
Process Safety studies how and when a processing system can fail, causing process (accident) events with negative impact. It encompasses how to predict, prevent, control, and mitigate such process events. Process safety involves both numerical and experimental analysis. It relies heavily on studying chemical and process behavior experimentally and through numerical simulation. It utilizes advanced probability theory to model process event occurrence.
Process Safety Faculty
Mahmoud El-Halwagi
- Professor, Chemical Engineering
- Bryan Research and Engineering Chair in Chemical Engineering
- Managing Director, TEES Gas and Fuels Research Center
- Office: CHEN 229
- Phone: 979-845-3484
- Email: el-halwagi@tamu.edu

Faisal Khan
- Department Head, Chemical Engineering
- Professor, Chemical Engineering
- Mike O'Connor Chair II
- Director, MKO Process Safety Center
- Director, Ocean Energy Safety Institute
- Affiliated Faculty, Industrial & Systems Engineering, Multidisciplinary Engineering, Ocean Engineering and Petroleum Engineering
- Office: CHEN 246
- Email: fikhan@tamu.edu

Costas Kravaris
- Professor, Chemical Engineering
- Office: CHEN 236
- Phone: 979-458-4514
- Email: kravaris@tamu.edu

Joseph Sang-Il Kwon
- Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering
- Stephanie Sneed Langenstein '89 Faculty Fellow
- Office: 206 CHEN/ERB 331
- Phone: 979-862-5930
- Email: kwonx075@tamu.edu

Chad Mashuga
- Associate Professor of Practice, Chemical Engineering
- Office: CHEN 205
- Phone: 979-845-3339
- Email: mashuga@tamu.edu

Efstratios Pistikopoulos
- Professor, Chemical Engineering
- University Distinguished Professor
- Dow Chemical Chair
- Director, Texas A&M Energy Institute
- Office: CHEN 335
- Phone: 979-458-0259
- Email: stratos@tamu.edu

Sreeram Vaddiraju
- Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering
- Axalta Coating Systems Faculty Fellow
- Office: CHEN 237
- Phone: 979-862-1615
- Email: sreeram.vaddiraju@tamu.edu

Qingsheng Wang
- Professor, Chemical Engineering
- George Armistead ’23 Faculty Fellow
- Affiliated Faculty, Industrial & Systems Engineering and Materials Science & Engineering
- Office: CHEN 232
- Phone: 979-845-9803
- Email: qwang@tamu.edu

Benjamin Wilhite
- Director of Undergraduate Studies, Chemical Engineering
- Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering
- Office: CHEN 226
- Phone: 979-845-0406
- Email: benjaminwilhite@tamu.edu
