CEP Magazine

Chemical Engineering Progress (CEP) is AIChE's flagship publication.  This monthly magazine provides essential technical and professional information to practicing chemical engineers through their membership in AIChE.  SBE members receive the bi-annual BioSupplement, as special section to CEP that explores topics of interest to our members.  The most recent issue on Industrial Biotechnology was published in December 2007.  Articles include:

• Engineering Organs: Heart and Esophagus  by Buddy D. Ratner, University of Washington, Engineered BioMaterials (UWEB). The potential for tissue engineering to transform the practice of medicine is enormous. Chemical engineers will play important roles in this revolution.
• Bioprinting: Directed Tissue Self-Assembly  by Vladimir Mironov and Roger Markwald, Medical University of South Carolina and Vladimir Kasyanov, Riga Stradins University. Imagine eliminating patient waiting lists for organ transplants. Bioprinting holds the promise of making this happen, but, must research must be done first.
• Conducting Polymers: A Bridge Across the Bionic Interface by Gordon G. Wallace and Geoffrey M. Spinks, Intelligent Polymer, Research Institute, University of Wollongong. Inherently conducting polymers (ICPs) exhibit a variety of dynamic behaviors that make them an exciting platform for a new generation of bionic devices.