NJ-AIChE-Meetings Calendar

Meetings

Schedule
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Dinner Meetings
Dinner meetings are held on the second Tuesday of the month usually at Snuffy's, at the corner of Park Avenue and Mountain Avenue, Scotch Plains. Registration starts at 6:00 pm, dinner is at 6:30 pm, and the program is at 7:30 pm. For the latest meeting abstract and directions, click here. In the table below, the “Loc” Column is the Location for the regular meetings, with S denoting Snuffy’s, BC denoting Rutgers Brower Commons, R for The Rutgers Club, and no designations for the plant tours.

Directions
If you just need directions to Snuffy’s, Paisano’s Pizza, or Rutgers Brower Commons, click here. Directions to the other places are included with the meeting notice.

Free Food!
Students can attend the dinner meetings free of charge.

Executive Committee Meetings
Executive Committee meetings are usually held at Paisano’s Pizza on the first Tuesday of the month at 6:30 pm. Exact Executive Committee meeting dates and locations are shown in the “Exec mtg” column below (P is Paisano’s Pizza). All members are welcome.

Speaker Suggestions
If you have a suggestion for a speaker at one of our monthly meetings, please contact the Program Director.

Other Local Area Meetings
Please click on our Useful Links page to view other Local area meetings of interest to Chemical Engineers.

Schedule:

2008
Date	Loc	Featured Speaker	Organization	Topic	Files (See below)	Exec mtg
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11 Nov 08						11/04
14 Oct 08		12^th College Bowl	TBA	Student teams answer random questions. Students receive free dinner and winners receive monetary rewards.		10/07
09 Sept 08	S	Michael Steiner	TBA	Future Changes in the Pharmaceutical Industry		09/02
-						08/05
23 June 08		Pete Mitchell	ConocoPhillips	Bayway Refinery Visit		-
13 May 08	S	William A. Hoffman		Global Warming: Facts and Fallacies		05/06
11 Apr 08	S	John C. Bonacci and Richard M. Goodman	Association of Consulting Chemists and Chemical Engineers, Inc.	Snapshots of Consulting Projects		04/01
11 Mar 08	R		Rutgers	Student Night at The Rutgers Club:		03/04
19 Feb 08	S	Hsin-Hua Tsuei	CAE Associates	Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Modeling for Process/Product Design and Improvement		02/05
8 Jan 08	S	Robert Windeler	OFS Laboratories	An Overview of Optical Fiber: Fabrication, Types, and Uses		-

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Prior Speakers and Topics
Date	Loc	Featured Speaker	Organization	Topic	Files (See below)	Exec mtg

11 Dec 07	S			2^nd Annual Holiday Party		12/04 P
13 Nov 07	S	Victor Catalano	Johnson & Johnson	Strategic Cost Reduction from a Purchasing Perspective	pdf 82 k	11/06 P
9 Oct 07	S	11^th College Bowl	1^st Princeton, 2^nd Rutgers, 3^rdSeton Hall, 4^th NJIT	Student teams answer random questions. Students receive free dinner and winners receive monetary rewards. See the Photos.		10/02 P
11 Sept 07	S	Alan Metrick		Sleep with the Enemy: How the Chemical Industry Can Work with Environmentalists		09/04 P
19 June 07	S	Jay Benziger	Princeton	PEM Fuel Cells	ppt 3345 k	08/14P
8 May 07	S	Alex Habib	ISA	Process Analytical Technology	ppt 64k	05/15P
10 Apr 07	S	Andy D. Soos	RTP Environmental Associates	Air Modeling in the EPA RMP Program		04/17P
20 Mar 07	R	Vic Catalano Camille Belcuore Bob Trout Boonsri Dickinson	Johnson & Johnson AIChE Trout Assoc Discover Magazine	Student Night at The Rutgers Club: Career paths in Chemical Engineering and Student Awards. See the Photos.		03/13 P
13 Feb 07	S	Camille Belcuore	AIChE	AIChE Meeting: Member Career Development & Professional Support Benefits		02/20 P
09 Jan 07	S	Scott Berger	AIChE	PMS		01/16 P

