The October issue of CEP Magazine looks at wastewater treatment technologies, using automation in pharmaceutical production, the reduction of compressed air costs, and more.

Interview with the Coki Racing Team of the University of Puerto Rico - ChemE Car - at the 2011 AIChE Student Conference.
Entrevista con Coki Racing Team de la Universidad de Puerto Rico - Carro Quimico - en el 2011 AIChE Conferencia Estudiantil.

The 2011 Institute and Board of Directors' Awards Ceremony has commenced at the Minneapolis Convention Center. These are AIChE's most prestigious awards, honoring eminent chemical engineers for career accomplishments, service to society, and service to the Institute.

Billy Novak and I spoke about personal finance at this year's AIChE Student Conference. Following are a few financial basics and some tips to help students better plan their financial future.

Months of hard work all came down to two short runs this afternoon for competitors and their Chem-E-Cars. The University of Puerto Rico's team took home the top prize for the winning car this year. Check out the slideshow below, and also see other prizes and stats for all competitors' cars.

It's time to acknowledge notable achievements of chemical engineering students during 2010. There are a variety of accolades presented at this ceremony including awards, scholarships, and competition winners. They include:

Yesterday during the Chem-E-Car inspection, We interviewed the Monterrey Tech Team about their 2011 Chem-E-Car, Hydrogen Shot.

We interviewed the University of Minnesota Team about their 2011 Chem-E-Car, The Think Tank. University of Minnesota is this year's Annual Student Conference hosts in Minneapolis You can watch the interview below.

Yesterday during the Chem-E-Car inspection, we had an opportunity to visit with and interview a few teams participating in the 2011 Chem-E-Car Competition. First, we interviewed Carnegie Mellon University, next year's Annual Student Conference hosts,

Minneapolis, the City of Lakes, is a great location for the Annual Student Conference and the Annual Meeting for AIChE. Why? Well, not only is Minneapolis one of the top 10 greenest cities but is also the home of 3M and General Mills, and the origin of the commercial flour industry in the United States.

At 10am this morning more than 1,100 chemical engineering students were greeted by AIChE President Maria Burka, Student Chapters Committee Chair Chris Williams, ESC Chair David Monteiro, and Chem-E-Car Committee Member Skip Rochefort to kick off the 2011 Student Conference Welcome Ceremony in Minneapolis.

This year's AIChE Annual Meeting promises to be huge with a multitude of fantastic events happening at once. ChEnected plans to be on location, but we can't catch everything. That's why we're asking 2011 AIChE Annual attendees to upload their meeting videos on YouTube as response to this video.

The 2011 National Chem-E-Car Competition takes place at the Annual Student Conference in Minneapolis this Sunday. Check out the complete list of competitors here.

Molycorp Minerals announced last week that it has found significant ore deposits containing heavy rare earth elements at its mine in Mountain Pass, CA. It also announced expectations of production in two years.