Brazil's energy sector is booming and investors have recently moved billions of dollars into advanced, sustainable biofuels, changing the country profoundly. Now the country desperately needs young scientific talent.
This week we were introduced to this Lady Gaga parody, thanks to the people at NPR's Science Friday and Talking Science. According to Talking Science, the star of the video is Josephine Coburn, a freshman from from UC Berkeley. As Lady Gallium, she transforms Lady Gaga's song "Telephone" into a great lesson on genetics, titled "Chromosome."
It all began in 1951 when the National Society of Professional Engineers declared the third week of February National Engineers Week. This year, the 60th Annual National Engineers Week falls on February 20–26.
Only a few weeks ago at the HMAS Albatross Navy base airstrip in Nowra, Australia, a student-designed and built solar car broke the record for the world's fastest solar-powered vehicle.
The Sunswift IV—nick-named "IVy" by the 60-member University of New South Wales team—crushed the previous 48 mph record by [...]
Process control has become increasingly important in the process industries as a consequence of global competition, rapidly changing economic conditions, faster product development, and more...
This webinar on Fluid Mechanics is organized into two parts. The first part—on “macroscopic” or relatively large-scale phenomena—discusses the basic concepts of mass, energy, and momentum balances at...
There’s no such thing as starting at the top for most people. Learn how some of today’s prominent chemical engineers got their start in the working world in this weekly series of personal profiles. This week, we feature AIChE president Maria K. Burka.