http://www.che.com Chemical Engineering en-us 2013 Tue, 21 May 2013 17:27:02 EDT John Rolando has been named president of Evonik Corporation, effective April 1. Rolando replaces Tom Bates, who is retiring after more than 15 years — the last five as president — at the North American subsidiary of Evonik Industries  (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com). “We are pleased... http://www.che.com/events_and_announcements/whos_who/10402.html Tue, 2 Apr 2013 0:00:00 EDT and for AIChE's 2013 Spring Meeting and 9th Global Congress on Safety, the 7th International Symposium on Enabling Technologies, the 2013 Valve World Americas Expo & Conference, ImagineNano 2013, the 21st European Biomass Conference and Exhibition, World Coal-to-Liquids and more... http://www.che.com/events_and_announcements/industry_events/10366.html Mon, 1 Apr 2013 0:00:00 EDT Interphex 2013 will take place April 23–25 at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York. The exhibit floor will showcase over 1,000 product lines from more than 650 suppliers. The following descriptions represent a small sample of the products and services that will be highlighted in the exhibit hall... http://www.che.com/events_and_announcements/industry_events/10379.html Mon, 1 Apr 2013 0:00:00 EDT Marjan Oudeman is leaving AkzoNobel to become president of Utrecht University, David Grenier and Richard Marcinew join Spectraseis as sales director and engineering advisor, respectively, and more... http://www.che.com/events_and_announcements/whos_who/10397.html Mon, 1 Apr 2013 0:00:00 EDT Bayer MaterialScience (Leverkusen, Germany; www.materialscience.bayer.com) has appointed Markus Steilemann as the new head of its Polycarbonates business unit. He succeeds Michael Koenig, who will join the Board of Management of Bayer AG on April 1, 2013. At the same time, Steilemann will become a member of... http://www.che.com/events_and_announcements/whos_who/10363.html Tue, 26 Mar 2013 0:00:00 EDT Kerri Boyens becomes product manager for the Torayfan Polypropylene Film Div. of Toray Plastics America, Rainer Beaujean becomes CFO of Gerresheimer AG, Martin Pugh becomes senior vice president and plastics business manager for Styron, and more... http://www.che.com/events_and_announcements/whos_who/10294.html Fri, 1 Mar 2013 0:00:00 EST Mark your calendar for DCAT Week 2013, Corrosion 2013, the AFPM's Annual Meeting, the ACS National Meeting and Exposition, Powtech, the 11th Workshop on Polymer Reaction Engineering, MasterBatch Asia 2013, and more... http://www.che.com/events_and_announcements/industry_events/10172.html Fri, 1 Feb 2013 0:00:00 EST The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB; www.csb.gov) has announced that Dr. Beth J. Rosenberg has been confirmed by the U. S. Senate as a board member of the CSB  on the first day of 2013. Rosenberg fills one of three current vacancies on the Board. The new board member was nominated by President... http://www.che.com/events_and_announcements/whos_who/10115.html Thu, 10 Jan 2013 0:00:00 EST Farewell to CE readers Last month, after almost 12 years with Chemical Engineering, I resigned as this magazine’s Editor in Chief. I have been given an opportunity to work in my husband’s architectural design business, and the benefit of spending more time with my young children is simply too... http://www.che.com/events_and_announcements/announcements_and_calls/10059.html Tue, 1 Jan 2013 0:00:00 EST Chemical Engineering magazine's biennial prize is looking to honor the most noteworthy chemical engineering technology commercialized during 2011 or 2012. Nominations may be submitted by any person or company, worldwide. The procedure consists simply of sending an unillustrated nominating brief of up to 500 words by March 22 to: Gerald Ondrey, Secretary, Kirkpatrick Award Committee c/o Chemical Engineering 11000 Richmond Ave, Suite 690 Houston, TX 77042 Email: awards@che.com (If you have any difficulty using the above email address, nominations can also be sent to our editors at dlozowski@che.com and gondrey@che.com)... http://www.che.com/events_and_announcements/announcements_and_calls/10064.html Tue, 1 Jan 2013 0:00:00 EST