12 Dec 06	S			Holiday Party
14 Nov 06	S	Nile Steigerwald	Paulson Investment Company	Exchange Traded Funds. How to Build IRA or Personal Portfolios with a Minimum of Effort		11/21 P
10 Oct 06	S	10^th College Bowl	1. Seton Hall, 2. Princeton, 3. NJIT and 4. Rutgers	Student teams answer random questions. Students receive free dinner and winners receive monetary rewards. See the Photos.		10/17 P
12 Sep 06	S	Dr. C.C. Huang	Hosokawa Micron Powder Systems	The Mechanical Fabrication of Nano Composites and Engineered Particles
23 Jun 06		Jim Kenyon	Bristol-Myers Squibb	Plant Tour
9 May 06	S	Matt Gaydon	Mechanical Solutions	Addressing Pump Reliability Problems	Ppt 1250k	5/16 FP
11 Apr 06	S	Jay Wintergreen	First Environment	Climate Change & Enviro Regs: Will Greenhouse Gases be limited?		4/19 FP
21 Mar 06	R	John Hogan Dr. A Chaudhary Bob Trout	Colgate Palmolive Novartis Trout Assoc	Student Night at The Rutgers Club Career paths in Chemical Engineering and Student Awards. See the Photos. Go to the Student AIChE site and pick the photo you prefer.		3/15 FP
15 Feb 06	S	Barry Fox	Mendel Co.	Pharmaceutical Drying Equipment (Note Wed to avoid Valentine’s Day)		2/22 FP
10 Jan 06	S	Richard Palluzi	ExxonMobil R&E	Cost Effective Pilot Plant Design and Construction	Ppt 730k	1/18 FP

Nov 8, 2005	S	Bryan Pingitor	Bristol-Myers Squibb	An Engineer's Look at Scale Up in a Process R&D Glass Plant (Kilo Lab)		11/16 FP
Oct 11, 2005	S	9^th College Bowl	1. Princeton, 2. Stevens, 3. Rutgers, and 4. NJIT	Student teams answer random questions. Students receive free dinner and winners receive monetary rewards.		10/19 FP
Sep 13, 2005	S	June Wispelwey	Soc for Bio-Engineering	One ChE’s Journey from Chem to Bio		9/20 FP
Jun 17, 2005		John Meccia	National Starch	Pilot Plant Tour		7/12 FP
May 10, 2005	S	George Weaver	Johnson & Johnson	Technical Leadership		5/18 FP
Apr 12, 2005	S	Donald Glatz	Koch Modular Process Systems	Liquid-Liquid Extraction Technical Seminar		4/18 FP
Mar 22, 2005	RC	Dr. Avinash R. Sirdeshpande, June Wispelwey, Robert Trout, John Meccia	BOC Gases, Soc for Biolog. Eng’g, Trout Associates, Nat’l Starch	Student Night at The Rutgers Club. Career paths in Chemical Engineering and Student Awards. See the Photos. Go to the Student AIChE site and pick the photo you prefer.		3/8 FP
Feb 8, 2005	S	Demetri Petrides	Intelligen, Inc.	Expedite Development and Commercialization of Pharmaceuticals and Specialty Chemicals with Process Modeling and Scheduling Tools	pdf 1.9M	2/16 FP
Jan 11, 2005	S	Imre Bajusz	Novartis Pharma	Development of active pharmaceutical ingredients (API): Current and Future challenges facing the Chemical Engineer and Project Manager		1/18 FP

Nov 9, 2004	Gary Zoccolante		US Filter	Design and Regulatory Requirements for Pharmaceutical Water Production	pdf pres
Oct 12, 2004	8^th College Bowl		NJIT, Princeton, Rutgers, and Seton Hall	1-Rutgers, 2 Princeton, 3-NJIT, 4-Seton Hall. See the Photos.	Abstract & Pix
Sep 14, 2004	Glen Rosentrator		CP Project Services	Capital Project Management	Brochure pdf Seminars doc
Jun 4, 2004	Imre Balusz		Novartis	Plant Tour at Novartis. View the pharmaceutical pilot plant.
May 11, 2004	Ron Heck		RMH Consulting	A Marriage of Catalysis and Engineering for low emissions transportation: Passenger Cars, Trucks, Buses and Hybrids
Apr 13, 2004	Mike Blumenthal		Libra Labs	Chocolate and Why we love it
Apr 7, 2004	Debbie Coccaro Bob Drexler Mike Durilla		Unilever R&D Recruiter Engelhard	Student night at Rutgers University Career paths in Chemical Engineering. See the Photos (1.2Mb)
Feb 10, 2004	Bob Rosen		BASF	Emergency Response in the Chemical Industry. Emphasis will be on dealing with accidents.
Jan 13, 2004	Alex Habib & Murugan Govindasamy		Integrated Controls Group & Pfizer	Regulatory Compliant Performance Improvement for Pharmaceutical Plants. Emphasis will be on controls.	ICG (1.4M pdf) P (0.2M ppt)

