Leaders of the Rapid Advancement in Process Intensification Deployment (RAPID) Manufacturing Institute have identified five new projects that align with RAPID’s research focus areas.
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has opened a funding opportunity for high-impact projects that support the nation’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Funding will be awarded to eligible Manufacturing USA® institutes, a network of 14 public-...
RAPID member Compact Membrane Systems, Inc. (CMS) has recently announced that they are engaged in the establishment of a joint development agreement with Braskem America, Inc., the leading producer of polyolefins in the Americas, for a pilot-scale demonstration of CMS' proprietary Optiperm™ olefin/...
The March 2020 issue of Chemical Engineering Progress (CEP) will be featuring a special section on process intensification. This section includes a forward by RAPID CEO Bill Grieco as well as the following articles: The Principles and Domains of Process Intensification by Andrzej Stankiewicz, Deflt...
In 2019, 26 students from a diverse set of RAPID member organizations participated in the RAPID Intern Program. Edmund Sam-Gyandoh completed the program in the fall and, in this first of many more, intern spotlights, introduces himself, discusses his technical project work, and describes how the...
RAPID is pleased to announce the release of our Fall 2019 call for research and development (R&D) proposals. R&D project proposals are sought that address scientific knowledge and technology gaps in the areas of process intensification (PI) and modular process technology and that advance...
2018 was a year of intense activity for the RAPID Manufacturing Institute marked by the achievement of key milestones such as executing and completing all agreements for projects awarded during RAPID's first call for projects (2017), receiving Governing Board approval for our Sustainability Plan...
