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Bandage Speeds Up Healing and Kills Bacteria

April
2016
A new bandage accelerates the healing of burns and destroys invading bacteria to prevent infection. “Currently, we have to take enormous precautions with our patients,” says Lee Ann Laurent-Applegate, the head of the Regenerative Therapy Unit...

Bacteria Capture RNA Snapshots with CRISPR

April
2016
The CRISPR/Cas9 genome-editing technique enables researchers to snip and edit bacteria DNA at will. Now, new findings reveal how bacteria take snapshots not only of DNA, but also of RNA — the first step in their process of defense against invaders...

April 2016 Meeting - Speaker Series 2016 #1

Tuesday, April 19, 2016, 5:30pm CDT
Welcome to the 2016 Speaker Series: Eat, Drink, and Be ChemE , where we explore how chemical engineering plays a vital role in food and drink. And, we'll maybe imbibe a few potent potables ourselves, because it's fun and totally chemical engineering related, of course! Our Speaker Series...Read more

ME11 Welcoming Reception

Come and greet your fellow conference attendees at the ME11 Welcoming Reception!

Understanding Model Predictive Control

 • Process control solutions form a hierarchal structure of four layers, with field devices at the bottom, followed by regulatory controllers and advance process controls (APC), and production control at the top.
• The control performance at each level directly affects the...

Spring 2016 Technical Seminar

Friday, May 6, 2016,
8:00am to 4:00pm
CDT
Earn 7 PDH’s! Enrollment is Limited! Sign-Up Early! Topics: Plant Air Systems Project Management Fertilizer Plant Explosion Process Safety Controls Perspective (See the Spring 2016 Seminar Registration Form for complete information) Click Here to Register Online Now!...Read more

Young Professionals (YP) Socal Mixer

Sunday, April 10, 2016,
8:30pm to 11:00pm
CDT
MAC mingles with the YPs in an event that is sure to be fun.Read more