Selda Gunsel is a Turkish-American

chemical engineer In the field of engineering, a chemical engineer is a professional, equipped with the knowledge of chemical engineering, who works principally in the chemical industry to convert basic raw materials into a variety of products and deals with the ...

. She is currently President of Shell Global Solutions and Vice President (VP) for Global Commercial Technology at

Royal Dutch Shell Shell plc is a British multinational oil and gas company headquartered in London, England. Shell is a public limited company with a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and secondary listings on Euronext Amsterdam and the New ...

Education

She received her

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Chemical Engineering Chemical engineering is an engineering field which deals with the study of operation and design of chemical plants as well as methods of improving production. Chemical engineers develop economical commercial processes to convert raw materials in ...

from

Istanbul Technical University Istanbul Technical University ( tr, İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi, commonly referred to as ITU or The Technical University) is an international technical university located in Istanbul, Turkey. It is the world's third-oldest technical universit ...

and an MSc and

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in Chemical Engineering from

Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State or PSU) is a public state-related land-grant research university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsylvania. Founded in 1855 as the Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania, Penn State becam ...

Research and career

She joined

Pennzoil Pennzoil is an American motor oil brand currently owned by Shell plc. The former Pennzoil Company had been established in 1913 in Pennsylvania, being active in business as an independent firm until it was acquired by Shell in 2002, becoming a bra ...

as a research scientist in 1986. While at Pennzoil, she undertook several sabbatical assignments in the Tribology Group at

Imperial College London Imperial College London (legally Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom. Its history began with Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria, who developed his vision for a ...

to work with Professor Hugh Spikes. During this time she published several papers on antiwear and viscosity modifier lubricant additives. In 2000, she was appointed VP for Technology Development and Innovation at

. She moved to Shell in 2002, and has fulfilled a number of roles including; VP of Fuels and Engine Vehicle Technology, General Manager (GM) of Global Products & Quality, GM of Lubricants Technology Americas and GM of Global Strategic R&D. She was appointed to her current role as VP for Global Commercial Technology in 2017. She has served as both the President of the

Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers The Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE) is an American non-profit technical society for the tribology and lubrication engineering sectors worldwide. Its offices are in Park Ridge, Illinois. Established in 1944 as the Americ ...

(STLE) and as the Chairman of the

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(SAE) Lubricants Research Award Board. In 2013, she was made an

Honorary Professor Honorary titles (professor, reader, lecturer) in academia may be conferred on persons in recognition of contributions by a non-employee or by an employee beyond regular duties. This practice primarily exists in the UK and Germany, as well as in m ...

at the State Key Laboratory of Tribology (SKLT) at Beijing's

Tsinghua University Tsinghua University (; abbr. THU) is a national public research university in Beijing, China. The university is funded by the Ministry of Education. The university is a member of the C9 League, Double First Class University Plan, Projec ...

. She is a Fellow of the STLE and was awarded the STLE International Award in 2015. Gunsel was elected as a Member of the US

National Academy of Engineering The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) is an American nonprofit, non-governmental organization. The National Academy of Engineering is part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, along with the National Academy of ...

in 2017 for leadership in developing and manufacturing advanced fuels and lubricants to meet growing global energy demand while reducing emissions.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gunsel, Selda Living people American people of Turkish descent Year of birth missing (living people) Penn State College of Engineering alumni American mechanical engineers American women engineers Members of the United States National Academy of Engineering Tribologists 21st-century American women