A team of engineers from the Univ. of California, Berkeley and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has invented a new way to 3D print objects using light from an off-the-shelf video projector.
What if you could capture the power of the sun and stockpile it to generate electricity on demand? Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are capturing solar energy and storing it in molten, white-hot silicon. When it’s needed later, their unique, photovoltaic (PV) system converts light emitted from the glowing metal back into electricity.
Scientists at the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) have developed the first soft robot that can curl and climb like a plant. The novel robotic tendrils mimic green limbs of vegetation as they move and coil, wrapping around and interacting with their surroundings.
The protagonist in Robert Frost’s poem The Road Not Taken is confronted with two diverging roads. Forced to make a choice in order to progress forward, they famously choose the road less traveled. Many of us are confronted with such a choice...
March
2019
With innovative technologies, small and efficient business models that omit bureaucratic decision-making processes, and fast-paced pioneering mindsets, startups are becoming more prominent in the chemical process industries (CPI). Venture capital investment in U.S. startups (across all sectors) reached $148 billion in 2017 alone (1).
March
2019
An incident occurred at a plant with two processing units (Unit 1 and Unit 2) that shared a common line to a thermal oxidizer ( Figure 1 ). Several instruments were due for calibration on Unit 2. Specifically, a pressure transmitter (PT) needed to...
March
2019
Chemical engineers often adjust process parameters to improve the conversion, yield, or product purity of a chemical reaction. But, when is improvement to a known reaction enough to qualify for a patent? The recent decision in E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. and Archer Daniels Midland Co. (ADM) v. Synvina C.V. answers this question.
March
2019
Fluids and Solids Handling Valve Design Reduces Contamination in Hygienic Operations The modular Unique Mixproof 3-Body valve safely provides reliable fluid handling, making it suitable for use as a changeover valve in hygienic industries such as...
March
2019
Safety, Manufacturing, and Knowledge Transfer Highlight Programming at Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety, March 31 to April 4, New Orleans Chemical engineers at the forefront of advanced manufacturing, and the technologies that...
March
2019
Microfluidic devices operate at physical length scales similar to biological constituents ( e.g. , cells and molecules) and can manipulate solutions of these constituents within microscale channels and chambers. A microfluidic device, also called a...
