NACE Northern Area Western Conference

Check out the poster for NACE Northern Area Western Conference.

https://naw.nace.org/

Registration for the 4th C-RISE Workshop and Symposium is now open

Please click here for registration, or click here to view the full program.

Ideas, Innovation, Integrity: Memorial centre for excellence celebrates three years

In February 2016, the Board of Regents officially approved C-RISE as an interdisciplinary centre for excellence located in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science.

Crews still battling fire aboard massive Halifax-bound container ship

Dr. Faisal Khan, Head, Process Engineering and Canada Research Chair in Offishore Safety and Risk Engineering quoted in the Canadian Press news story.

C-RISE Members Travel to India

A delegation from Memorial University, comprised of 5 C-RISE members, travelled to India in November. 

A positive review: Outstanding contributions to industrial and engineering chemistry research

The head of process engineering in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciencehas been recognized for his outstanding contributions to the Industrial & Engineering Chemistry (I&EC) Research journal.

C-RISE at the CSChE 2018 Conference

C-RISE members attended the annual CSChE Conference in October. 

Dr. Khan Travels to China with FEAS Delegation

In October 2018, a Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science (FEAS) delegation from Memorial comprised of Dr. Faisal Khan, Anil Raheja, and Jinghua Nie travelled to China to develop relationships and partnerships with several Engineering programs.

Introducing the Journal of Safety in Extreme Environments

We are proud to introduce a new interdisciplinary peer-reviewed Journal with Springer.

Let's Get Cheesy!

Process Engineering student's get cheesy!

Fall Welcome Party & Tutorial by Dr. Salim Ahmed

Thank you to everyone who came out to our Fall Welcome event and Tutorial on Sept 18! 

Engineering guest lecture focuses on process simulation

Members of the university community are invited to attend a special lecture led by: Dr. William Y. Svrcek, Professor Emeritus, Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, and Glen Hay, Vice-President, Business Development of the Calgary-based Virtual Materials Group, Inc.

Offshore Wind Farms: Collaborative Research with the University Electronics Science and Technology of China (UESTC)

From August 6-10, 2018, Dr. Faisal Khan visited the University Electronics Science and Technology of China (UESTC). 

Developing International Partnerships

In July 2018, Dr. Faisal Khan travelled to University Technology PETRONAS (UTP) campus in Seri Iskander, Perak, Malaysia. 

Developing International Partnerships

In July 2018, Dr. Faisal Khan travelled to University Technology PETRONAS (UTP) campus in Seri Iskander, Perak, Malaysia. The goal of the trip was to foster an ongoing collaboration of C-RISE with Chemical engineering and Centre for Advanced Process Safety (CAPS) at UTP.

Bibliometric Analysis of Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion (MIC) of Oil and Gas Engineering Systems Featured on the Cover Page, Corrosion Journal online.

Great News for C-RISE and geno-MIC teams.

Virtual Centre of Offshore Safety Expertise (ViCOS)

In response to the request from offshore oil and gas regulators in the European Union, the European Commission has just made public a web-platform – named Virtual Centre of Offshore Safety Expertise (ViCOS) - where industry, academia and independent experts in the oil and gas sector will have the opportunity to meet the regulators and establish a ‘service-providing client’ relationship.

Congratulations to Dr. Mawuli Afenyo on the Completion of PhD Degree

Congratulations to Dr. Mawuli Afenyo on the Completion of PhD Degree

Safety and Risk: $1.65 million in federal-provincial funding empowers new engineering research chair

Memorial has a new Tier 1 Canada Research Chair.

Addressing the Challenges in Chemical Process Safety

Working together with Faisal Khan, Professor and Canada Research Chair (Tier I) in Safety and Risk Engineering at Memorial University in Canada, Elsevier has developed a new book series Methods in Chemical Process Safety aimed at providing this trusted reference for those working within this field.

Dr. Khalid Al-Nabhani completes his doctor of philosophy degree with distinction

Khalid Al-Nabhani, a doctor of philosophy (PhD) student who was supervised by Dr. Faisal Khan, passed his final oral examination and thesis defense with distinction on March 17, 2017.

Congratulations to Dr. Norafneeza Norazahar on the Completion of PhD Degree

Norafneeza Norazahar, a PhD student who was supervised by Drs. Faisal Khan, Brain Veitch and Scott MacKinnon, recently passed her final oral examination and thesis defense on November 30, 2016.

Award-winning researcher part of $7.8 million corrosion project

Dr. Faisal Khan, head, Department of Process Engineering and director, Centre for Risk, Integrity, Safety and Engineering, is part of a collaborative research project involving four universities in Alberta and Atlantic Canada.

C-RISE Lecture Series

Prof. Mohammad Kamil from department of Petroleum Studies in A.M.U. Aligarh will give us a lecture titled “Empirical Modeling of Boiling Incipience in a Vertical Thermosiphon Reboiler” on Friday (Dec 9^th) 3-5 pm at EN4000. 

C-RISE Lecture Series

Join us on Thursday, December 1^st at 9:30 am in EN 4000 for two invited lectures on dynamic risk assessment and human reliability analysis by C-RISE members, Javad Hashemi and Mashrura Musharraf.

Speaking of Engineering Public Lectures

Dr. Bilal Ayyub will visit MUN and give us a public lecture of "How risks are managed for natural disasters" on Nov 30th, 2016 at 7:30 PM in EN2006

Congratulations to Dr. Faisal Khan on Receiving SPE Award

Congratulations to Dr. Faisal Khan on Receiving SPE Canada Regional Health, Safety, Security, Environment and Social Responsibility Award.

Call for Papers - Special Issue on Human Factor Engineering for Harsh Environments

Call for papers is now open for a Special Issue on Human Factor Engineering for Harsh Environments in ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems.

C-RISE and C-NLOPB partnership to organize the 3rd Safety and Integrity Workshop and Symposium

C-RISE proudly announces that the 3^rd Workshop and Symposium on Safety and Integrity Management of Operations in Harsh Environments will be developed and delivered in collaboration with the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB). 

Congratulation to Dr. Hameed

Congratulations to Dr. Hameed on the completion of PhD degree 

Congratulations on graduation

Congratulation to Majeed Abimbola, Muhammad Masum Jujuly and Dinesh Herath on their graduation. 

Dr. Faisal Khan appointed as foreign expert

Dr. Faisal Khan has been appointed as an academic advisor in the area of safety and risk engineering by the Chinese Higher Education, the authority that administers higher education and research in academic and research institutions in China.

Positive reinforcement

Having grown up in historic Isfahan, Iran’s No. 1 tourist destination due to the city’s stunning array of art and architecture, Javad Hashemi appears to be a product of his environment when it comes to making his mark on the world.

Congratulations to Dr. Abimbola on the Completion of PhD Degree with Distinction

Majeed Abimbola, a PhD student who was supervised by Dr. Faisal Khan, recently passed his final oral examination and thesis defense with distinction on April 22, 2016. 

A new centre of excellence in risk, integrity and safety engineering at Memorial University

A new interdisciplinary centre of excellence has been established in Memorial University’s Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science.