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June 2017

Concentrating solar thermal (CST) technology can be used to generate electricity, desalinate water, and more. Find out how CST works and the role chemical engineers can play.
July
2017
Adsorption can be used to treat waste streams or purify valuable components of a feed. This article describes both equilibrium and mass-transfer considerations, and reviews the fundamentals of adsorption system design.
July
2017
Recently, I had the opportunity to view a great swath of the U.S. in less than six hours. Flying west from New York to California, I spotted major cities and snow-capped mountain ranges, but what stood out to me the most was an enormous circular arrangement of mirrors all facing one central point. From my aerial vantage, I recognized it as a concentrating solar power (CSP) plant, and later learned it was likely the Crescent Dunes CSP plant in Nevada.
July
2017

Modified Vancomycin Could Slay Resistant Bacteria

July
2017
A new synthetic antibiotic that hobbles bacteria in three different ways could overcome antibiotic resistance.

MOF Cloth Could Thwart Chemical Warfare

July
2017
A new method of growing metal-organic frameworks on fabrics could lead to clothes that protect soldiers and first responders against chemical warfare agents.

Beetle Shells Inspire Color-Shifting Nanoparticles

July
2017
In nature, color can arise either from pigments or from microscopic structures that are small enough to interfere with visible light. These so-called structural colors are often more vivid than pigmented colors because the size of the structures is similar to the size of visible light wavelengths, and their colors can fluctuate depending on the viewing angle. And, unlike pigments, structural colors resist fading.

A Zap of Electrons Yields On-Demand Ammonia

July
2017
Ammonia is an important raw material for a broad range of products, including fertilizers, plastics, fibers, and pharmaceuticals. Now, scientists from Waseda Univ. in Tokyo and Nippon Shokubai Co. have transformed the high-temperature and high-pressure industrial process for making ammonia into an efficient, low-temperature one.

A Frigid Approach to Better Batteries

July
2017
A new liquefied-gas-based electrolyte enables lithium batteries to operate efficiently at very cold temperatures — opening up the potential for electric cars that travel much farther distances in cold climates than they can with today’s batteries.
July
2017

July 14th First Friday Lunch Networking Lunch - Registration

June 30, 2017
Friday, July 14, 2017,
11:30am to 1:00pm
CDT
This month, we're moving the First Friday Networking Lunch to the second Friday of the month to avoid the holiday shuffle. Join us on July 14th when Mickey Reeves, Program Director at CH2M, will lead us on a discussion about Why Networking is Still Relevant. July's networking lunch will be...Read more