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Dana Pierik

Dana Pierik

Senior Project Manager & Mechanical Engineer, Sargent & Lundy

Ms. Pierik is a highly experienced professional with over 20 years in engineering, flight control, and project management. Since joining Sargent & Lundy in 2013, she has become a key leader in the development and integration of advanced environmental control systems. With an additional 10 years of engineering and management experience at NASA, she brings a unique blend of technical expertise and strategic oversight to her projects.

Ms. Pierik specializes in environmental control system retrofits and Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) studies, focusing on a wide range of technologies including Flue Gas Desulfurization (FGD), Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR), Selective Non-Catalytic Reduction (SNCR), and Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS). She has successfully managed and overseen the integration of CCUS technologies into power plants, cement plants, and steam-assisted gravity drainage plants across North America.

Her role extends to managing multidisciplinary teams, aligning client needs with technology providers, equipment vendors, and internal teams. Ms. Pierik is also involved in process development and the integration of balance of plant designs for multiple CCUS technologies.

To date, Ms. Pierik has served as the project manager for 11 CCUS projects, ranging from feasibility and FEED studies to detailed design and construction, including the MTR Large Pilot. Her extensive experience, leadership, and technical insight make her a sought-after expert in the field of environmental engineering and CCUS project management.

Sessions

20-Jan-2026

02:15 PM – 03:00 PM

Scaling Carbon Capture: Lessons from the World’s Largest Membrane Pilot

"This is my first year at POWERGEN and so far I can just say, wow, this event is huge. I never thought I would have access to so many different vendors and so many different experts in the energy industry by coming to an event like this."

Caitlyn Watkins

Cleco

"It's my first time at POWERGEN. I'm having a great time walking around and seeing all of the booths in the exhibit hall and everything that everybody's trying to sell me, as well as a lot of very useful technical presentations. My particular favorite has been the carbon capture track, but they've all been good that I've attended so far."

Janelle Dana

Entergy

"Hi, I’m Chad Lemoine with Entergy... here as a corrective actions program specialist. It’s my first time at POWERGEN, so it’s been great for networking. I’ve met personnel at our plants I’d only talked to on the phone, so that face-to-face interaction has been really good. I’ve enjoyed meeting new people, learning about what they do, and how it interacts with my work... Overall, it's been a really good time."

Chad Lemoine

Entergy

"I think my favorite part of the conference has been essentially the Smarter Power Plant Track. There's been a lot of good [takeaways] for us because our plans are quite old, so there's a lot of manual readings and things, but me being the IT generation, I think it could be done better. So having a lot of these [takeaways] from companies who have [accomplished what] we are wanting to do is great. It's been really eye opening networking with all of the exhibitors [as well]. It's my first time here, but I don’t think it's going to be my last."

Jonathan Hellborg

Svensk Kraftreserv

“Nel’s chosen to sponsor and be part of POWERGEN because it's one of the more important shows in the hydrogen market, also the power generation market in general. Over the years, we've seen a shift in POWERGEN from more traditional power generation to a greater presence with renewables, and now with hydrogen, as an energy source, moving into the future.”

Chris Van Name

Nel Hydrogen

“We're here today at the conference because I believe this is the largest power generation conference there is in the country. One, it's a way to get our name out and that's why we're sponsoring it. But two, it's also a great way to connect with other groups, other organizations and, you know, meet the people who are actually important for our own progression as a company.”

James Walker

Nano Nuclear Energy, Inc

“We come to POWERGEN every year because it's a great show you can make great contacts in the renewable space, great contacts in the data center space, great contacts in the commercial industrial space. So that's why we're here every year. You should be here too.”

David D’Escoto

Maddox Industrial Transformer