This month's special supplement on career management features four must-read articles: the results of AIChE's 2002 Salary and Employment survey, as well as articles on how chemical engineers are expanding the boundaries of the chemical engineering profession, the career path of one chemical engineer and how family considerations factored into her decisions, and a simple technique to let others know about your accomplishments and your worth.
August 2002Vol. 98, No. 8
This month's special supplement on career management features four must-read articles: the results of AIChE's 2002 Salary and Employment survey, as well as articles on how chemical engineers are expanding the boundaries of the chemical engineering profession, the career path of one chemical engineer and how family considerations factored into her decisions, and a simple technique to let others know about your accomplishments and your worth.
In This Issue
How Does Your $alary Stack Up?
The median salary among chemical engineers is $84,000, and annual raises are averaging 4.8%. Betty Feehan -
Expanding Horizons
Pursuing a wide variety of career options, chemical engineers continue to reinvent the profession. Irene Kim -
The Evolution of a Chemical Engineering Career
Follow this engineer's career path as she shares her thoughts on the transitions she has made and how family considerations factored into her career decisions. Corrine L. Kupstas -
Advance Your Career in 8 Words or Less
A short, simple and concise message can be an effective way to let others know about your accomplishments and your worth. Kate Wendleton -
Rigorously Size Relief Valves for Supercritical Fluids
Previously published methods can be tricky to apply and may lead to improperly sized valves. Here is a stepwise, detailed method that more-accurately determines the orifice area. Ryan Ouderkirk -
Develop an Effective Startup, Shutdown and Malfunction Plan
Follow these steps to prepare a plan that mitigates excess emissions of hazardous air pollutants. Chad Scott - Shishir Mohan -
Prepare for the Miscellaneous Organic NESHAP
Operators of batch chemical processes can take steps now to get ready for the forthcoming regulation. Kenneth Weiss - Toby Hanna -
Numerical Simulation of Reciprocating Pumps and Air-Operated Motors
Simulation can help to ensure proper design and performance. Checks can be made for possible problems such as cavitation, and the pump and system can be modified to prevent trouble. Stephen D. Able -
Engineering to Business: Optimizing Asset Utilization Through Process Engineering
Asset owners who integrate the process engineering, operations and business lifecycles of their facilities can improve return-on-capital by up to 4%. Use this virtual-asset model (VAM) to optimize your business assets. Pradeep Singh -
Analyzing APC Performance
To reap the most benefit from an advanced process control (APC) system, users need to know how to analyze and monitor the APC's performance.
Estimate the Capacity of Simple Batch Processes
Finding the throughput of a multiple-unit, multiple-step operation, even when it is relatively uncomplicated, is not always an easy matter. Several equations and graphical aids are provided to help determine yearly capacity. James L. Manganaro -
4 Steps to Managing Complex Development Programs
Construct a raodmap approach for successful completion of a complex project. James B. Ayers -