Speaker - Dennis Williams PhD, Advanced Process Control, Basell USA
Date - Tuesday March 30, 2010
Time - Registration: 5:30pm, Dinner: 6:00pm, Presentation: 7:00pm
Place - Holiday Inn Select-Wilmington (630 Naamans Rd, Calymont DE)
Registration - Deadline: March 26, 2010.

Abstract: Random phenomena are commonly encountered in the chemical industry, so statistics is required in many applications. Basic statistical methods are often sufficient, but the problems are frequently ill-posed and data may be limited, missing, uncertain, or wrong. Several examples from practice, including process capability, controller performance monitoring, statistical process control rules of run analysis, OSHA recordable analysis, minimum cost instrument calibration procedures, regression, and control relevant modeling, will be presented that illustrate typical issues encountered in industrial statistical problems. In addition to the answer to the title question, the first step in every application of statistics will be revealed.

For more information about the event please see the attached flyer. To pay online, use the PayPal link below:

Non members and guests $35.00 AIChE members $30.00 Students & unemployed $20.00

At the most recent local section meeting Charles Anderson, Director of New Applications at Air Liquide, gave a presentation on a "Simplified Biogas to Pipeline Process". To view this presentation in pdf format, click here.

Speaker - Ellen Kullman, CEO DuPont
Date - Tuesday April 6, 2010
Time - Reception at 6:00pm, with dinner at 7:00pm
Place - Union League in Philadelphia
Registration - Please register at the DVS site by Friday April 2, 2010.

Join the DVS and Wilmington sections at the DVS Premier event, the 13th installment of the CEO Lecture Series. This year Ellen Kullman, a native of Wilmington, DE, will be speaking. Ellen has been CEO of DuPont since January 1, 2009, and began her career at DuPont in 1988 as marketing manager in the medical imaging business. She earned a bachelors of science degree in mechanical engineering from Tufts University, and a masters degree in management from Northwestern University.

For more about the event and for registration, please see the DVS Events Page and the latest DVS newsletter.

Engineers Without Borders – University of Delaware is inviting you to their second-annual Banquet and Silent Auction on March 18th at Deerfield Golf and Tennis Club! A reception will be held from 6:30 - 7:00 p.m. and attendees will be able to bid on silent auction items and mingle. A cash bar will also be available. Dinner begins at 7:00 p.m. and throughout dinner the EWB students will be showcasing their work around the world. Items in the silent auction will be from the countries where EWB has worked. Items include carved wooden masks from Cameroon, a wooden art box from Guatemala and numerous other wonderful items. For more information, please visit the EWB website

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