The keynote Speaker for the August 23 VLS meeting is Todd Willman, founder and director of EPCON. His talk is titled"Uncovering Energy Savings in Process Plants". The meeting will start at 9:00 pm US Eastern Daylight time. Todd will discuss the use of flow simulation software can be used...Read more
Lessons from over nine hundred case histories of malfunctioning towers reported over the last 50 years were surveyed and analyzed. Our analysis shows growth in the number of malfunctions with no signs of decline. Plugging, especially of tray active areas, packing and distributors, tops the...Read more
SCD-iBIO organized the forum to address the markets industrial biotechnology penetrates and discuss key issues facing the industry. The event will include in-depth discussions, opportunities to network and form new professional relationships.
Joe Bonem is the keynote speaker for the Virtual Local Section on Thursday, October 25 at 9:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time. Joe's talk is titled "Solving Problems in a High Stress Environment". The world of today creates a need for a different kind of industrial problem solver. The...Read more
Dr. Mary Ann Curran is keynote speaker for our Thursday, November 15 VLS meeting at 9:00 PM US EST. Her keynote addresss is "Achieving Sustainability through Life Cycle Assessment and Management". Mary Ann is an internationally-recognized expert in Life Cycle Assessment. She is retiring...Read more
Innovation is driven by people who are smart, creative and assertive. One strategy for innovation in the chemical enterprise is to attract people like this to chemical engineering. Opportunities for careers in technical fields are much different for today’s students than decades ago when many...Read more
Graduate students, young faculty and post-docs: Join a panel of distinguished journal editors for a discussion of what they look for when selecting material for publication, both in broad-based and specialty titles.