COLLEGE STATION, Texas, July 21, 2008 – M. Sam Mannan, holder of the T. Michael O’Connor I Chair in the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, and director of the Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center, will appear on a History Channel program Tuesday, July 22.
Mannan will be featured on “Mega Disasters: Toxic Cloud,” which will air at 9 p.m. CDT. The hour-long program will examine a mega-level disaster and then restage it using state-of-the-art computer animation.
Mannan, a nationally recognized authority on disaster mitigation and process safety, was interviewed about what industry, research and academia are doing to prevent such disasters from happening again.
The History Channel is broadcast on channel 269 on DirecTV, 120 on Dish Network, and channel 44 on Suddenlink (779 HD).
Established in 1995 by T. Michael O’Connor, the Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center is housed in the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering. Fueled by a mission of “making safety second nature,” the center conducts nationally recognized programs and research activities – as well as offers educational activities – that enhance safety in the process industries.
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