ChEnected Posts by Andrew McUsic

Andrew McUsic

Andrew obtained his bachelors degree in bio engineering from Rice University, and later went to obtain his doctorate in the same field from University of Washington.

A Play-by-Play of the Chem-E-Car Competition at the Pacific Northwest Regional Student Conference

May 19, 2012. By Andrew McUsic

Chemical engineering students from the University of Washington and the University of Idaho competed in the ChemE-car competition at the AIChE Pacific Northwest Regional Student Conference in Moscow, ID, on Saturday, April 28, 2012. Read on for photos and videos.

You Got Your PhD, Now What? - Video Blog of the Annual Meeting's Best Non-Technical Session

October 20, 2011. By Andrew McUsic

Having a PhD does not mean you have to spend your whole career working in research. Experienced attendees discussed how they overcame the stereotype that PhDs are research workers and moved into leadership roles in industry. A Q&A session addressed career planning issues that new PhDs should consider when starting out in industry.

I captured some highlights of this session in the following videos:

SBE's Metabolic Engineering Symposium Showcases Science and Business of Bio-based Products

October 18, 2011. By Andrew McUsic

The Society for Biological Engineering (SBE) Symposium on “20 Years of Metabolic Engineering: Foundation of a Bio-Based Economy” celebrated the rapidly growing field of metabolic engineering in an exciting forum consisting of esteemed speakers from industry, government, and academia, followed by an open group discussion.

Featured Series

Excelling With Excel

BY ON July 28, 2010

Learn about custom functions using VBO, pivot tables, macros, indirect references and more.

How to Interpret Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams

BY ON August 24, 2010

With a bit of smoke, a few mirrors and a degree in hieroglyphics, anyone can learn to read a P&ID. Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams is a topic that can benefit process, project and design engineers, business developers, operators, safety, maintenance and even management.

Tools and Tips for Successful Management and Leadership

BY ON August 31, 2010

This Management and Leadership blog series is dedicated to the tools, approaches, and strategies that managers can use to promote the success of individuals and the team, and thus also the organization and themselves.

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