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Gas Processors honor Dr. Ely with Katz award
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (March 9, 2009) - The Gas Processors Association (GPA) presented its highly prestigious Katz Award today to Dr. James F. Ely, professor and department head of the Colorado School of Mines (CSM), Golden, Colo.
The recognition was made during the general session of the 88th Annual GPA Convention being held this week at the Marriott Rivercenter hotel. In making the announcement, GPA president Bob Dunn, Prism Gas Systems, told the nearly 750 in attendance that Ely was a clear cut choice for this year's distinction.
"Dr. Ely has an illustrious career of research and educational contributions to the hydrocarbon industry," said Dunn. "His development of the TRAPP model and the related industrial standard for the properties of light hydrocarbon mixtures and inorganic gases are legendary, and his dedication to sharing an outstanding career of experiences, accomplishments and knowledge with peers and students is highly admirable. From all who are gathered here today in your honor, we say thank you and congratulations."
The Katz Award was named after Dr. Donald L. Katz, an outstanding research leader in natural gas and a professor of chemistry at the University of Michigan. Its purpose is to serve as a constant reminder to the gas processing industry that "outstanding accomplishments in gas processing research and technology, and excellence in engineering education" must always be top of mind.Ely is the 23rd recipient of the Katz honor. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry and physics from Butler University in 1968, and his doctorate in chemical physics from Indiana University in 1971.
In November of that year, Ely became a research associate in the Cryogenics Division of the National Bureau of Standards (NBS), with a focus on measurement and prediction of electromagnetic properties of polyatomic molecules. Two years later he accepted a position in the Chemical Engineering Department at Rice University where he worked on the measurement of the pVT surface of propane under the supervision of Dr. Riki Kobayashi, a former Katz winner.In 1975, Ely joined the corporate R&D-chemical engineering division of Shell Development Co. In the company's Basic Data and Separations Group, he worked on new physical property models for Shell's in-house process simulator and developing a properties package for compositionally dependant reservoir simulation.
In 1979, Ely returned to NBS (which became the National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST), joining its Thermophysics Division. His major projects during this period included the development of the TRAPP model and equation of state models for the properties of materials used in supercritical fluid extraction. As an outgrowth of his work on TRAPP, he developed the DDMIX industrial standard for the properties of light hydrocarbon mixtures and inorganic gases.
Ely Worked for NIST until 1991, becoming Theory and Data Group leader, and Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory associate director. That same year he also became adjunct professor at CSM, and then left NIST to become a professor of chemical engineering. Today, Ely is head of the school's chemical engineering department.
Other accomplishments included among Ely's research and educational career are approximately 150 articles, papers, reports and technical memoranda; plus he has edited one book and eight conference proceedings.
The GPA Convention is held during the March timeframe each year. This year's convention had more than 1,300 registrants from around the world, representing 18 countries and 418 companies.###
About GPA
The Gas Processors Association (GPA) is an incorporated, non-profit trade association made up of about 115 corporate members, all of whom are engaged in the processing of natural gas into a merchantable pipeline gas, volume movement, or further processing of liquid products from natural gas. The active membership, as a group, accounts for more than 90 percent of all natural gas liquids produced in the United States and also includes a number of Canadian and foreign companies that produce natural gas liquids on a global scale. GPA has served the light hydrocarbons industry since 1921 and has been instrumental in shaping the midstream business.
We're already planning for the 2011 GPA Convention. Mark your calendars!
April 3 - 6, 2011
San Antonio, Texas
If you are interested in being a speaker at next year's GPA Convention, please remember that the deadline to submit your abstract (to jdreyer@GPAglobal.org) for consideration is Sept. 1, 2010. Presentations will cover topics in gas processing, gas gathering, fractionation, storage and transportation. Learn more.