Bench To Pilot Plant
The Original Lunkhead Idea
Mehdi Nafissi and Les McQuire organized the first "Bench To Pilot Plant"
Symposium in 1997.  It was a huge success and it has now become a
regular feature of the Chemistry Program in North Jersey.

Mehdi and Les went on to organize a similar session at a National ACS
meeting and since then Les organized another National "Bench To Pilot
Plant" at the National Meeting in San Diego.
Les with Mehdi Nafissi
(Co-founder of "Bench"), the
Section Chair (Anita Brandolini)
and the speakers at the first
Bench to Pilot Plant (1997)
Bench To Pilot Plant at National.
A capacity crowd on a Thursday afternoon!