Khan, Faisal
Faisal Khan is a Chemical Engineering Professor and Director of the Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center and the Ocean Energy Safety Institute, Texas A &M University. He is the founder of the Centre for Risk Integrity and Safety Engineering (C-RISE), a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, the Engineering Institute of Canada, and the Canadian Society of Chemical Engineering. His areas of research interest include offshore safety and risk engineering, inherent safety, risk management, and risk-based integrity assessment and management. Dr. Khan is actively involved with multinational oil and gas industries on the issue of safety and asset integrity. He also served as the Safety and Risk Advisor to the Government of Newfoundland, Canada. He continues to serve as a subject matter expert to many organizations including Lloyd's Register EMEA, SBM Modco, Intecsea, Technip, and Qatar-gas. He served as a Visiting Professor of Offshore and Marine Engineering at Australian Maritime College (AMC), University of Tasmania, Australia where he led the development of offshore safety and risk engineering group and the initiative of global engagements with many international institutions. He is the recipient of President Outstanding Research Award of 2012-13 at Memorial University, President Outstanding Research Supervision Award of 2013-14 at Memorial University, CSChE National Award on Process Safety Management of 2014, P, and Society of Petroleum Engineer award for his contribution to Health, Safety and Risk Engineering. He has authored over 500 research articles in peer-reviewed journals and conferences on safety, risk, and reliability engineering. He has authored five books on the subject area. He is the Editor of the Journal of Process Safety and Environmental Protection, Safety in Extreme Environment, and ASME Part A (Risk and Uncertainty Analysis). He regularly offers training program/workshop on safety and risk engineering in different places including St John's, Chennai, Dubai, Beijing, Aberdeen, Cape Town, Doha and Kuala Lumpur.
Pistikopoulos, Efstratios
Stratos Pistikopoulos holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering, from Carnegie Mellon University, USA. The objective of his research program is to develop fundamental theory and optimization based methodologies and computational tools that enable process engineers to analyze, design and evaluate process manufacturing systems which are economically attractive, energy efficient and environmentally benign, while at the same time exhibit good performance characteristics like flexibility, controllability, robustness, reliability and safety.
Sajid, Zaman
Zaman's professional journey is a testament to his unwavering dedication to safety, sustainability, and technological advancement in the chemical and process industries. His qualifications, including a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Process Engineering from Memorial University, Canada, a Master of Science (MS) in Chemical and Process Engineering from the University of Strathclyde, UK, and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Sustainable Management from Anaheim University, USA, underscore his technical and management skills. As a senior research engineer at the Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center and a visiting faculty at Texas A&M University, Dr. Sajid's over a decade of experience in teaching and research is focused on applying data analysis, artificial intelligence (AI), and risk-based approaches to enhance the safety, sustainability, and security of modern US chemical processing plants.
Dr. Sajid is actively involved in leading research projects, publishing in leading peer-reviewed journals, and presenting at international conferences. His research tackles challenges in renewable energy, bio-manufacturing, and bioprocessing technologies, focusing on economic and environmental advancements for the US economy. He is also a key contributor to managing a $52 million federally funded project, the Ocean Energy Safety Institute (OESI), to enhance safety in the US offshore energy sector.
Dr. Sajid's commitment to quality scientific publications is unwavering. He actively participates in peer reviews for leading journals, including Applied Energy, Applied Sciences, Computers & Chemical Engineering, Energies, International Journal of Sustainable Engineering, Marine Policy, Sensors, Sustainability, and Systems, and international research organizations such as Research Manitoba, Canada. His membership in the US AI Safety Institute Consortium and his roles on the editorial boards of Frontiers in Environmental Engineering and ChemEngineering are a testament to his significant contributions to the field of chemical engineering.
