An Environmental Perspective on Safety Awareness I very much appreciate “Committing to Safety Awareness” (March 2018, p. 13), a review of the March AIChE Journal Perspective article, “Safety Awareness: A Chemical Engineering Imperative” by Robert...
December
2018
AIChE marked its 110th anniversary at the 2018 Annual Meeting, Oct. 28–Nov. 2, in Pittsburgh, PA. More than 5,600 professionals from over 56 countries attended the conference, which showcased breakthroughs in next-generation manufacturing, new...
December
2018
Jasmine Corbin’s biggest inspiration has always been her mother. “I know a lot of people say that young women need to see more female role models in science, or else they’ll never believe they can do it,” she says. “That was never an issue for me...
December
2018
Exhaust from automotive engines consists of hydrocarbons (HCs), carbon monoxide (CO), particulate matter (PM), and nitrogen oxides (NOx), most of which are converted to CO 2 , steam, and nitrogen (N 2 ) by a catalytic converter. The catalytic...
December
2018
Last summer, I visited a client who runs a NJ-based engineering and manufacturing firm. He knows I’m a foodie, so he shared photos from his company’s Independence Day office party. Picture after picture showed Greek, Indian, Jamaican, Puerto Rican,...
December
2018
The market for chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy is projected to be valued at almost $300 million by the end of 2018, and this number is expected to grow annually by 32% for the next decade. This method of cell therapy shows promise in...
December
2018
Professor James (Jay) Bailey is renown as one of the most influential and innovative biochemical engineers of modern times. Bailey, who passed away in 2001, studied chemical engineering at Rice Univ. and received a BA in 1966 and a PhD in 1969, both...
December
2018
Each year, AIChE and its many entities present dozens of awards — recognizing accomplishments and contributions across the spectrum of chemical engineering expertise and endeavors. As 2018 draws to a close, AIChE and CEP are presenting this...
December
2018
Engineers in the pharmaceutical industry are creating modular, continuous, and scalable processes and manufacturing environments to meet cost and quality challenges head on.
December
2018
Process engineers are responsible for inspecting distillation columns. Follow this guide to prepare for a column revamp and other inspections.
