2016 Annual Meeting - San Francisco

I am pleased to announce that Kenneth J. Rueter has been named the recipient of the AIChE 2016 Management Award. He will be honored with this distinguished recognition at the organization’s annual conference in San Francisco in November where he will speak to our delegates about lessons learned during his impressive career as a chemical engineer.

Ken is living testimony to the fact that chemical engineering can be a rewarding career that offers cutting edge opportunities in innovation and problem solving. His experience underscores the value of the chemical engineering profession in addressing unprecedented national technical challenges. As President and Project Manager of URS|CH2M Oak Ridge LLC (UCOR), Rueter has led his company’s success in providing positive solutions for large-scale nuclear environmental cleanup, restoring once contaminated land to a clean landscape for future economic development purposes.

While most engineers win acclaim for the enduring projects they design and build, Ken’s most recent noteworthy achievements stem from what he and his company are demolishing and cleaning up. Today, across the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) complex, millions of gallons of liquid radioactive waste are being processed.  Thousands of tons of spent nuclear fuel and special nuclear material are being disposed.  Huge quantities of contaminated soil and water are being remediated.  And thousands of excess facilities are being deactivated and demolished. 

In 2016, Ken and his team at UCOR completed demolition and cleanup of the gaseous diffusion facilities at the East Tennessee Technology Park in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. This was a historic moment for a community that carved its place in history during World War II and the Cold War. It marked the first time in the world that all of a site’s uranium enrichment process buildings were removed anywhere, eliminating environmental hazards and paving the way for future economic development.

I am certain you will be informed and impressed as Ken recounts the hazardous work that has been accomplished at Oak Ridge safely, under budget and ahead of schedule. It is the kind of transformative story that can inspire us all.  See you in San Francisco!

Kenneth Rueter will be talking on Wednesday morning November 16th starting at 8:30 am.

Union Square 19 & 20 (Hilton San Francisco Union Square)

(477a) Invited Presentation By 2016 Management Award Recipient--Enriching the Future of East Tennessee through Environmental Clean up and Stewardship

I am pleased to announce that Kenneth J. Rueter has been named the recipient of the AIChE 2016 Management Award. He will be honored with this distinguished recognition at the organization’s annual conference in San Francisco in November where he will speak to our delegates about lessons learned during his impressive career as a chemical engineer.

Ken is living testimony to the fact that chemical engineering can be a rewarding career that offers cutting edge opportunities in innovation and problem solving. His experience underscores the value of the chemical engineering profession in addressing unprecedented national technical challenges. As President and Project Manager of URS|CH2M Oak Ridge LLC (UCOR), Rueter has led his company’s success in providing positive solutions for large-scale nuclear environmental cleanup, restoring once contaminated land to a clean landscape for future economic development purposes.

While most engineers win acclaim for the enduring projects they design and build, Ken’s most recent noteworthy achievements stem from what he and his company are demolishing and cleaning up. Today, across the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) complex, millions of gallons of liquid radioactive waste are being processed.  Thousands of tons of spent nuclear fuel and special nuclear material are being disposed.  Huge quantities of contaminated soil and water are being remediated.  And thousands of excess facilities are being deactivated and demolished. 

In 2016, Ken and his team at UCOR completed demolition and cleanup of the gaseous diffusion facilities at the East Tennessee Technology Park in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. This was a historic moment for a community that carved its place in history during World War II and the Cold War. It marked the first time in the world that all of a site’s uranium enrichment process buildings were removed anywhere, eliminating environmental hazards and paving the way for future economic development.

I am certain you will be informed and impressed as Ken recounts the hazardous work that has been accomplished at Oak Ridge safely, under budget and ahead of schedule. It is the kind of transformative story that can inspire us all.  See you in San Francisco!