Conferences & Events

ICOSSE 2013

August 11-15, 2013

ICOSSE ’13 will be organized on three key themes in sustainability—Water Sustainability and Innovative Technology, Sustainable Manufacturing, and Sustainable Energy.

Live Online Events

AIChE & A&WMA Web Forum: Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Implications of Shale Gas Development and Use

AIChE and A&WMA Web Forum
Live Wednesday, May 29, 2013, 2:00pm-3:30pm EDT
Dr. Garvin Heath, Michael Pring

This Web Forum takes a unique approach compared to other joint AIChE - AWMA Web Forums focused on emerging regulatory issues/compliance. It provides the latest research results regarding air quality implications of shale gas development, from speakers who are on the cutting-edge of understanding the characteristics of air emissions from shale gas.

Introduction to Knovel

Live Wednesday, June 19, 2013, 2:00pm-3:00pm EDT
Cindy Goerlitz

Knovel provides answers for chemical engineers and scientists across all disciplines and is used to find technical information, solve design problems, improve processes, and validate assumptions and much more.

An Insider’s View of the New Patent Laws

AIChE Webinar
Live Wednesday, June 26, 2013, 2:00pm-3:00pm EDT
Robert Stoll

Mr. Stoll explains how patentees can better protect their valuable patents and how challengers can advantage their positions in contesting competitors’ patents. He provides insights about the factors to evaluate when deciding whether to use the new Inter Partes Review procedures and the Post Grant Review procedures or to go to the courts instead.

Education

Instructor-led (classroom) Course

Gain a better understanding of pneumatic conveying problems and principles, allowing you to evaluate and troubleshoot your in-plant systems to determine effectiveness and improve efficiency.

Instructor-led (classroom) Course

This advanced course expands the knowledge & application of process hazard analysis beyond those presented in CH157 to show how order-of-magnitude scenario risk calculations can be extended to other uses.

CEP Magazine

CEP: Editorial - Don’t Miss Important Warning Signs

May
2013
Editorial
Cynthia Mascone
Process safety is on my mind for several reasons, including the recent explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant and this month’s On the Horizon article, “Improve Process Safety with Near-Miss Analysis,” by Ulku Oktem, Warren Seider, Masoud Soroush, and...

CEP Editorial: Help Grow AIChE’s Apprentice Program

April
2013
Editorial
Cynthia Mascone
If you are a young professional under the age of 35 and are willing to assume a leadership role in AIChE (on a project of your choice), the AIChE Foundation, through its Young Professionals Apprentice program (CEP, Sept. 2012, p. 72), will subsidize...

AIChE News

May 24, 2013

Meet Thang Ho, this month’s Featured YP, who is a graduate student of University of Pittsburgh working towards his PhD.

May 20, 2013

AIChE’s 2013 Awards Gala will be held on Thursday, November 21, in New York City. This year’s gala, which celebrates excellence in advancing engineering ethics, will honor David M. Cote, Chairman and CEO of Honeywell; David T. Seaton, Chairman and CEO of Fluor; and Stephen F. Angel, Chairman, President and CEO of Praxair.

May 9, 2013

View photos, video interviews, and blog posts related to the 2013 Spring Meeting & 9th GCPS.

May 9, 2013
The International Society for Water Solutions (ISWS), a new technological community of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, brought nearly 100 industry leaders and academic experts together here last week for an Industrial Water Use and Reuse Workshop from April 30 to May 2.