Nov 11, 2003	Tim Flanagan		Lockwood Greene	Validation in the Pharmaceutical Industry
Oct 14, 2003	7^th College Bowl		NJIT, Princeton, Rutgers	1-Princeton, 2-Rutgers, 3-NJIT
Sep 9, 2003	John Peragine		Bristol-Myers Squibb	Introducing AIChE’s New Process Development Division
May 13, 2003	John Schroeder		Hydroglobe	Technologies for Arsenic removal from Wastewater
Apr 15, 2003	Ganesh Skandan		Nanopowder Enterprises	Opportunities & Challenges for Nanomaterials in Functional & Structural Applications
Mar 25, 2003	R. Drexler, B. Feehan, H. Broisma, F. Marelli, B. Atchi		Student Night - Rutgers	Job Hunting & Career Development Roundtable
Feb 11, 2003	Dorothy Bowers		National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy & Technology	The Environmental Future : Emerging Challenges & Opportunities for EPA
Jan 6, 2003	Dr. Emory DeCastro		E-TEK	Industrial Electrochemical Processing

Nov 12, 2002	Dr. Piero Armenante		NJIT, ChE Dept	The Impact of Fluid Mixing on Industrial and Pharmaceutical Processes
Oct 8, 2002	6^th College Bowl
Sep 19, 2002	Sid Sapakie		AIChE President	The Future of Chemical Engineering and what it means for AIChE
May 14, 2002	Roger Greenway		RTP Environmental	The Clean Air Act General Duty Clause
Apr 9, 2002	Andrew Port		The Whitman Co.	Indoor Air Quality (Or The Lack Thereof)
Mar 26, 2002	M.Reed, B.Feehan, F.Guglielmo, B.Ahtchi		Student Night - Rutgers	Job Hunting & Career Development Roundtable
Feb 12, 2002	Vahid Ebadat		Chilworth Technology	Controlling Static Electricity in an Industrial Environment
Jan 8, 2002	Dianne Dorland		AIChE President-elect	The Changing Nature of Chemical Engineering

Nov 13, 2001	Michael J. Oliver		Salomon, Smith Barney	Maintaining investment focus in any market
Oct 9, 2001	5^th College Bowl		NJIT, Princeton, Rutgers, Stevens
Jun 8, 2001	Ron Heck		Engelhard Corporation	Engine Test Lab Plant Tour (1Mb pdf)
May 15, 2001	Phil Messina		NJ Section	Cold War Production of Botulinum Toxium
Apr 10, 2001	Michael Klein		Dean of Engineering, Rutgers University	Topical Initiatives in Support of the Engineering Core
Mar 27, 2001	Scott Hamilton		AIChE	Engineering a Better Approach to Communications
Feb 13, 2001	Kent Wissing		Johnson & Johnson	Intellectual Property Law
Jan 18, 2001	Calvin Cobb		AIChE President	The Future of Chemical Engineering as a Profession

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Directions To:    S -    Snuffy's
        P -    Paisano's Pizza
        BC - Brower Commons
        R –    The Rutgers Club

Directions To Snuffy's Steakhouse (Monthly Meeting Location):

Route 22 East : (Scotch Plains, Berkeley Heights, Fanwood, New Providence Exit) - Make a right turn at the exit (under overpass) and then go straight on Park Avenue for about 100 yards. Snuffy's will be on the right.

Route 22 West : (Scotch Plains, Berkeley Heights, Fanwood, New Providence Exit) - At the exit, make a right turn. At the traffic light, make a left turn and take the overpass over Route 22. At the end of the overpass, make a right onto Park Avenue. Snuffy's will be on the right.

