Bio - Dr. Counce is professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Tennessee and has done research and development work at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory for over 35 years. He holds B.S, M.S., and Ph.D. degrees. He has authored or co-authored over 100 technical papers and reports. He is a Fellow in the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and is a member of Alpha Chi Sigma.

He is especially active in applying green engineering approaches to design and modification of industrial processes. He teaches Process Design and Green Engineering at UT. He directs "Design Internship in Green Engineering", an honor's process design course focusing on authentic industrial problems. His research typically involves advancing fundamental knowledge while focusing on providing solutions to industrial needs. He has been involved in radiochemical separations throughout his career. He won the Ferris Award for Combined Teaching and Research from UT College of Engineering in 2008. In 2000 he received the Leon and Nancy Cole Superior Teaching Award from the College of Engineering for his work in process design. He is involved in a wide variety of activities in the green engineering area and in industrial separations, including recovery and recycle of various process materials.

Bio - Randall Moore has been with Shaw for 24 years and currently serves as Business Line Manager for Commercial, State and Local Government Programs as well as Director of the Knoxville Office of Shaw Environmental and Infrastructure, Inc. Mr. Moore holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and an M.S. in Engineering Management from the University of Tennessee Space Institute, Tullahoma. Since 2006, he has led a team whose mission is to identify, develop, and exploit new and emerging technologies for pollution control. To date, the group has conducted projects related to cellulosic ethanol, carbon capture and sequestration, activated carbon injection optimization, enhanced mercury oxidation (EMO™), multi-pollutant control technology, and coal-to-diesel production plants. Mr. Moore’s team has demonstrated EMO™ at full scale and will move toward commercialization as mercury regulations are reintroduced.

Bio - Dr. Dana Christensen is the Associate Laboratory Director of the Energy & Engineering Sciences Directorate at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). The Directorate is the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) largest energy research and technology organization, annually executing ~ $350M of programs for a variety of government and industrial sponsors in all aspects of energy science and technology. Included is research in all forms of energy production, distribution, and utilization. Specific initiatives include emphasis areas of nuclear fission and fusion, nuclear science and technology, nuclear nonproliferation, and all dimensions of fossil energy extraction, production, and use, including technologies for the abatement of greenhouse gas emissions. Also included are energy efficiency and renewable energy concepts in storage, transportation, electrical and pipeline distribution, vehicle technology and traffic management, hydrogen economy, enhanced buildings technology, design and application of solar concepts, policy analysis and investigating the intersection of technology and policy, and concepts to impact industry’s approach to energy demand reduction. Finally, the intersection of water technology with the energy sector is an area of research.

Dr. Christensen came to ORNL from the University of California where he was the Deputy Associate Laboratory Director of Threat Reduction at the Los Alamos National Laboratory and the Program Director for Nuclear Energy Programs. Prior to this he was the Deputy Associate Laboratory Director for Energy and Environment at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, also operated by the University of California. He spent a year with the Department of Energy Policy Office, providing leadership in the preparation of the Department’s Integrated Nuclear Materials Management Plan; a plan requested by congress in an effort to harmonize the nuclear materials management practices and procedures across all DOE Offices and programs. He has thirty years of management experience in material science, nuclear and fossil energy, and renewable energy, nuclear materials management and scientific research in support of DOE and other Government agencies and industries.

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Area high school chemistry students and their teachers are especially welcome to this meeting, which will provide an opportunity for high school students with interests in chemistry and engineering to learn more about opportunities in chemical engineering.
Hope to see you there.

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