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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.
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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.
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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.
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Earlier this month oil man Riggs Eckelberry was not to be found at the Houston Offshore Technology Conference. Why? He had fracking on his mind, and more precisely, a technology that promises to resolve the issue of polluted fracking water.
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Are you a student or young professional interested in getting more involved in the industry and looking to explore career-building opportunities? If so, be sure to check out the third edition of the YP Newsletter.
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This month’s issue of CEP focuses on bio-based materials, looking at both the opportunities and challenges. You’ll also find in this issue a guide to intellectual property for ChE’s, updates on the latest news, and much more.
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Water scarcity is a global problem that can no longer be ignored. In the Middle East, while wealthy countries like Israel and Saudi Arabia constantly add new desalination plants to keep up with growing demand, poor countries like Yemen are on the verge of collapse as aquifers begin to run […]
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Chemical engineers collaborate to brainstorm new product ideas, solve technical problems, manage projects, and more. I’m writing a series of articles for Chemical Engineering Progress magazine on the online tools that ChemEs are using to collaborate. Share what tools you use!
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The Featured YP for May is Lane Daley. Learn more about her background, her advice to other young professionals, how she spends some of her spare time, and more.
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On location in Thailand, a look at how the food/fuel battle is affecting life. Read on for insights into the common practice of field burning and its detrimental effect on air quality, and about the struggle over whether to use crops for biofuel or cooking oil.
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The Featured YP for May is Lane Daley. Learn more about her background, her advice to other young professionals, and what she’d be doing if she hadn’t chosen to study chemical engineering. More
