演讲人简介：

Dr. Gavin P. Towler is the Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Honeywell Performance Materials Technologies (PMT).  PMT is a strategic business group of Honeywell based in Morristown, N.J., with $10 billion in revenues in 2014. The company is a global leader in providing customers with high-performance specialty materials, including fluorine products; specialty films and additives; advanced fibers and composites; intermediates; specialty chemicals; electronic materials and chemicals; and process technologies and materials for petroleum refining, petrochemical production, treating and processing natural gas and hydrogen, technologies to manufacture renewable fuels as well as products, services and solutions for industrial process automation. Prior to this position Gavin held the title of Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of UOP LLC. 

Gavin has 23 years of broad experience of process and product design and has 66 US patents.  He is co-author of “Chemical Engineering Design”, a textbook on process design, and is an Adjunct Professor at Northwestern University and National University of Singapore, where he helps teach the senior design classes.

Gavin has a B.A. and M.Eng. in chemical engineering from Cambridge University and a Ph.D. from U.C. Berkeley. He is a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the Institute of Chemical Engineers, and is a Fellow of the AIChE and member of the United States National Academy of Engineering.

报告摘要：

The presentation will give an overview of current trends in the hydrocarbon processing industries and their impact on technology development and selection. Recent innovations in oil and gas production technology have caused large swings in oil prices, leading to uncertainty in the markets and delayed investments. The underlying trends that determine fuel consumption remain strong and society continues to demand greater production of cleaner fuels. The oil and gas industry have responded by upgrading oil refineries and developing new sources of hydrocarbons. Longer term, renewable fuels will also play an increasing role.