New transatlantic process safety alliance
03/04/2014 The Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE)
The Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) and Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, US, have signed an agreement paving the way for a suite of new process safety products and services.The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) will see both organisations commit to collaboration in process safety education, CPD products and strategic leadership and direction.
The Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station is home to the Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Centre, which houses one of the world's biggest process safety libraries and is regarded as a leader in process safety education.
The MOU was signed yesterday at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers 2014 Spring Meeting in New Orleans by IChemE chief executive David Brown and Sam Mannan, director of the Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Centre.
Sam Mannan said: "This is good news for IChemE and good news for Texas A&M, but, importantly, this is good news for chemical and process engineers with an interest in process safety."
David Brown commented: "Texas A&M and IChemE are both recognised as international leaders in the provision of process safety products and services. This new agreement will help us to share information more freely and cooperate on a range of new projects."
The collaboration's projects and priorities will be announced at IChemE's Hazards 24 next month. Hazards 24, which is widely recognised as the world's leading process safety conference, is being held on 7-9 May 2014 at Scotland's Edinburgh International Conference Centre.
Conference sponsors include ABB, Abbott Risk Consulting, BP, Petrotechnics, ABS Consulting, HSD Loss Prevention, MMI Engineering, DNV GL, BakerRisk and GexCon.
For more information, please contact:
Tony Osborne
IChemE
Tel: +44 (0)1788 534454 / +44 (0)7802 834459
Email: tosborne@icheme.org
Web: www.icheme.org
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