Manufacturing USA brings together industry, academia, and government partners to increase U.S. manufacturing competitiveness. Each institute is a public-private partnership that focuses on promoting robust and sustainable manufacturing research and development in a specific advanced...
One of the very latest screencasts from LearnChemE discusses the PID family of controllers, what they do, and how they work. The tutorial covers P-only, I-only, PI, D-only and PID.
Harmonization of Standards for the safe design, operation, and maintenance of equipment streamlines practices, eliminates redundancy, and cooperatively addresses emerging issues.
With the recent rapid changes in our global environment, it is no longer sufficient for chemical engineering to produce only mature bulk chemical products and intermediates. Instead, advanced chemical product/process manufacturing is called for to develop innovative, sustainable,...
This column defines resilience as it applies to industry and infrastructure, and explains the importance of resilient design in the face of unforeseen changes.
Responsible Collaboration is a cooperative relationship among regulatory and investigative authorities, labor organizations, communities, research institutions, universities, and industries
In U.S. patent law, the Doctrine of Equivalents allows a patent owner to claim infringement by a product or process that is outside the scope of the patent claims but close enough to be considered an equivalent. To qualify as an equivalent, however, the product or process that is accused of...
Desalination has many benefits as well as flaws. It provides clean water for people, but in the process of converting sea water to drinkable water, produces a toxic brine that is sent back into the ocean where it hurts marine life. Energy is also a concern since desalination uses 15,000...
