Dr. Santiago Faucher
Global Director of Technology Development
Hatch

To an outside observer un-familiar with chemical engineering, the grand-scale of a smelter’s reactors appears un-related to the design of nano-materials. Yet one cannot function without the other; were it not for the macro-molecular additives used to float ores, smelters would not have their feed. In both areas, fundamental principles of chemical engineering are at play. They are used by the chemical engineering apprentice to develop, design, run, control, and optimize materials and processes. Chemical engineering thus offers its practitioners the potential for a varied and exciting career. As evidence, and as a basis for discussion, Dr. Santiago Faucher will present his own experiences to date that have spanned the fields of extractive processing and xerographic printing.

Dr. Santiago Faucher, P.Eng., MCIC, MAIChE, is Global Director of Technology Development at Hatch, an Adjunct Professor at McMaster University, winner of the 2013 Syncrude Canada Innovation Award, and Past President of the CSChE. At Hatch, Santiago develops technologies to solve client challenges in collaboration with 9,000 professional staff, research and governmental institutions, venture capitalists, partners, entrepreneurs and clients. Santiago received his B.Sc. from Queen’s in 1996 and Ph.D. from McMaster in 2007. From 1996 to 2002 he engineered and commissioning metallurgical plants in the Americas and Asia for Hatch’s clients. From 2007 to 2012, he developed advanced materials and processes for Xerox. Santiago is author of 17 scientific journal articles and inventor on 58 US patents and patent applications.