To kick off the 2019 New Year, we’ll reflect on a few lessons, still relevant today, from technological progress in the past. Like us, our forbearers faced political, social, and economic challenges...
The ideas of process intensification and modular chemical processes offer the promise of fundamentally changing the way the process industries operate – from the types of equipment employed to the...
Flameless Oxidation (FLOX) is a combustion method which was invented and developed 30 years ago in Renningen, Germany. In this presentation Sebastian provides an overview of the fundamental working...
Four finalists were selected to give short 10 minute slide presentations on their summer internships. The students interned at Assured Flow Solutions, Abbot India Ltd., Cornerstone Chemical Company,...
Atomically Precise Manufacturing (APM) refers to the newly emerging capabilities to produce materials and devices that are virtually defect-free. Approaches include new methods for atomically precise...
In this webinar, the use of numerical modeling of reactors and other process equipment using the Chemical Reaction and the CFD Modules is described. Mathematical modeling is a powerful tool for...
Mr. Khan spoke about the power of big data analytics. He gave examples of how the Dynamic Risk Analyzer ™ has supported improved maintenance, process safety, production and operations excellence.
Heavy refinery liquids such as fuel oil no. 6 and liquid asphalt are generally stored in heated tanks because at ambient temperatures they are too viscous to be pumpable. Studies have suggested that...
Petrochemical plants and refineries both process hydrocarbon derived materials. Refineries focus on fuels production. Refinery products include LPG (liquefied petroleum gas), gasoline (petrol),...
September`s webinar features Student Co-op and Internship Presentation Competition. Three selected finalists speak on a variety of experiences on projects covering: Finding optimal parameters for...
Seawater desalination technologies are less common in the United States for providing municipal potable water than in other places around the world for a number of reasons, including: high capital...
Discussing the practice of smart manufacturing and integrated operations and information technology (OT/IT) systems. Smart Manufacturing (SM) is the technology practice of applying advanced sensors,...
An overview of CCPS and its journey to achieve its mission of reducing process safety incidents in industry and academia. It will highlight what it means to achieve process safety excellence. It will...
If you think that Legionella won’t affect you – think again. As recent outbreaks have shown, Legionella bacteria shows up in a lot of places like industrial facilities, cooling towers,...
The March meeting of Virtual Local Section featured simultaneous face-to-face and online presentations. The meeting will be hosted at and broadcasted to online attendees from the AIChE Spring meeting...
This is a presentation on mixing and continuously stirred tank reactors (CSTR). Three radically simplifying ChE assumptions are that gasses are ideal, processes run at steady state, and stirred tanks...
This Webinar provides a behind-the scenes tour of the transformational initiative described on the website www.altsep.org . Rooted in a collaborative partnership between the American Chemical Society...
Based on her experiences as a leader in GlaxoSmithKline's programs for early-career technical talent development, Dr. Jimenez-Gonzalez will present "do's and don'ts" for early-...
Neil Yeoman speaks to the VLS about his experience working to help educate the general public about scientific issues that cross over to the political arena.
Daniel Sujo and Experience Nduagu speak about their experiences immigrating for work, and share advice for those both working abroad or who have teammates from other countries.
Vice Admiral Joseph Dyer, USN (ret) speaks to the VLS about creating successful programs. He will provide insight on his view that programs – be they fighter planes, pharmaceutical production...
John P. O'Connell tells of this history and criteria of the AIChE Fellow membership class, and hosts a panel of Fellows to speak about becoming a Fellow.
Dow Chemical was founded in 1897 by Herbert Henry Dow. Learn about the history of this chemical giant as it grows and merges into the top company it remains more than 100 years later, and hear some...
