The Peltzman Effect is the name for the paradoxical result that rules and regulations meant to create a safer environment can lead to more risky behavior, which offsets the beneficial impact of the original regulation. From incautious drivers to inattentive employees, it can impact all our lives—and sometimes seriously.
This webinar explores the fundamentals of fluidization: how materials fluidize; differences in fluidization characteristics based on size and density; minimum fluidization; bubble formation, size and...
Cybernetic modeling has evolved for well over two decades. This seminar seeks to: (i) introduce its basic tenets, (ii) expound its relationship to other approaches to modeling metabolism, and (iii)...
On February 23, at a meeting of the Mid-Michigan Section of AIChE, Dr. Laura Dietsche presented a view of chemical engineering education programs in the U.S. She spoke from her perspective as a team leader and commissioner at ABET, the organization that reviews and accredits engineering programs at colleges in the U.S. I came away from her talk with two strong impressions: Dr. Dietsche and her colleagues at ABET are providing a very valuable service to the profession – and on a strictly volunteer basis!
I’ve worked as a project manager for AIChE’s Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) since I graduated in 2008. The job’s been great and I’ve really enjoyed my time at AIChE, but I just recently accepted a new position as a process safety engineer.
I’m excited about my new job, but this also means that my job here at CCPS is officially up for grabs! Anyone interested?
Chemical Reaction Engineering (CRE) is a subject that is readily adapted to solving problems through algorithms rather than memorization of the numerous equations for each reactor type. The algorithm...
