Author: Douglas Clark

About the Author

Douglas Clark

Name: Douglas Clark

Bio: Douglas Clark is a copywriter and speechwriter with a healthy appetite for all things digital. He has more than 15 years' agency and independent experience in corporate and marketing communication, and his clients come from diverse industries, specializing in anything from financial products and toothpaste to software for the visualization of computational fluid dynamics data. Among his clients are Accenture, American Express, Coca-Cola, Colgate-Palmolive, Hewlett-Packard, and Panasonic.

May 16th, 2013

Meet Thang Ho — Featured YP for May

By Douglas Clark
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Meet Thang Ho, a young chemical engineer working on his PhD at the University of Pittsburgh.

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May 13th, 2013

Joe Powell, Chief Scientist at Shell Global, on Managing Risks in Process Development

By Douglas Clark
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Joe Powell, chief scientist chemical engineering at Shell Global, sat down with ChEnected. Take a moment to hear his thoughts on what it takes to deal with risks in R&D.

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May 13th, 2013

Meet Amy Nutis — Featured Student for May

By Douglas Clark
Amy Nutis

Meet Amy Nutis, a senior at the University of Maryland, and learn more about her chemical engineering college experience and her plans with Dow Chemical after graduation.

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May 6th, 2013

AIChE & GCPS Dual Poster Session

By Douglas Clark
2013 Spring & 9th GCPS Poster Session - 02

Last week in San Antonio more than 100 paper posters in both conventional and electronic format were presented by meeting participants.

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May 3rd, 2013

Nestor Saavedra of Ecopetrol on process safety challenges [video]

By Douglas Clark
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Laura Turci of CCPS had an opportunity to chat with Nestor Saavedra of Ecopetrol before his keynote address “Ecopetrol’s Strategy and Challenges in Process Safety.” Watch the interview in English or Spanish.

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May 2nd, 2013

High School Outreach Program Features Astronaut Al Sacco

By Douglas Clark
Al Sacco

An outreach program for high school students in San Antonio featured speaker astronaut and chemical engineering professor Al Sacco.

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April 30th, 2013

Dr. John McKetta, Jr. Honored at Spring Meeting

By Douglas Clark
L to R: AIChE President Phil Westmoreland, AIChE Executive Director June Wispelwey, and John McKetta, Jr.

Numerous AIChE members from academia and industry gathered Monday evening to honor the lifelong achievements and contributions of Dr. John McKetta, Jr., whose career touched the lives of literally thousands of young engineers.

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April 29th, 2013

Speed Networking ChemE Style at 2013 Spring Meeting [Photos]

By Douglas Clark
2013 Spring Young Professional Speed Networking Social - 16

Young professional chemical engineers got to know each other better in this year’s speed-networking event held at the Iron Cactus on San Antonio’s Riverwalk.

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April 26th, 2013

Lehigh University Student Chapter Share Science with Local 8th Grade

By Douglas Clark
High School Students

AIChE student chapter members at Lehigh University visited Broughal Middle School to share the world of chemistry and engineering through demonstrations with four eighth-grade science classes.

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April 22nd, 2013

Student Guide: 2013 Spring Meeting,
San Antonio

By Douglas Clark
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Up for a plant tour? Or maybe you’d like a chance to present your work at the poster session, including through the new electronic poster area? Check out everything that’s going on in San Antonio and learn how you can stay connected while there.

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