ChEnected Posts by Douglas B. Clark

Douglas B. Clark

Community Manager & Editor, ChEnected

AIChE

Douglas Clark is a copywriter and speechwriter with a healthy appetite for all things digital. He has more than 15 years' agency and independent experience in corporate and marketing communication, and his clients come from diverse industries, specializing in anything from financial products and toothpaste to software for the visualization of computational fluid dynamics data. Among his clients are Accenture, American Express, Coca-Cola, Colgate-Palmolive, Hewlett-Packard, and Panasonic.

Engineers Week 2021: Help Bring Engineering to K-12 Students

February 17, 2021. By Douglas B. Clark

Want to share your passion for chemical engineering or biological engineering with students? Volunteer for Engineers Week, or profit from other AIChE opportunities.

Video Tutorial: Using Excel Solver for Nonlinear Equations

January 06, 2021. By Douglas B. Clark

If you need help with nonlinear equations and want to use Excel Solver for the task, this tutorial is for you. Looking for tips and courses on other topics? Read on.

Chem-E-Car Founder Scott Fogler Honored as 2020 Distinguished Professor

October 20, 2020. By Douglas B. Clark

Scott Fogler, a long-time AIChE member and author of widely used chemical engineering textbooks, named Michigan Distinguished Professor

2020 Annual Meeting Technical Program Preview

October 20, 2020. By Douglas B. Clark

Get a quick preview of the diverse topical conferences taking place online at AIChE's first Virtual Annual Meeting November 16–20.

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020 Awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna

October 08, 2020. By Douglas B. Clark

Charpentier and Doudna are recognized for their revolutionary discovery of the CRISPR/Cas9 genetic scissors.

Find Online Learning to Fit Your Schedule and Budget

July 17, 2020. By Douglas B. Clark

If you're looking for online learning in chemical engineering, biological engineering, process safety, and other related fields, check out this post for tips on how to find the best fit—even if your budget is $0!   

Using Excel to Solve Chemical Engineering Problems

July 22, 2020. By Douglas B. Clark

Want to improve your Excel skills and boost your efficiency at work? Check out our popular spreadhseet series featuring six tips for using Excel to solve chemical engineering problems. 

Chemical Engineers' Catalyst Helps Turn Seawater into Fuel

July 16, 2020. By Douglas B. Clark

Low-cost catalyst is a major breakthrough, opening up possibility of producing fuel for naval ships at scale from seawater. 

New Super-white Paint Can Help Keep Buildings Cooler

July 10, 2020. By Douglas B. Clark

A new super-white paint formulation can reflect 98% of solar radiation, which helps keep buildings cool and reduces energy consumption and expenses.

What Can You Expect from a Virtual Conference?

June 19, 2020. By Douglas B. Clark

Get a preview of what you can expect from an AIChE virtual conference experience. Check out our tips to make the most of the experience, and share your ideas to shape future online events. 

Novel Ultrathin Nanosheets Remove Ions from Water

June 17, 2020. By Douglas B. Clark

In addition to using it for the purification and desalination of drinking water, the membrane can also be used for the separation of gases and solvents.

So, Loving Those Video Calls Yet?

May 11, 2020. By Douglas B. Clark

If you groaned at the thought of a meeting on Zoom, Skype, or a similar video call app, then read on because there's hope for a return to productivity and sanity with these tips for online meetings.

Smooth the Transition to the Home Office

March 31, 2020. By Douglas B. Clark

After 20 years of working from home, I've noticed that faulty communication is often the culprit when something goes wrong. Reassess your communication strengths and weaknesses to make working from home easier.   

Graphene-based Biosensor Provides Ultrasensitive DNA, RNA Detection

March 24, 2020. By Douglas B. Clark

New biosensor relying on deformed graphene makes it possible to detect just a few biomolecules in blood or serum.  

Nanotech Keeps Superbugs from Sharing Resistance

March 19, 2020. By Douglas B. Clark

Antibacterial-resistant microbes can leave behind genetic matter that enables resistance in other bacteria, but a novel technique efficiently destroys it with nanomaterial and ultraviolet light.

New Hydrogen Production Method Could Revolutionize Renewable Energy Storage

March 13, 2020. By Douglas B. Clark

A new and inexpensive catalyst makes it possible to generate hydrogen through water splitting, providing an effective means of storage for renewable energy.

Video Tutorial: Understanding the Purge Process

March 12, 2020. By Douglas B. Clark

Know how to solve a material balance problem for a system with a purge? Check out this chemical engineering tutorial.

New Catalyst Creates Useful Chemicals from Wastewater

March 11, 2020. By Douglas B. Clark

Chemical engineers have found an alternative to palladium catalysts in their work to remove agricultural runoff from water.

Featured Series

Interviews: 2014 Annual Meeting

BY ON November 16, 2014

Stay tuned to this series as AIChE publishes interviews with key speakers and award winners from the 2014 meeting.

The Second Phase of ChE Education

BY ON October 23, 2013

This series highlights the learning that new ChE professionals need that isn’t taught in school. They’ll describe the types of responsibilities they've had in their work to date, as well as the skills or expertise they needed or had to learn that go beyond what they learned as students. You’ll also hear from their mentor or a senior person offering their perspective on the skills or expertise that new professionals must learn.

Water Innovations

BY ON September 10, 2013

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