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How does an inventor, company or organization gain the most value from its innovations and new technologies?
Innovation is often cited as a “crucial determinant of competitiveness and national progress.” For example, innovation has been shown to stimulate employment. The number of new patent applications filed has long been used as […]
Biomass is a renewable fuel that can be used to produce energy and reduce operating costs. For the CPI, it can also be used to produce chemicals. An added benefit is that use of biomass for fuel is considered carbon neutral.
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Greetings from Mid Michigan! And welcome to my inaugural blog entry. To specialize or not to specialize? This is a question many young professionals ponder. Some in academia have mulled over this issue. I recently came across a 2008 working paper from Professor Ofer […]
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The winning run of the UMaine ChemE Car Blue Team at the 2009 Northeast Regional AIChE ChemE Car Competition. The car came in first place with an offset of less than 2 inches from the 70-foot target distance.
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The chronicles of the ASU Chem E Cars 2009. Disclaimer: The video is in NO WAY attempting to mock the dangerous events that occurred. Only after the fact was it apparent the seriousness of the ‘explosion’ that occurred on the car. Luckily, no one was injured and a full investigation […]
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Chem-E Car from Cal Poly Pomona competing at the AICHE Regional Conference at UC Davis on Saturday, April 3-4th. Team members include Paul Tanious, Dustin Veazey, Theresa Claveria, Steven Murray, Jackie Elin, and Carlos Pacheco. Faculty advisors are Prof. Chris L. Caenepeel and Dr. Thuan Nguyen.
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Watch AIChE members at the Fall 2008 meeting talk about why they members of AIChE (member benefits) and the conference.
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Dr. Sunita Satyapal is director of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Fuel Cell Technologies Program within the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. She is responsible for the program’s overall strategy and execution covering both hydrogen and fuel cell technologies, including oversight and coordination of approximately $100 million in research, development, demonstration and deployment activities.
CEP editor Emily Frangenberg had a chance to sit down with Dr. Satyapal at AIChE's 2013 Spring Meeting to discuss her work at the US Department of Energy. You can watch the interview in the video panel at right.
Dr. Sunita Satyapal's talk was titled "Progress and Challenges in Emerging Clean Energy Technology: A Case Study in Hydrogen and Fuel Cells from the U.S. Department of Energy." See Abstract.
