[AIChE] Fwd: AIChE dinner meeting

[Palash Mehta]

Hello, fellow AIChE members,

Hope you are all having a wonderful break. If you are interested in joining
me to attend the North Jersey section dinner this coming Tuesday (a week
before school starts), please do email me back. I can drive people to and
from the location if need be. I think this would be a great way to get our
name out and have a strong Stevens AIChE chapter attendance.

Again, do email me back if you are close by in NJ and would like to attend.
Or if you want to come by yourself or another separate group, but wish to
tell me you will be coming, also do that.

Thank you, and enjoy the rest of your break,

Palash



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Date: Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 9:50 AM
Subject: AIChE dinner meeting
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  *JOINT DINNER MEETING WITH NJ SECTION*

*Tuesday, January 13, 2015*

 *“**Managing Chemical Process R&D in an Era of Extreme Economic
Uncertainty”*



*Scheduled Speaker**:*



*Joseph Porcelli*



Developing a new or improved chemical catalyst takes several years from
inception to commercialization, and developing a new chemical process takes
at least several years longer. Early on, it is important to make a judgment
as to the economic viability of the new product or process when it will
reach commercialization. Forecasting feedstock, energy and product prices
two to five years in the future has never been easy but has become
particularly challenging in a period like the last few years, when crude
oil prices have varied from about $130/barrel a few short months ago to $75
or less today. Under these uncertainties, and others such as the surprising
continuing weakness of the Chinese economy, global conflicts, etc.,
estimating the profitability of new process technologies and to a lesser
extent catalysts, needs new approaches.



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