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According to The Economist, two Canadian engineers have developed a new way to use the sun to heat water for desalination:
Existing desalination plants work in one of two ways. Some distill seawater by heating it up to evaporate part of it. They then condense the vapor — a process that […]
According to a United States Department of Labor (DOL) 2008 survey, the highest paid chemical engineers lived in Idaho.
Yes, Idaho. You may ask yourself, “How can this be? Don’t potatoes grow themselves?” Well I’m not going to answer that question, you and I both know that potatoes come from the […]
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Are you a technical person interested in improving your ability to present expert testimony (in or out of a courtroom)?
If you’re presenting testimony for the first time or you’ve had a bad experience you’d like to learn from, these are skills worth acquiring. Presenting good and effective expert testimony is […]
Read the rest of this entry »As a society, we come up with so many labels to stick ourselves in. Sometimes that gets a bit frustrating because we might fit into a certain category from an age or gender standpoint but it doesn’t mean we relate to it. So take a moment, and tell us “What […]
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Take a look at this great cartoon from the New Yorker and then tell us…
As a ChemE, have you ever passed the buck to marketing? Come on, be honest!
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The Trophy Kids Grow Up: How the Millennial Generation Is Shaking Up the Workplace
Bridging the Generation Gap
9 Effective Ways to Manage Younger Workers: Effectively Manage Generation Y Employees
Managing Millennials: Seven Approaches to Success
These are just some of the titles of the […]
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U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu recently announced that $100 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding will be made available to accelerate innovation in green technology, increase America’s competitiveness, and create new jobs. Chu states:
“This is about unleashing the American […]
The AIChE Annual Meeting is the premier educational forum for chemical engineers interested in innovation and professional growth. A wide range of subjects relevant to latest research and newest technologies in emerging growth areas will be covered.
Highlights of the 2010 meeting will include:
62nd Institute Lecture
Professional Progress Award Lecture
SBE’S James E. […]
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The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is taking a fresh look at regulatory policies to integrate the rapidly increasing number of variable energy resources (VERs) into the nation’s power grid in the most efficient and nondiscriminatory manner while maintaining power system reliability.
In January, the FERC issued a Notice of […]
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What would happen if by the year 2060 75% of drivers in the greater Los Angeles area have hydrogen fuel cell vehicles that emit only water vapor, greenhouse gas emissions are more than 60% lower than in 2009, and levels of […]
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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.
