While reading the airline magazine during a recent flight delay, I saw an ad from the Paper and Packaging Board that resonated with me. Entitled “Good notes speak volumes,” it said: “It’s not every day a meeting puts your skills directly in the...
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2019
Glucaric acid is a six-carbon diacid that has potential to serve as a platform chemical. In the past two decades, researchers and organizations have applied for several patents pertaining to glucaric acid. It has many uses, including: in the...
December
2019
Common euphemisms include early retirement, down-sizing, and transitioning, but they all amount to a layoff. Many of us define ourselves by our work, and losing a job can be shocking and difficult to comprehend. In addition to suffering a bruised...
December
2019
AIChE Meetings For information and registration details, visit www.aiche.org/conferences or call Customer Service at 1-800-242-4363 or 1-203-702-7660 (outside the U.S.). Dec. 5–6, 2019 • Food Innovation & Engineering (FOODIE) Asia Nanyang...
December
2019
The Real Business of Blockchain: How Leaders Can Create Value in a New Digital Age David Furlonger and Christophe Uzureau, Harvard Business Review Press, Boston, MA, $32, 272 pages, Oct. 2019, ISBN: 978-1-633-69804-8 A blockchain provides a...
December
2019
Each year, AIChE and its many entities present dozens of awards — recognizing accomplishments and contributions across the spectrum of chemical engineering endeavors. AIChE and CEP are presenting this retrospective of the year in AIChE awards. CEP...
December
2019
The need to secure a domestic supply of elements considered critical to production in the primary materials, consumer electronics, energy, and transportation sectors is a hot topic in the U.S. advanced manufacturing community. In 2017, the White...
Request content Contents Consequence Modeling Source Models I: Liquids & Gases Sponsor: Jan Wagner (Oklahoma State University) This module was developed to help introduce issues of safety and loss prevention in undergraduate engineering courses. Each of the five major sections can be used...
