NAMF Officers
President: Clara Gomez, Coanda Research and Development Corporation (Elected 2018)
Vice President: Sujit Battacharya, Syncrude Canada Ltd (Elected 2018)
Secretary: Robert M. Schisla, Eastman Chemical Company (renewed 2018)
Treasurer: Richard Cope, Eli Lilly and Company (renewed 2016)
Executive Council
The North American Mixing Forum is administered by an Executive Council with 15 elected officers, who are also members of the AIChE at the time of election. At least eight of the council members are affiliated with an industrial organization and no fewer than four are academics at the time of their election.
Otute Akiti
Sr. Director, Drug Substance, Manufacturing & Development, Relypsa, Inc
e-mail: oakiti@relypsa.com
Term of Office (2005-2018)
Billy Allen
Engineering Advisor, Eli Lilly & Co
e-mail: allen_billy_r@lilly.com
Term of Office (2014 – 2020)
Mario Alvarez
Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, Mexico
E-mail: mario.alvarez@itesm.mx
Term of Office (2012 – 2018)
Sujit Bhattacharya
Senior Associate – Chemical at Syncrude Canada Limited
E-mail: bhattacharya.sujit@syncrude.com
Term of Office (2012 – 2018)
François Bertrand
Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal
E-mail: francois.bertrand@polymtl.ca
Website: http://www.urpei.polymtl.ca
Term of Office (2010 – 2016, 2016 – 2022)
Louis Fradette
Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal
E-mail: louis.fradette@polymtl.ca
Website: http://www.urpei.polymtl.ca
Term of Office (2016 – 2022)
John Thomas
M-Star Simulations LLC
E-mail: thomas@mstarcfd.com
Term of Office (2016 – 2022)
Richard F. Cope
Process Development, Alkermes, Inc.
Email: richard.cope@alkermes.com
Term of Office (2010 – 2016, 2016 – 2022)
Enrique Galindo
Biotechnology Institute – UNAM
e-mail: galindo@ibt.unam.mx
Term of Office (Ex Officio Mixing XXIII – 2012; 2018)
Clara Gomez
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of British Columbia
Coanda Research and Development Corporation
E-mail: clara.gomez@coanda.ca
Term of Office (2010 – 2016; 2016 – 2022)
Thomas Post
Post Mixing Optimization and Solutions
E-mail: tpost@postmixing.com
Website: http://www.postmixing.com
Term of Office (Ex-Officio – Mixing XXIV – 2014; 2014 – 2020)
Luis Sierra
Project engineer X-lab, Merck & Co.
E-mail: luis_sierra2@merck.com
Term of Office (2014 – 2020)
Thomas Simpson
Consulting Engineer, Dupont
E-mail: thomas.a.simpson@dupont.com
Term of Office (2014 – 2020)
Robert M. Schisla
Eastman Chemical Company
E-mail: schisla@eastman.com
Term of Office (2010 – 2016, 2016 – 2022)
Kent Wardle
e-mail: kwardle@anl.gov
Term of Office (2012 – 2018)
NAMF Standing Committees
Program Committee
To arrange technical sessions on mixing at meetings and conferences other than the Biennial Conference.
Biennial Conference Committee
To organize the Biennial Conference and to select the incoming Chair of the Conference. This committee is chaired by the current Conference Chair and consists of previous Conference Chairs and the past Chairs of the various Engineering Foundation Conferences on Mixing. The Chair of this committee shall be alternately selected from industry and academia.
Awards Committee
To promote research and scholarship in mixing by recognizing members of the Forum who have made outstanding contributions to the field
Education Committee
To promote education in mixing at the university and postgraduate levels.
Research Committee
To promote research and research funding in mixing.
Communications Committee
To promote communications within the Forum and to liaise with external organizations.
Nominating Committee
To nominate a slate of candidates for election to the Executive Council. To nominate candidates to serve as Chairs of the various standing Committees, except for the Biennial Conference Committee which selects its own Chair.
Auditing Committee
To annually review the financial procedures and expenditures.
