Sustainability & Environment

Four co-located conferences provided detailed looks at fast-moving areas, including food engineering, translational medicine, cell therapy and immunotherapy, and data analysis.

Take a look at captured carbon’s potential, including fuels, nanomaterials, and consumer goods, and consider how any of it might contribute to a climate change solution.

This issue, a spotlight on professional development, including getting recruiters' attention, building a career in science policy, discovering your career path, and more.

Walton is being honored for groundbreaking research on the understanding and control of hydrolytic and chemical stability of metal-organic frameworks, and for its transformative impact on industrial gas.

Dr. Jamal is being recognized for his contributions to industrial-academia partnership and technical research in the field of carbon capture and conversion to sustainable fuels and chemicals.

Lead process researcher Jun Shi talks about her work on ExxonMobil’s direct air capture pilot and looks at what’s ahead for DAC and other solutions that address climate change.

Understand the term environmental justice (EJ), its legal implications and impacts on operations, design, siting, business strategies, and project implementation.

Six main technical areas, effective education, and stakeholder collaboration are all key to helping chemical engineers face current and future challenges.

With the launch of the Sustainable Energy Corps (SEC), AIChE is taking a monumental stride towards revolutionizing global sustainability efforts.

Check out these ways to celebrate Earth Day 2024 through your AIChE membership and other opportunities.

Electric- and hydrogen-powered vehicles, as well as buses and heavy- and light-rail systems, all hold a part in making U.S. transportation more sustainable.

This issue, a new approach to distillation control education, ways to increase the sustainability of process plant projects, strategies for cybersecurity, and much more.

Taking steps to reduce the urban heat island (UHI) effect makes sense for both sustainability and quality of life. Learn more about the effect and what steps can be taken.

This issue, get tips to boost your career with publishing opportunities, learn methodologies for heat transfer design of agitated tanks, assess control systems’ cybersecurity risk, and much more.

Learn more about this year’s winners who represent a broad range of specialty areas and work in both academia and industry.

The Prime RO Team is being recognized for developing five families of the world’s most energy-efficient reverse osmosis membranes and elements that will reduce global CO2 equivalent emissions by 85,000 tons per year.  

This issue, a look at AI's potential for discovering new food proteins, tips on applying process safety principles to food processing, best practices for pressure transmitters, and much more.

The Hydrogen Economy Program was created to give participance both confidence and competence throughout the entire hydrogen supply chain.

The central role chemical engineers play in urban heating speaks to how integral chemical engineers are to community organization.

This issue, understand the risks of working with carbon dioxide, learn about the need for attorneys with chemical engineering backgrounds, read about high-recovery RO for water sustainability, and much more.

AIChE Credentials can be the competitive edge that helps you get your next promotion or new job, whether in process intensification, process safety, hydrogen, safety, sustainability, or other specialized chemical engineering areas.

Learn about the advantages modular process intensification made possible, including an overall capital efficiency gain of 66%.

Largely untapped renewable resources such as tidal energy, barrage systems, and geothermal energy might be the U.S.'s best chance for greater sustainability and energy independence.

This issue, a look at minimizing oil and gas flaring, tips for re-suspending settled solids in an agitated tank, risk-based methodologies for better asset integrity management, and more.

Hear what AIChE president Christine Grant has had on her list of goals, how those goals have become reality over the past year, and where things are headed for AIChE and chemical engineering.

Meet Andrew Berley of North Carolina State University and learn about his chemical engineering interests, activities, and academic achievements that led to receiving the John J. McKetta Undergraduate Scholarship.

Want to gain greater energy efficiency for chemical engineering processes, lower costs, and meet industrial decarbonization goals? The Process Intensification Credential can help you meet your goals.

This issue, a look at mega columns and their role in meeting carbon-neutral goals, considerations for keeping your facility safe from hackers, industry and Institute news, and more.

Check out ways you can do your part to support the planet’s well-being, both today in celebration of Earth Day and throughout the year.

Learn about how Uriel got into process engineering, and read about his experience in industry and the work he now does in academia, which includes research on removing heaving metals from water.

Hear from a principal scientist at Schrödinger about how modeling is changing product development, and also hear his take on the trends and influences shaping the future of food processing.

Dr. Shankar is being recognized for his contributions to industry-academia partnership and technical research in direct air capture and carbon utilization pathways to fuels and chemicals.

Join other chemical engineers on Twitter for a live chat about renewable natural gas on September 15 at 1PM EST by following our handle @CheEnected and the hashtag #AIChEchat. Anyone is welcome to join.

Chemical engineers often scale up processes, but there are times when numbering up a process could be more effective and economically beneficial.

The event will provide a special opportunity to learn from a variety of well-known national and international experts on sustainability science.

Scientist and CEO Ilham Kadri will discuss leadership and how she has led her company to take on the challenges of sustainability and safety.

Watch the winning videos explaining this year’s chemical engineering theme, The Circle of Life: Plastics Edition.

Check out this working demo and proof-of-concept for RAPID's ChemE Cube Competition for chemical engineering students.

Special digital issue takes in-depth look at climate through chemical engineering lens, covering observations, modeling, impacts of climate change, and potential solutions.

Jeffrey Sanders discusses areas of food engineering with potential for strong growth and talks about Schrödinger's role in advancing industry progress.

This issue: opportunities to control plastic waste, a look at design and operation considerations for distillation experiments, and much more.

A special section from the Society for Biological Engineering on microbiome engineering, along with tips for using flow additives, strategies for water management at hydrocarbon processing facilities, and more.

Current sustainability efforts often focus on a single issue, overlooking the effect on the larger system involved and thus undercutting the ability to achieve true sustainability. Learn about this and related issues that you can expect to learn more about at this year's ICOSSE.

A new super-white paint formulation can reflect 98% of solar radiation, which helps keep buildings cool and reduces energy consumption and expenses.

In addition to using it for the purification and desalination of drinking water, the membrane can also be used for the separation of gases and solvents.

Submit your relevant work, experiences, and opinions for a special publication commemorating the Environmental Division's 50th anniversary, and help shape the next 50 years.   

Celebrate Earth Day 2020 with interviews and resources focused on chemical engineers' efforts to improve the environment. 

Senior research scientist Mai Uibu tells us about her upcoming talk at ACEME 2020 and shares recommendations for visitors to Tallinn, Estonia. 

Antibacterial-resistant microbes can leave behind genetic matter that enables resistance in other bacteria, but a novel technique efficiently destroys it with nanomaterial and ultraviolet light.

A new and inexpensive catalyst makes it possible to generate hydrogen through water splitting, providing an effective means of storage for renewable energy.