Inherently Safer Design: Volume 7 (Methods in Chemical Process Safety, Volume 7) - Tapa dura

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Dr. Faisal Khan is a Mike O’Connor Chair II and the Head of Texas A&M University’s Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering. He is also the Director of the Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center and the Ocean Energy Safety Institute. He was a Tier I Canada Research Chair in Offshore Safety and Risk Engineering. He has over three decades of research experience in process safety, risk modeling, and green energy system resilience. His works have greatly benefited the petrochemical and offshore industries. He has made a significant contribution to hydrogen systems and battery technologies, as well. With over 800 peer-reviewed publications and multiple books authored and edited, Dr. Khan is widely recognized as the global leader in safety and risk engineering. He is Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering; Engineering Institution of Canada; AIChE and CSChE.

Paul Amyotte is a Distinguished Research Professor and Professor of Chemical Engineering at Dalhousie University (Halifax, Canada). He is a chemical engineering graduate of the Royal Military College of Canada (Bachelor’s), Queen’s University (Master’s), the Technical University of Nova Scotia (PhD) and a registered professional engineer in Nova Scotia. Dr. Amyotte is a member and past president of Canadian Society of Chemical Engineering, a member of American Institute of Chemical Engineers, a Fellow of Chemical Institute of Canada, the Engineering Institute of Canada, Canadian Academy of Engineering, Engineers Canada, and the Canadian Academy of Engineering. Dr. Amyotte has an extensive record of authorship, with six books, several book chapters, and over 350 papers published in peer-reviewed journals or presented at national and international conferences. He has presented invited plenary lectures at symposia in Canada, France, Italy, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Qatar, Taiwan, and the United States. He is the current editor of the Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, and a past president of the Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering, Engineers Nova Scotia, and Engineers Canada. He has also served as chair of the Canadian Engineering Qualifications Board, member of the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board, and co-chair of the Materials and Chemical Engineering Evaluation Group of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Dr. Amyotte has consulted on numerous industrial projects involving hazard analysis, incident investigation, and material explosibility. Dr. Amyotte is a recipient of distinct awards including Cybulski Medal from the Polish Academy of Sciences, the Trevor Kletz Merit Award from the Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center, and the Process Safety Management Award from the Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering.

Mohammad Alauddin is currently a postdoctoral fellow and a candidate for Adjunct Scholar in the Department of Process Engineering & Applied Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Aligarh Muslim University, a master’s degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, and a doctorate from the Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada. His area of interest includes process safety, fault detection and diagnosis, risk assessment, and computational intelligence. He authored several research papers in refereed journals, book chapters, and conference proceedings. Dr. Alauddin is a recipient of various prestigious awards such as the WorkSafeBC Ralph McGinn Postdoctoral Fellowship and Award (2022), the SPE Canadian Educational Foundation (SPECEF) Award (2021), the People’s Choice Award in the DUC Datathon-2020 (jointly organized by the SPE Calgary and Untapped Energy), the Best Paper Award at Loss Prevention Asia- 2019 (Kuala Lumpur), and Golden Jubilee Awards (2009 & 2010) by Indian Institute for Chemical Engineers (IIChE, NRC Delhi).