings • Enhancing prestige of our awards…higher sponsorships requiring formal presentations at the meetings • Collaborating more…energy field, reaction engineering division, venture capitalists, and academics Slide 12 of 16

  13. Back-Up Slides Slide 13 of 16

  14. Alternative Energy Initiative Strategy • Collaboration • External Focus • Education Progress • Support from 6 other divisions • CTOC Meeting – Saturday, November 3rd • Breakfast Divisional Meeting Vision: Benefiting society by providing strong leadership in developing alternative energy resources through collaboration and public outreach. The quest for new fuel and energy sources and concerns about climate change are at the forefront of public discussion. In many ways, these two issues are linked. While there has been much public input from the scientific community, chemical engineers, who are in a unique position as the implementers of technology, are largely silent. Slide 14 of 16

  15. Process Development Symposium 2008 Chemical Product Engineering: The Third Paradigm Jiminy Peak Resort, Hancock, Mass. (The Berkshires) June 22-25, 2008 www.aiche.org/pds Slide 15 of 16

  16. Process Development Symposium 2008 • Introduction to Product Design Chair: Michael Hill, M. Hill & Associates • Product Design Methodologies Chair: Kevin Joback, Molecular Knowledge Systems • Case Studies – I Chair: Rafiqul Gani, Technical University of Denmark • Essential Business Topics Chair: Laurence Weatherley, University of Kansas • Case Studies – II Chair: Karl Krause, DuPont • Future Directions Chair: Karl Krause, DuPont Slide 16 of 16

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