Dr. Stewart W. Behie, associate center director of the Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center, mentored a cohort of students competing in the first TapRooT® student competition hosted at the 25th annual Global TapRooT® Summit. Students completed four weeks of training in preparation for a final exercise –– investigating a toxic spill.

As the official publication of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Process Safety Progress recently published a special issue from the international conference and exhibition Loss Prevention Asia 2021. Dr. Faisal Khan, center director, contributed relevant research regarding topics including process safety management, risk assessment and maritime in process safety.

The Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center is excited to announce the appointment of our new director, Dr. Faisal Khan. Khan is a leading authority in safety and risk engineering, particularly in offshore areas. He has developed risk-based methodologies that have been widely adopted by the industry. He published hundreds of research articles in reputed […]

We are happy to announce that Harold Escobar from the Center is joining the United States National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine as a 2021 Christine Mirzayan Fellow. Harold will be participating in a 12-week program this fall in Washington DC. He started his PhD in Chemical Engineering in 2017 and is expected to […]

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