Why does overcast and cloudy Germany dominate European solar while sun-drenched Saudi Arabia lets this unlimited resource simply fall unused to the ground, squandered?
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December 27th, 2012
The Beautiful Nano Details of Our World
By Margot Berger | Comments (0)In this TEDTalk, Gary Greenberg, photographer and biomedical research, describes a unique point of view on the mirco and nano world around us.
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December 26th, 2012
BP Building New Houston Supercomputing Center
By Kent Harrington | Comments (2)British Petroleum is spending $100 million to replace its current data center with what it says will be the largest supercomputer for commercial research in the world. The company hopes the added computing power will bring with it a significant competitive advantage in the race for the globe’s newly discovered sources of gas and oil.
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December 24th, 2012
T. Boone Pickens Wants Truckers To Start Dumping Diesel
By Kent Harrington | Comments (3)T. Boone Pickens wants you to know that if that long-haul truck barreling along the freeway next to you seems quieter, no, your mind isn’t playing tricks on you. It’s a good bet the truck’s fueled by liquid natural gas, and you’ve just witnessed a small part of Pickens’ grand, over-arching energy plan.
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December 21st, 2012
Calling Cross Disciplinary Innovators: The Green Guy Wants You!
By Cory Jensen | Comments (4)Cross-disciplinary collaboration has the potential to solve many of the world’s great challenges, including some major environmental hurdles.
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December 21st, 2012
Cooking Tortillas With Solar Power in Mexico
By Kent Harrington | Comments (1)Under a blazing sun in Mexico’s central mountain range, locally made, dish-shaped, solar panels suck up the area’s intense light and beam 2000° heat into local kitchens.
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December 20th, 2012
Seizing the Future of ChE
By Phil Westmoreland | Comments (2)In this week’s final post in the series about a new Golden Age of ChE, Phil Westmoreland writes about our profession’s opportunities and challenges.
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December 20th, 2012
Taking a Drone on an Oil Pipeline Inspection Test Drive
By Kent Harrington | Comments (0)Watch a demonstration of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) conducted by BP to improve pipeline inspections in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska.
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December 19th, 2012
Women in Chemical Technology: Sarah Widder of the US Department of Energy
By Douglas Clark | Comments (0)Hear Sarah Widder, a research engineer at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), talk about her experiences in the profession and in the workplace.
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December 19th, 2012
Young Professionals Newsletter: Winter 2012
By Elizabeth J. H. Guenther | Comments (0)Are you a student or young professional? Are you interested in the benefits of AIChE Membership? Are you interested in learning more about the Young Professionals Committee and what it does within AIChE? If you answered yes to any of these questions be sure to check out this edition of the YP Newsletter!
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