Program Themes and Symposia
| Main Theme | Sub-theme / Topic |
| Biotechnology & Biochemical Engineering Catherine Niu Yen-Han Lin |
Biomedical Bioseparation & Biosorption Drug Delivery Enzyme & Food Processing Fermentation & Bioreactors Metabolic Engineering & Applied Bioinformatics |
| Chemical Engineering Education Aaron Phoenix Tara Zrymiak |
Best Teaching Practices Forum Chemical Education Curriculum Innovative Design Approaches Process Safety Education & Societal Expectations |
| Clean Coal Symposium Hui Wang Liping Chang |
Gasification of Coal to Fuels Emission Controls Pre- and Post- Combustion Cleaning |
| CO2 Capture & Sequestration Symposium Nader Mahinpey Paitoon Tontiwachwuthikul Mingzhe Dong |
Amine Absorption Carbon Capture & Storage CO2 Sequestration Options Engineering for Mitigation Gasification Processes, Incl. IGCC GHG Markets & Risk Management GHG Modeling & Analysis Oxyfuel Combustion Technologies for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction |
| Energy Jafar Soltan Raphael Idem Donald Ryland |
Biofuels Fuel Cells Gasification Green Engineering Hydrogen Technology Nuclear Energy Forum |
| Environment Mehdi Nemati Stanley Shewchuk |
Air Quality Improvement Technologies Bioremediation Soil Waste Management & Water Treatment |
| Heavy Oil & Oil Sands Symposium Ajay Dalai John Adjaye |
Catalysis Environmental Processing & Refining Production Upgrading |
| Materials & Processes DaeKun Hwang |
Advanced Materials Environmentally Degradable Materials Functional (nano) Materials Polymer Materials & Nano-processing Soft/Biomaterials |
| Mineral Technology Richard Evitts Ryan Spelay |
Potash Processing Salt Processing Uranium Processing |
| Process Control & Optimization Amos BenZvi Martin Guay |
Advanced Control / Model Predictive Control Applied Statistical Methods Modeling and Simulation Process Control Process Optimization Systems Biology |
| Process Safety & Loss Management Symposium Gerry Phillips |
Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment Residual Risk Management Risk Control |
| Reaction Engineering & Catalysis Craig Fairbridge Nicolas Abatzoglou |
Chemical Kinetics Multiphase Reactions & Reaction Systems Nanocatalysis & Catalytic Materials Novel Catalyst Characterization Novel Catalyst Preparation |
| Synchrotron & its Applications Yong-Feng Hu Ramin Azargohar |
Structural & Molecular Characterization of Catalysis and Other Materials using Synchrotron In Situ Material Characterization & Reactivity Study |
| Thermodynamics Ding-Yu Peng Aaron Phoenix |
PVT of Petroleum Systems Solution Thermodynamics |
| Transport Phenomena Jamal Chaouki Todd Pugsley |
Bulk Solids Handling Fluidized Beds Heat and Mass Transfer in Packed Beds Multi-phase Flow Particulate Flows |