Kent Harrington
Kent is a videographer and professional storyteller. He regularly blogs for AIChE on ChEnected. See his latest posts below. You can also follow Kent on twitter @harringtonkent.
ChEnected contributions
UMass ChemEs Invent Basic Tool Needed to Optimize Biofuel Production
During pyrolysis, when the intense temperatures inside a bioreactor break down wood, dismembering the large molecules, multiple reactions produce a cascade so complex that current computer models c
Free Rice Genome Database Will Speed Biofuel Research
Built on 24 known data sets, the first genome-scale model for predicting the functions of genes and gene networks in a grass species, called RiceNet, is expected to help speed the development of new advanced biofuels from Miscanthus and switchgrass.
Students Find Amazon Fungus That Binges on Petrochemical Junkfood
Each year 16 students sign up for the Yale rainforest lab, which features a two-week expedition during spring break, followed by intensive research analyzing hundreds of samples brought back from the headwaters of the Amazon. This year, one of the samples has shown potential for landfill cleanup, given its appetite for polyurethane.
Biofuels: ChemE Removes a Roadblock to Cheaper Algae Harvests
There has always been a roadblock in the way of algae's potential as an efficient biofuel: no economical method to harvest and remove the water. Until now.
DOE Approves New York City's Tidal Energy Project
After a successful five-year test trial, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) just
Free Renewable Energy App and U.S. Renewable Energy Atlas
The DOE's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) just released a tsunami of useful data – but one tool can help wade through some of it. NREL's new interactive geospatial app allows anyone to easily and accurately map potential renewable energy resources throughout the United States directly from a Web browser.
Shipping Industry Turns to Wind Power
Along with advances in materials science – providing the world's strongest rope – and new kinds of wind-propulsion technology (kites), we may be about to see a second golden age of wind-assisted shipping. Watch the video in the upper right window.
Bio-Energy Boom Creating ChE Jobs in New Mexico
Located in the heart of the revitalized oil-rich Permian Basin, just five miles from west Texas, dusty and dry H
Biochemical Engineering Innovator George Huber Announces Latest Breakthrough
Huber's research team can take wood, grasses, or any other renewable biomass and create five of the six petrochemicals that serve as the building blocks for the chemical industry. And he's just made another major breakthrough.