Sponsorship will expand Undergraduate Process Safety Learning
Initiative from U.S. to China, part of AIChE’s “Doing a World of Good”
campaign
NEW YORK & BERWYN, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Trinseo
(NYSE: TSE), a global materials company, today announced a new
partnership with the Center
for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) — a subsidiary of the American
Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) — to host process safety
workshops for undergraduate chemical engineering students in China. The
partnership was announced during the 6th CCPS China
Conference on Process Safety, held September 25–27 in Qingdao, China.
This is the first student workshop outside the U.S. of the AIChE/CCPS
Undergraduate Process Safety Learning Initiative, which combines process
safety theory and real-world cases taught by process safety experts.
Chemical engineering students from several universities in China will be
invited to participate in a one-day “Student Workshop on Risk-Based
Process Safety,” which will be held in 2019 at Trinseo’s manufacturing
site at Zhangjiagang, China.
The curriculum of the workshops will be designed and delivered by CCPS,
the authoritative global organization providing the technical community
with expertise and proven curriculum materials on process safety. The
student workshops in China will be delivered by Byron Sun, a safety
expert and CCPS staff consultant. Sun has over 27 years of professional
experience, including safety leadership roles at China Petrochemical
Company (now SINOPEC) and DuPont China. Byron received a diploma from
Shanghai Science and Technology University and a Master Degree from
Tongji University.
Trinseo has been a supporter of the AIChE’s Undergraduate Process Safety
Learning Initiative and “Doing a World of Good” campaign since 2016 in
the U.S. To support the program’s expansion in China, the company will
make an additional US$50,000 donation and provide in-kind support from
Trinseo employees in China. In addition to hosting the student workshops
locally, Trinseo also will support the development of Chinese-language
marketing materials to promote CCPS’s Safety and Chemical Engineering
Education (SAChE) online learning modules, as well as additional
translation of curriculum into Chinese.
“Trinseo is proud to be part of this effort to educate future
generations of chemical engineers, and in particular to help bring the
successful Undergraduate Process Safety Learning Initiative to China for
the first time,” said Chris Pappas, President and CEO of Trinseo. “Our
employees in China are highly committed to process safety and training,
so they are very excited to pass on their knowledge to the next
generation of chemical engineers. This partnership with CCPS and AIChE
is in line with Trinseo’ company’s values, our commitment to Responsible
Care®, and our dedication to work safely in everything we do.”
Shakeel Kadri, Executive Director of CCPS, explained the critical
importance of the undergraduate workshops, noting that “employers tell
CCPS that they need engineers who are better trained in process safety
when they enter the workforce.” However, Kadri added, chemical
engineering schools around the world have not yet developed a standard
process safety curriculum to fulfill that need. “Through CCPS’s
collaborations with organizations such as Trinseo, the Undergraduate
Process Safety Learning Initiative is helping to ensure that every
chemical engineering graduate acquires a basic knowledge and
appreciation of process safety principles.”
About Trinseo
Trinseo (NYSE:TSE) is a global materials solutions provider and
manufacturer of plastics, latex binders, and synthetic rubber. We are
focused on delivering innovative and sustainable solutions to help our
customers create products that touch lives every day — products that are
intrinsic to how we live our lives — across a wide range of end-markets,
including automotive, consumer electronics, appliances, medical devices,
lighting, electrical, carpet, paper and board, building and
construction, and tires. Trinseo had approximately $4.4 billion in net
sales in 2017, with 16 manufacturing sites around the world, and
approximately 2,200 employees. For more information visit www.trinseo.com.
About the Center of Chemical Process Safety
CCPS is a not-for-profit, corporate membership organization within the
AIChE that identifies and addresses process safety needs for a variety
of facilities involved with handling, storing, using or processing, and
transporting hazardous materials. CCPS brings together manufacturers,
government agencies, consultants, academia and insurers to lead the way
in improving industrial process safety. CCPS leads the development of
useful, time-tested guidelines that have practical application within
industry.
About AIChE
AIChE is a professional society of 60,000 chemical engineers in 110
countries. Its members work in corporations, universities and government
using their knowledge of chemical processes to develop safe and useful
products for the benefit of society. Through its varied programs, AIChE
continues to be a focal point for information exchange on the frontiers
of chemical engineering research in such areas as energy,
sustainability, biological and environmental engineering, nanotechnology
and chemical plant safety and security. More information about AIChE is
available at www.aiche.org.
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Trinseo media contact, U.S.:
Donna St. Germain, +1 610-240-3307
stgermain@trinseo.com
or
Trinseo
media contact, China
Peggy Sung, +852 98669636
peggysung@trinseo.com
or
AIChE/CCPS
media contact:
Gordon Ellis, 1-646-495-1348
gorde@aiche.org
Source: Trinseo and AIChE