From March 27 to 29, 2017 AIChE Spring Meeting and 13th Global Congress on Process Safety was held in San antonio of Texas. The Center of Safety&Environmental Protection and Energy-Saving Technology of UPC hosted Chinese session. Prof. Zhao Dongfeng acted as the chairman of the session. The team of College of  Chemical Engineering led by prof. Yang Chaohe attend the congress. 

More than 60 experts took part in the session. Chinese scholars gave presentations on the topics of dangerous chemicals storage, city refinery, accident analysis and safety engineering. The session also served as the platform of personnel recruitment which has attracted three doctorate researchers who have interests in working in UPC and will have more cooperations with the university in the future. Through discussion and communication, ideas of Chinese process safety got known by the the world, which will be good for the development of process safety in China.      

The AIChE Spring Meeting is the year’s key technical conference for practicing chemical engineers. A wide range of subjects relevant to the current needs of industry is covered. The Global Congress on Process Safety covers the critical needs of process safety practitioners more broadly and deeply than any other conference. Up to today, UPC has hosted Chinese session for five times. This year, the fifth CCPS China Process Safety Congress will be held in Sept. Nanjing. 

Editor: Bu Lingduo     

Source: UPC News Center

 Update time: April 6, 2017