The Engineering Center of St. Louis http://www.engineeringcenter.org/ The Engineering Center of St. Louis (formerly The Engineers' Club) is the third oldest engineering society in America. In addition to Professional Engineers, its membership includes architects, executives and business administrators, as well as men and women in the technical, scientific, educational, marketing and legal fields. They have a seminar every second Friday of the month from 8 to 4:30 with registration starting at 7:30 am. The program provides 8 PDHs and includes lunch. The cost is only $30 for members and...
Alternative feedstocks are a critical issue to the chemical industry. Most industrial chemicals are derived from crude oil derivatives (naphtha) or natural gas by-products (ethane, propane) and thus the price and availability is strongly dependant on the fuels market. The price volatility has a...Read more
The VLS has invited Louisa A. Nara to discuss process safety, the most important facet for the process engineer at our January 26, 2012 meeting at 9:00pm Eastern Standard Time. Louisa is the Technical Director of the Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) at the American Institute of Chemical...Read more
Whether you are getting ready to graduate with your chemical engineering degree, your are currently unemployed, or you are looking for a new technical challenge, AIChE has a number of tools designed to support you in your job search. Camille Belcuore will discuss some of the most important tools...Read more
Professor Akira Tokuhiro is our keynote speaker on Thursday, March 22 at 9:00 pm US Eastern Standard Time. He will discuss the Lessons learned one-year after the Fukushima Daiichi Disaster. Akira is a Professor of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering at the University of Idaho. He brings an...Read more
The winners of the VLS Student Poster Contest will present at the VLS meeting on Thursday, April 26. The winners are: 1st place - Gregory Trigub, UC Berkeley 2nd place - Eric Miller, Stanford 3rd place - Sammy Gulrajani, Rutgers Isothermal and Non-isothermal Ice-Crystallization Kinetics in the Gas-...Read more
Distillation has been used for millennia as a means to upgrade the purity of certain chemicals. I contend that, contrary to popular belief, it is the "World's Oldest Profession." Since this unit operation has been practiced for so long, numerous people have designated distillation as...Read more
Major trends such as market needs and geopolitical events have influenced innovation in the last century. Drivers for changes have included the industrial revolution, the world wars, reconstruction and globalization. Chemical engineers have responded to these waves with significant innovations...Read more
“Sustainability’ is the new buzz word being used to show that businesses and governments care about the planet and inhabitants. Manufacturing and commercial companies and governmental agencies have developed policies and practices to show how green their operations are and are used to...Read more
