ChEnected Posts by Colby Kaimanu Tinsley

Colby Kaimanu Tinsley

Colby Kaimanu Tinsley, Assistant Editor, earned his BS in Chemical Engineering at Montana State University. After graduating in 2020, he worked as a process engineering and laboratory researcher before his passion for writing and publishing led him to his current role at CEP. Outside of work, he enjoys playing jazz saxophone, reading, and traveling.

AfroBioTech Conference Showcases Black Innovation

July 02, 2025. By Colby Kaimanu Tinsley

Nearly 125 attendees from academia, industry, and the public sector gathered to discuss work at the forefront of regenerative engineering, medical biotechnology, genomics and genetics, computational and systems biology, and more.

RAPID Releases Five eLearning Courses on Operator Training and Safety

June 24, 2025. By Colby Kaimanu Tinsley

An Engineering Pioneer: AIChE’s First Female Fellow

June 18, 2025. By Colby Kaimanu Tinsley

A fascination for science and a strong belief in her abilities propelled Patsy Chappelear into territory virtually unknown to women.

AIChE Annual Meeting’s Co-located Conferences Offer Specialized Insights into Dynamic Fields

January 21, 2025. By Colby Kaimanu Tinsley

Four co-located conferences provided detailed looks at fast-moving areas, including food engineering, translational medicine, cell therapy and immunotherapy, and data analysis.

What to Do with Captured Carbon

December 04, 2024. By Colby Kaimanu Tinsley

Take a look at captured carbon’s potential, including fuels, nanomaterials, and consumer goods, and consider how any of it might contribute to a climate change solution.

Lessons and Humor in the Universal Experiences of Engineers

7/7 in the series I Am a Chemical Engineer

October 15, 2024. By Colby Kaimanu Tinsley

Meet Ruha Tacey and learn how she's helping all kinds of engineers to find their way through school, into jobs, and through career quandaries.

Reimagining Industrial Spaces

July 31, 2024. By Colby Kaimanu Tinsley

Chemical engineers often work in remote and uninspiring business and industrial parks, but some architects and designers are re-imagining how these spaces can actually contribute to job satisfaction.

Powering Sustainable Transit in the U.S.

April 16, 2024. By Colby Kaimanu Tinsley

Electric- and hydrogen-powered vehicles, as well as buses and heavy- and light-rail systems, all hold a part in making U.S. transportation more sustainable.

The Thermodynamics of Good Cities

December 13, 2023. By Colby Kaimanu Tinsley

Taking steps to reduce the urban heat island (UHI) effect makes sense for both sustainability and quality of life. Learn more about the effect and what steps can be taken.

Sustainable Ways to Heat a City

July 19, 2023. By Colby Kaimanu Tinsley

The central role chemical engineers play in urban heating speaks to how integral chemical engineers are to community organization.

A Long Road to Yale

6/7 in the series I Am a Chemical Engineer

May 22, 2023. By Colby Kaimanu Tinsley

Arriving in the US at the age of 19 with little English, this young Latina relied on determination and hard work to earn a PhD in chemical engineering at Yale.

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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