Process Development Division

Foster process innovation by applying Chemical Engineering principles to the synthesis of novel operations for new product manufacture and step changes in existing technology. The PR&I area will be a meeting ground for diverse academic and industrial practitioners of Process Innovation. Its programming and activities will explore the components of successful process innovation, and distribute this shared knowledge to the Institute membership.


Chair	Joe Schroer CWB Tech. Phone : 909-595-8928 Email :

Chair-Elect	Santiago Faucher Member of Research Staff Composite Materials and Process Engineering Xerox Research Center of Canada 2660 Speakman Drive Mississauga, ON, L5K 2L1 Phone : 905.823.7091 ext. 261 Email :

Activities Chair	Qiang Xu Assistant Professor Dan F. Smith Department of Chemical Engineering Lamar University Beaumont, TX 77710, USA Phone:(409) 880-7818 Fax:(409) 880-2197 Email:

Past Chair	Sagar Gadewar GRT Inc. Phone : 805-696-6660 (x104) Email :

Founding Chair	Kamlesh K. Bhatia Research Fellow Dupont Central Research & Development Experimental Station, E304/A303 P.O. Box 80304 Wilmington, DE 19880-0304 phone: 302-695-4766 E-mail :

Area 12a: Process Research and Innovation

Area 12a Mission

Leadership of Area 12a