Speaking at AIChE's Mid-Michigan Section's Spring Banquet, Rich Wells of Dow urged engineers to get involved in the political process. He said that engineers, being innovative, analytical, and long-term thinkers, can help positively influence politicians whose decision-making may too often be influenced by perceptions rather than by expert knowledge.
The Dow Solutionists in School program was created to spark innovation in students. Check out what Dow is doing to fuel interest in chemistry and the sciences.
Startup Boulder Ionics says it has the solution to high-efficiency and cost-effective battery electrolytes that could reduce a car's starter battery to the size of a flashlight battery.
The inefficiencies of previous generation solar cells are rapidly becoming a thing of the past. In collaboration with the UCLA California NanoSystems Institute and Sumitomo Chemical of Japan, researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have created a “tandem” solar cell that increases efficiency to a certified 10.6% by capturing energy in multiple spectra.
GASFRAC's technology uses a propane gel which is pumped into the shale, but unlike water, the gel reverts to vapor along with the natural gas. Could this technique ease some of the environmental debates surrounding fracking? Read on to learn more about how its already being used.
Arun Majumdar, ARPA-E's Director, gave the Keynote speech at the third annual ARPA-E
AIChE held its 2012 Pacific Northwest Student Regional Conference at the University of Idaho (U of I) in Moscow the weekend of Friday, April 27. The event included a student paper competition and a regional ChemE Car competition, among other activities.
In this TEDx Talk, Spitz talks about the renaissance in U.S. manufacturing and the role chemical engineers play it in.
Smart bet, or risky move? Low natural gas prices have been good for Dow Chemical, but some analysts wonder if the boom will lead to an eventual sales bust.
Chemical engineering students from the University of Washington and the University of Idaho competed in the ChemE-car competition at the AIChE Pacific Northwest Regional Student Conference in Moscow, ID, on Saturday, April 28, 2012. Read on for photos and videos.
This summer, AIChE is launching a new program to empower young professionals to affect the direction of the chemical engineering profession. It will provide opportunities in advocacy/policy work, service projects in the developing world, outreach, and more. Read on for more details.
The hotel I am staying at in Thailand started a hydroponic garden, turning a previously unused area into productive one. While being "green" is among their objectives, this project is also a real measure of their operational philosophy of supplying quality products in a natural way.
During AIChE’s Spring Meeting in Houston, TX, eight meeting attendees visited Booker T. Washington High School to speak with students about chemical engineering. Booker T. Washington is a magnet school for the engineering professions in the Houston Independent School District.
With support of Petrobras, the 4th edition of CCPS Latin American Process Safety Conference will be held in Rio de Janeiro, July 3-5, 2012 with "Operational Discipline – Focusing on the Fundamental" as the theme.
Honeywell recently unveiled a new technology that could have far-reaching effects beyond the $150 billion plastics industry: a commercially viable one-step process to convert methane into ethylene, one of plastic's über building blocks.
AIChE prides itself on being a one-stop resource for the developing chemical engineer - read on to find out why!
