Operations and Maintenance Isolation Gasket Ensures Reliable Joint Integrity The EVOLUTION fully coated isolation gasket offers high pressure ratings that ensure joint integrity and prevent leakage. The tight-sealing gasket uses a proprietary...
April
2020
▲ The mist separator system had a check valve and water seal in place to prevent reverse flow of air. During plant startup, the pulley of a double-lobe blower on a mist separator vent line suddenly broke while rotating, explosively expelling...
April
2020
At some point in your engineering career, you may face an ethical dilemma.
April
2020
This column is the first in a series that explores how AIChE is shaping the future of chemical engineering. Last year, the AIChE Board of Directors reimagined the Institute’s vision and mission statements and developed a new aspirational statement...
Chemical engineers at Aalto Univ. in Finland have created an eco-friendly, sustainable adhesive based on plant-derived cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs). Thanks to the CNCs, the adhesive is extremely strong — at the nanoscale, these crystals have strength comparable to that of steel
Empirical differences in the number of citations and the salaries of men vs. women in academia are well documented. In the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields, the differences are even more apparent
A hydrogel platform embedded with microbes is allowing chemical engineers at the Univ. of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) to produce medicines and chemicals nearly anywhere
A security advisory released by the Dept. of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) in February detailed the response to a recent cyberattack on a natural gas compression facility
Transforming an Industry: Using Wood As a Feedstock for Petrochemicals; Gender Study Explores Publishing Gap Between Men and Women; Recent Cyber Attack Raises Alarm; Producing Medicines and Chemicals, Anytime, Anywhere; An Eco-Friendly Cellulose-Based Adhesive
