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October 2016

Chem-E-Car in the Spotlight - 2016 Competitors, Part 1

October 10, 2016
October 17, 2016

Forty-one teams will participate in the 2016 Annual Chem-E-Car Competition® in San Francisco on November 13 from 12:30 - 3:30pm.

Process Safety Beacon - November 2016 - Portuguese - Brazil

Process Safety Beacon - November 2016 - Portuguese

Process Safety Beacon - November 2016 - French - France

Lessons for Chemical Engineers from the Loss of Space Shuttle Columbia

October 9, 2016
Tuesday, October 25, 2016,
5:30pm to 7:30pm
EDT
Join us as we watch the Webinar: http://www.aiche.org/academy/webinars/lessons-chemical-engineers-loss-sp... , and have dinner. Afterwards, we will discuss how the loss of the Columbia Space Shuttle impacted safety practices in the workplace and how revisiting this incident makes us more mindful of safety.Read more

The Real World of Forensic Chemistry

October 9, 2016
Tuesday, October 18, 2016,
5:30pm to 7:30pm
EDT
Join us as we watch and discuss forensic chemistry. We will watch the archived AIChE Webinar: http://www.aiche.org/academy/webinars/real-world-forensic-chemistry-what... , while we enjoy a meal from La Pita. Afterwards, we will discuss how we use forensic chemistry at work and home. Note that parking is $7 -$8 at WSU in the parking garages.Read more

CEP: October 2016

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Sherlock Holmes is renowned for his ability to develop significant insights into the causes and perpetrators of difficult criminal cases that others miss. In process safety, we similarly need to investigate what went wrong after a process incident to determine how future incidents can be prevented. This month's Back to Basics article describes the basics of conducting an incident investigation.

Zenaida Otero Gephardt

Zenaida Otero Gephardt, PhD, P.E., is Professor Emeritus at Rowan Univ. where she has served as Director and Associate Dean of Engineering. She is a Fellow of AIChE and co-chairs the Grants Committee of its Foundation Board of Trustees. Gephardt is a Science History Institute AIChE Affiliate Council representative. She was selected 2024 Delaware Valley Chemical Engineer of the Year by the AIChE Delaware Valley section, is the recipient of a 2019 Eminent Engineer Award from the AIChE Minority Affairs Community, and received teaching and mentoring awards from Rowan Univ. She is past...Read more

Diamond Nanothreads Show Wide-Ranging Potential

October 7, 2016
October 7, 2016

New research from Queensland University of Technology (QUT) has solved the issue of brittleness, making diamond nanothreads flexible and thus unlocking significant and numerous potential applications.

Polls Open for a Special Election on AIChE Constitution Amendments

October 7, 2016
October 12, 2016

AIChE® is holding a Special Election on AIChE Constitution Amendments that will modernize the Institute’s government and management practices and make AIChE more transparent, vibrant, and flexible.

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