Garden State Parkway : (North and South) - Take Exit 140 from the Garden State Parkway and follow the signs for Route 22 West. Once on Route 22 West, follow the directions above.

Route 78 : (East and West) - Take Exit 41 from Route 78. Follow the signs to Scotch Plains. This will put you onto Plainfield Avenue. Follow Plainfield Avenue straight through the traffic light, where it becomes Bonnie Burn Road. Follow Bonnie Burn Road to the next traffic light and make a right turn. Follow the overpass over Route 22. At the end of the overpass, make a right onto Park Avenue. Snuffy's will be on the right.

New Jersey Turnpike : (North and South) - Take Exit 14 from the New Jersey Turnpike and follow the signs to Route 78 West. Once on Route 78 West, follow the directions above.

Reservations : Call Andy Soos at (908) 604-2693 or e-mail at Gabrielle Moore at mooreg@cdm.com

Directions To Paisano’s Pizza (Executive Committee Location, always one week after the main meeting):

1511 Rt 22 – Rear and West end of Watchung Square Mall (Near Borders on West, Home Depot on East), Watchung, NJ 07069, (908) 755-1944

Route 22 East : (Light at Wal-Mart, Watchung) – Take the jughandle at the light into Watchung Square Mall. Drive up past Wal-Mart and Paisano’s is to the right of Borders.

Route 22 West : (2 ^ndLight for Watchung Square Mall) – This is just past the Mall and Wal-Mart is just west. At the light, make a right turn into Watchung Square Mall. Drive up past Wal-Mart and Paisano’s is to the right of Borders.

Garden State Parkway : (North and South) - Take Exit 140 from the Garden State Parkway and follow the signs for Route 22 West. Once on Route 22 West, follow the directions above.

Route 78 : (East and West) - Take Exit 40 from Route 78 (Gillette/Watchung). Head South onto Hillcrest Road (South is a right turn if you are Eastbound, and a left turn if you are Westbound). At the bottom of Hillcrest road, make a right on Valley Road. You will enter the Watchung Circle. Travel ¾ of the way around the Circle and take the exit after the Watchung Municipal Building toward Route 22. Make a left one block before Route 22 to go over it and take Route 22 East. Once on Route 22 East, follow the directions above.

New Jersey Turnpike : (North and South) - Take Exit 14 from the New Jersey Turnpike and follow the signs to Route 78 West. Once on Route 78 West, follow the directions above.

Reservations : Not required.

Directions To The Faculty Dining Hall In Brower Commons

Map of
Brower Commons,
Rutgers New Brunswick Campus,
145 College Ave, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8545
http://maps.rutgers.edu/building.aspx?id=39,

From The New Jersey Turnpike:
Take the New Jersey Turnpike north or south to Exit 9. Go north on Route 18 towards New Brunswick to the George Street exit. At the traffic light, make a left onto George Street. Once on George Street, make the first right onto Seminary Place. Follow Seminary and make the first right onto College Avenue. Continue on College Avenue to the second left and make the left onto Stone Street. Go to the next intersection and make the right onto Sicard Street. Follow Sicard for about 2 1/2 blocks. The entrance to the parking lot will be on the right midway between Morrell and Senior Streets. After parking the car, proceed down Morrell Street towards College Avenue. Brower Commons will be on the opposite side of College Avenue.

From Route 287 :
Take Exit 5 off of Route 287 and get onto Route 18 southbound. Proceed south on Route 18 towards Highland Park and New Brunswick. At the fifth traffic light, turn right onto the bridge. (You’re still on Route 18; the sign will say 609 South). Take the first exit for George Street and Rutgers University. Stay to the right and at the traffic light make the right turn onto Huntington Street. Follow Huntington to the traffic light and turn left onto College Avenue. Continue on College Avenue to the second right and make the right onto Senior Street. Go to the next intersection and make a left onto Sicard Street. The entrance to the parking lot will be about 1/2 block up on the left midway between Morrell and Senior Streets. After parking the car, proceed down Morrell Street towards College Avenue. Brower Commons will be on the opposite side of College Avenue.

Directions to The Rutgers Club

See their web site; in the Information box, click on Directions to open the 1Mb pdf file.

Map of The Rutgers Club
199 College Ave, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, 732-932-7139
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