Read how one chemical engineer applies the same goal-setting from marathon training to her daily work life.
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January 30th, 2013
Management Case Study – Southeast Asia Offshore Oil Drilling Problem
By Nemoy Rau | Comments (0)Ready for some real-world problem-solving? This case study introduces a real engineering scenario in which a company needs help increasing production in the Pacific. Are you up for the challenge?
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January 29th, 2013
Is the Shape of the Solar Future about to Change?
By Kent Harrington | Comments (1)The gale-force storm of internet Hype is starting to clog bandwidh so badly that LOLCats addicts are starting to complain. V3Solar, a Southern California startup, says that it has invented and is now commercializing the first major change to flat panel PV technology in decades – and calling it the V3 […]
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January 28th, 2013
Career Coach Lisa Silvershein on Managing Career Transitions
By Loraine Kasprzak | Comments (0)Thinking about a career transition? CEP’s Loraine Kasprzak sat down with career coach Lisa Silvershein for some advice on getting the most from a career transition.
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January 25th, 2013
Capturing CO2 Directly from the Air on an Industrial Scale
By Kent Harrington | Comments (4)David Keith, Harvard professor of applied physics, thinks he’s developed a way of capturing CO2 directly from the atmosphere, and, as he says, it’s practically a way to “print money.”
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January 24th, 2013
Data Reveals First Civilian All-Biofuel Flight Was a Success
By Kent Harrington | Comments (0)The results on the first all-civilian biofuel flight are in: a 50% reduction in aerosol emissions compared to jet fuel, and a significant drop in black carbon emissions, with 1.5 % better fuel consumption.
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January 23rd, 2013
Immune Cells Engineered to Resist HIV
By Douglas Clark | Comments (0)Researchers at Stanford have devised a new way of engineering key cells of the immune system to resist HIV, according to a report issued yesterday by the university.
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January 22nd, 2013
Biohacking: Should Biotechnology Be Available to the Masses?
By admin | Comments (0)Biologist Ellen Jorgensen wonders, “We have personal computing, why not personal biotech?” So she and her colleagues decided to opened Genspace, a nonprofit DIYbio lab in Brooklyn devoted to citizen science, where amateurs can go and tinker with biotechnology.
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January 21st, 2013
Women in Chemical Technology:
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Women in Chemical Technology:
Lisa Houston, Director of Applications Engineering at PAC
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In her audio interview, Lisa Houston shares the story of her career and how it began. She also explains how she realized she didn’t need a PhD to enjoy an enriching and fulfilling career.
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January 18th, 2013
Growing Solar Vegetables in the Australian Outback
By Kent Harrington | Comments (0)Using solar energy to grow food appears to be an emerging micro-trend. Check out what Australians are putting brackish water and sunlight to use in the Outback.
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