Biography
Dr. Dawotola has extensive research experience in the internationally crucial field of the integrity and reliability of nano-scale and macro-scale engineering structures research. Dr. Dawotola is an advanced degree professional in this field by virtue of his Ph.D. degree in Risk and Reliability of Petroleum Pipelines he completed from The Netherland’s prestigious Delft University of Technology. The focus of his research is on risk assessment, pipeline reliability, maintenance optimisation, and statistical analysis of repairable systems. He has presented and published part of his research work in leading conferences in North America and Europe. Dr. Dawotola’s educational background, his professional experience, and his unique set of research skills have enabled him to contribute significantly to this field and will allow him to continue to do so in the future.
Research Interest
Risk assessment and Risk Based Maintenance Pipeline reliability Maintenance optimisation Statistical analysis of repairable systems. Reliability of Nano structures (such as Nanowires - III-V nanowires) Reliability of Macro structures and production sytems (pipelines, FPSO etc) Engineering Management
Biography
Russell R. Chianelli is currently Director of the Materials Research and Technology Institute at the University of Texas at El Paso and Professor of Chemistry, Materials and Environmental Science and Engineering. After receiving his PhD, he joined the Corporate Research Laboratories of Exxon Research and Engineering Co in 1974. While at this laboratory he conducted research in both fundamental and applied areas of interest to the energy industry. He is recognized worldwide for his work in Transition Metal Sulfide environmental catalytic materials. This work resulted in over 130 publications and 60 issued United States patents. During this period he was active in the Materials Research Society (MRS), serving as vice president (1989), president (1990), past president (1991) and Counselor (1992-1994). In 1996 he joined the Chemistry Department at the University of Texas at El Paso as Chairman and Professor of Chemistry and Environmental Sciences. In 2001 he resigned as Chemistry Department Chairman to head the Materials Research and Technology Institute (MRTI) at UTEP. The MRTI is dedicated to research relevant to the US/Mexico border in Materials related to energy, environment and health.
Research Interest
Material Science and the management of research and development efforts. His most recent work has focused on the development of new catalysts and pigments primarily directed to the field of layered compounds.
Biography
Dr.Joseph Smith has Over 25 years’ experience in the Chemical and Petrochemical Industry. Currently Dr. Smith serves as Director of the Energy Research and Development Center at Missouri University of Science and Technology (formally, Missouri-Rolla). Dr. Smith has published over 40 papers, has given more than 70 conference papers, and holds eight patents. Dr. Smith has contributed two chapters to the John Zink Combustion Handbook and one chapter to the Industrial Burner Handbook.
Research Interest
His current research interests focus on developing Hybrid Energy Systems which combine legacy energy (coal, gas, nuclear) with renewable energy (solar, wind, geothermal). He also conducts research on developing commercial scale processes to recover unconventional hydrocarbons including oil sands/oil shale. Dr. Smith was part of the design team to develop the Dow Chemical Coal Gasification technology (now ConocoPhillips E-GAS) and has founded and led two startup companies to provide engineering services to the petrochemical and fossil power industries.