Peter Pujado ´ retired from UOP LLC (a Honeywell
subsidiary) in 2005 as Senior Manager/R&D Fellow
responsible for the development and commercialization
of technologies for the production of light olefins (ethylene and propylene) by the catalytic conversion of
methanol. He started his career as a lecturer at the
University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) in Manchester, England; he then
worked as a process engineer for SA Cros in Barcelona,
Spain, in areas as diverse as chlorine, caustic, chlorinated hydrocarbons, ammonia, urea, nitric acid, and
NPK fertilizers; he joined UOP LLC as an R&D process coordinator responsible
for the production of cumene, phenol/acetone, aromatics isomerization, aromatics
disproportionation and transalkylation, terephthalic acid, acrylonitrile, acetic acid,
etc. After retirement from UOP LLC, he again worked as a lecturer at Northwestern
University, Evanston, Illinois, and has done some consulting in the petrochemicals
area. Peter had graduated with an M.S. in Chemical and Petroleum Refining
Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines, a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering
from the University of Minnesota, and an MBA from the University of Chicago. He
is a licensed Professional Engineer and a Fellow Member of the American Institute
of Chemical Engineers. He is the author of over 95 papers and publications and of
44 patents. Peter’s hobbies include travel, mountain hiking, and reading.
David S. J. Jones was from a small coal mining village (Ynystawe) in South Wales,
UK. He left school at the age of 16 and joined the army, where he ended up in India
as a Regimental Sergeant Major. After that, he returned to Wales and worked for BP
in a quality control lab.
He had ambition, a remarkable ability, and dogged determination to study
Chemical Engineering in order to improve on his lot in this world. He studied
Chemical Engineering at night school and obtained a Bachelor of Science degree.
He had a striking career and made it to the top of the tree, spending many years with
Fluor as well as consulting.
When he retired, he occupied himself with the writing of several publications on
chemical engineering, such as the Elements of Petroleum Processing (Wiley and
Sons 1995) and the Handbook of Petroleum Processing (Springer 2006), mainly
aimed at students and young graduate engineers with an emphasis on problemsolving.
Stan passed away in 2005.
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subsidiary) in 2005 as Senior Manager/R&D Fellow
responsible for the development and commercialization
of technologies for the production of light olefins (ethylene and propylene) by the catalytic conversion of
methanol. He started his career as a lecturer at the
University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) in Manchester, England; he then
worked as a process engineer for SA Cros in Barcelona,
Spain, in areas as diverse as chlorine, caustic, chlorinated hydrocarbons, ammonia, urea, nitric acid, and
NPK fertilizers; he joined UOP LLC as an R&D process coordinator responsible
for the production of cumene, phenol/acetone, aromatics isomerization, aromatics
disproportionation and transalkylation, terephthalic acid, acrylonitrile, acetic acid,
etc. After retirement from UOP LLC, he again worked as a lecturer at Northwestern
University, Evanston, Illinois, and has done some consulting in the petrochemicals
area. Peter had graduated with an M.S. in Chemical and Petroleum Refining
Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines, a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering
from the University of Minnesota, and an MBA from the University of Chicago. He
is a licensed Professional Engineer and a Fellow Member of the American Institute
of Chemical Engineers. He is the author of over 95 papers and publications and of
44 patents. Peter’s hobbies include travel, mountain hiking, and reading.
David S. J. Jones was from a small coal mining village (Ynystawe) in South Wales,
UK. He left school at the age of 16 and joined the army, where he ended up in India
as a Regimental Sergeant Major. After that, he returned to Wales and worked for BP
in a quality control lab.
He had ambition, a remarkable ability, and dogged determination to study
Chemical Engineering in order to improve on his lot in this world. He studied
Chemical Engineering at night school and obtained a Bachelor of Science degree.
He had a striking career and made it to the top of the tree, spending many years with
Fluor as well as consulting.
When he retired, he occupied himself with the writing of several publications on
chemical engineering, such as the Elements of Petroleum Processing (Wiley and
Sons 1995) and the Handbook of Petroleum Processing (Springer 2006), mainly
aimed at students and young graduate engineers with an emphasis on problemsolving.
Stan passed away in 2005.
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About the Editors