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Cataly&cpar&aloxida&onlab:hightemperaturecon&nuousflowreactors
Organicelectronicslab:microfabrica&on,chlorinatedsolvents,cleanroomenvironment
Studentrepresenta&vetodepartmentalsafetycommi?ee
T.A.forchemicalengineeringprocesssafety
MYBACKGROUND
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Safety=StudentCulture
Safety=Professionalism
Safety=Produc&vity
MYPERSPECTIVE
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REACTORSAFETY
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REACTORSAFETY
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H2/Airfeedprovidesprocessheat
Millisecondcontact&meCPOprovidesprocessheatforglycerolpyrolysis
Glycerolfeedbypassesoxida&onzone
Alotcangowrong
Worst-case:oxygensurplus->steeptemperaturerise->“pop”
InLabViewreactorcontrol,implementedanautoma&coxygenshut-offinthecaseoffasttemperaturefluctua&ons.
Professionalism:Thiswouldbeimplementedinanyreal-worldreactor
Produc1vity:Freedmefromhavingtobabysitthereactor
SAFETYTHROUGHPROCESSCONTROL
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Safetyvideocontestwithcashprize
Viewingduringnewstudentrecruitmentweekend–showsthatsafetyisimportanttoincomingstudents
Studentschoosewinner
STUDENT-DRIVENSAFETY
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STUDENT-DRIVENSAFETY
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Safetyvideocontestwithcashprize
Viewingduringnewstudentrecruitmentweekend–showsthatsafetyisimportanttoincomingstudents
Studentschoosewinner
STUDENT-DRIVENSAFETY
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Cleanroom:
Fullbodygown/goggles/glovesrequired
Lendstoaprofessionalatmosphere
Nodistrac&ons–efficientuseof&me
Sharedacademiclab:
Safeprac&cesreduceclu?er,increaseproduc&vity
Labelingreduceschanceofhavingtorepeatexperiments
ORGANICELECTRONICSFABRICATION
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SafetyMoment:
Student-leddiscussionofspecificsafetytopic/incidentatbeginningofweeklygroupmee&ng
-chemicalspills
-firstaid
-tex&nganddriving
-datasecurity
InspiredbyExxon
ORGANICELECTRONICSFABRICATION
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Academic/industrialsafetyworkshophostedinBaytown,TX
Representa&vesfromsixschoolsmettodiscusssuccessesandchallengesinlabsafety
Exxonsharedindustrialbestprac&ces
EXXONSAFETYPALS
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Industrialprac&ces:
Behavior-basedsafetyobserva&on
Shadowacolleagueduringahigh-riskprocedure, notebestprac&cesandprovidefeeback
Employee-drivensafetyculturefrombo?omup
Professionalism:Hearingfromindustrythatsafetyisaprioritycaninfluencestudents
Produc1vity:Safetyincidentsinducedown&me,losthours
EXXONSAFETYPALS
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Safety=StudentCulture
Safety=Professionalism
Safety=Produc&vity
CONCLUSIONS
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QUESTIONSANDCOMMENTS
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FLAMEL IGERT
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and NSF grant # 1264555
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