M. Sam Mannan (November 10, 1954 – September 11, 2018) was a Bangladeshi

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who was professor of

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. He was also the director of the Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center of the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station.

Early life and education

Mannan was born in

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, in 1954. He earned his bachelor's degree in 1978 from the

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology The Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology () commonly known by its acronym BUET, is a public technological research university in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh. Founded in 1876 as the Dacca Survey School and gaining univer ...

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. Then he went on to the

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, where he earned a master's degree (1983) and Ph.D. (1986) in

Professional life

After graduating in 1986, Mannan was hired as an assistant professor with the School of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at the University of Oklahoma. He remained at the University of Oklahoma until 1990, when he became the Division Director for RMT, Inc., a nationwide engineering services company. In 1994, he was appointed Vice President of RMT, Inc. With encouragement from his mentor

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, Mannan left industry in 1997 to accept the position of director of the Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center and associate professor at

. He was a registered professional engineer in the states of Texas and Louisiana and was a Certified Safety Professional.

External links

Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center

Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering

Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station

References

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