November CEP Preview

This month, CEP takes a close look at vaccines, from basic approaches for vaccine creation to safety and manufacturing.

Strengthening Your Local Section

November 09, 2011. By Alessandra Carreon
For anyone interested in getting involved with his or her local section (LS), or for those currently leading or interested in leading a LS, the AIChE Local Sections Committee (LSC) is for you! The LSC provides resources and support to sections across AIChE borders and serves as a clearinghouse for information and contacts.

The Future of Glass

November 08, 2011. By Douglas B. Clark
The engineers and scientists at Corning envision a brilliant future with extraordinary uses for glass, and some may surprise you. Check out the video at right and read the interview with Dr. Peter Bocko, chief technology officer, Corning Glass Technologies.

Forward Osmosis Pilot Plant for Seawater Desalination

November 07, 2011. By Martin Bergstedt
Forward osmosis offsets some of the high costs of reverse osmosis, but large-scale systems necessarily introduce one or more additional unit ops to recover the extracted water from the draw solution utilized. Young Kim of the Korea Institue of Machinery and Materials (KIMM) discussed her work on a forward osmosis pilot plant.

Career Day at Chem Show

November 03, 2011. By Ogo Ugeh
As part of support activities for students and young professionals, the Metro New York local section organized a Career Day on November 1, 2011. It took place in tandem with AIChE's Northeast Regional Conference at the Chem Show.

Keynote speaker, Anthony Fasano spoke on the major elements involved in creating an extraordinary engineering career.

Produced Water Treatment with Ceramic Membranes

November 02, 2011. By Martin Bergstedt
The volume and complexity of produced water (PW) generated in the oil and gas extraction industry provides a significant separations and treatment challenge. Because of its source, PW is contaminated with hydrocarbons and inorganic leachates from the rock strata where the well is drilled. Bruce Bishop of Veolia Water presented the results of ceramic membrane systems trials in different process environments.

Moringa Oleifera Seeds for Water Treatment in Water-Stressed Areas

October 31, 2011. By Martin Bergstedt
The challenge of improving water quality in water-stressed areas of the world may have a natural champion in the Moringa oleifera tree. More specifically, a particular protein found in the meal of dried and ground M. oleifera seeds, when adsorbed onto sand, has shown some excellent preliminary results in removing total suspended solids (TSS) and in killing coliform bacteria.