Daniel A. Crowl

Daniel A. Crowl is the Herbert H. Dow Professor for Chemical Process Safety at Michigan Technological University. The author of numerous books and instructional materials on process safety, he also serves on several committees of the AICHE/CCPS.

Joseph F. Louvar retired as director of BASF's Chemical Engineering Department to become a professor at Wayne State University, specializing in chemical process safety, risk assessment, and the design of experiments. He has authored many publications on process safety and chairs the Undergraduate Education Committee of the CCPS.

Joseph F. Louvar

JOSEPH F. LOUVAR is Director of the Research Services Unit for the BASF Corporation in Wyandotte, MI. His responsibilities include the management of a specialty chemicals manufacturing plant that complies with OSHA and EPA regulations and is ISO 9001 certified. He is co-author of the companion text Chemical Process Safety: Fundamentals with Applications.

B. DIANE LOUVAR is Associate Professor at Madonna University in Livonia, MI. in the Department of Computer and Quantitative Systems. She teaches courses in statistics and management information systems including topics in effective communications risk analysis and ISO certification.