This column is the first in a series that explores how AIChE is shaping the future of chemical engineering. Last year, the AIChE Board of Directors reimagined the Institute’s vision and mission statements and developed a new aspirational statement...
April
2020
At some point in your engineering career, you may face an ethical dilemma.
April
2020
▲ The mist separator system had a check valve and water seal in place to prevent reverse flow of air. During plant startup, the pulley of a double-lobe blower on a mist separator vent line suddenly broke while rotating, explosively expelling...
April
2020
Operations and Maintenance Isolation Gasket Ensures Reliable Joint Integrity The EVOLUTION fully coated isolation gasket offers high pressure ratings that ensure joint integrity and prevent leakage. The tight-sealing gasket uses a proprietary...
April
2020
AIChE Announces Candidates for 2020 Officer Election; Petition Candidate Filings Due May 22 AIChE’s Nominating Committee has announced the slate of candidates for president-elect, treasurer, and directors for 2020. In the July issue, CEP will...
April
2020
April is Citizen Science Month. Citizen science — i.e., the participation of non-scientists in collaborative scientific research — can have significant impacts on societal problems, including finding a treatment for COVID-19. Coronaviruses have a...
April
2020
Sourcing uncommon minerals needed to make common products just got much easier. A research team at the Center for Resource Recovery and Recycling (CR3), one of the four research centers within the Metal Processing Institute at Worcester Polytechnic...
April
2020
If you feel distracted and unproductive at work, your office may be partially to blame. Perhaps you work in an open office. Originally popularized by startups with little funding for cubicles or private offices, open offices are increasingly...
April
2020
Notice: AIChE is monitoring the development and impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) on our meetings and courses and is committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for attendees. The following events are on schedule as of March 17, though...
April
2020
A Question of Power: Electricity and the Wealth of Nations Robert Bryce, PublicAffairs, New York, NY, $24.95, 352 pages, Mar. 2020, ISBN: 978-1-610-39749-0 It is no longer guns, germs, and steel, but electricity that determines the fate of people...
