A Mesa Redonda tem como objetivo discutir as iniciativas para a consolidação da área de PSE no Brasil, trazendo pontos de vista da indústria (Rita Majewski), de empresas de base tecnológica (Luiz Eduardo Rubião) e da academia (José Carlos Pinto). Esta sessão durará cerca de 1h e será seguida pela cerimônia de entrega do Prêmio Carlos Augusto Guimarães Perlingeiro (homenagem a personalidades da área do PSE no Brasil) ao Prof. Darci Odloak e pelo prêmio aos melhores pôsteres.
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.