The Round Table aims at discussing initiatives for the consolidation of the PSE area in Brazil, bringing points of view from the industry (Rita Majewski), technology-based companies (Luiz Eduardo Rubião) and the academy (José Carlos Pinto). This session will last about 1h and will be followed by the awarding ceremony of the Carlos Augusto Guimarães Perlingeiro Prize (tribute to personalities from the PSE area in Brazil) to Prof. Darci Odloak and the best posters prize.
Rita A. Majewski
B.S. (1983) in Chemical Engineering from Pennsylvania State University, Ph.D. (1988) in Chemical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. Currently, Ms. Majewski is a Research Fellow at Braskem. Her career was mainly directed to chemical and polymer businesses, including product and catalyst implementations. More recent efforts are focused on developing a PSE team at Braskem to accelerate our process optimization and development efforts.
Luiz Eduardo Rubião
Chemical Engineer (B.Sc. IME-RJ; M.Sc. COPPE-UFRJ). Founder and CEO of Chemtech (1989-2010) and Radix (2010-2018). 15 times Best Company to Work for in Rio, Brazil and Latin America. Founder of Biosafe – Food Safety Consultants. Founder of Radix US (Houston, Texas). Expert Witness in Arbitrations and Mediations.
José Carlos Costa da Silva Pinto
Chemical Engineering from the Universidade Federal da Bahia (1985), obtained M.Sc. (1987) and D.Sc. (1991) degrees in Chemical Engineering from the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. He is currently Full Professor of the Chemical Engineering Program of COPPE/UFRJ, Executive Director of the Technological Park of the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, and full member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and of the National Engineering Academy. José Carlos has experience in Chemical Engineering, with emphasis on general chemical reactors, and particular emphasis in the area of modeling, simulation and control of polymerization systems.