Chemical Engineering Practice

This month, a guide to distillation tower inspections, a close look at epigenetics, challenges for rare earth elements and other specialty metals, and much more.

Bob Langer of MIT shares his predictions on where he sees the profession of chemical engineering heading over the next 25 years.

As part of our celebration of AIChE's 110th year, Vicky Lange, a postdoctoral research associate at University College London, shares her predictions for chemical engineering's next 25 years.

As part of our celebration of AIChE's 110th year, Billy Bardin of the Dow Chemical Company shares his predictions for chemical engineering's next 25 years.

Nicholas Burtch of Sandia National Laboratories shares his predictions for chemical engineering's next 25 years. He focuses on innovation driven by additive manufacturing technologies and novel materials for energy-efficient chemical separations.

A look at the future of chemical engineering from the perspective of pharmaceutical manufacturing.

As part of our celebration of AIChE's 110th year, Julie Champion, associate professor at Georgia Tech, shares her predictions for chemical engineering's next 25 years.

As part of our celebration of AIChE's 110th year, Ashty Karim, a Ph.D student at Northwestern University, shares his predictions for chemical engineering's next 25 years.

In a recent National Defense Industry Association (NDIA) meeting on advanced manufacturing, data was characterized as “the new ‘oil,’ we need to figure out how to refine it.” On the future of

As part of our celebration of AIChE's 110th year, Pat McGrath of ARPA-E shares his predictions for chemical engineering's next 25 years.

Professor Bilgili shares an insider's view into his role as a process engineer developing blockbuster drugs and how he later transitioned to academia.

Manufacturing is being transformed, and chemical engineers are well-positioned to help lead the way.

Process intensification (PI) is one of the most promising development paths for the chemical process industry and one of the most important progress

Life-long learning is critical to acquiring the skills for a successful career in chemical engineering.

Want to know more about process engineering? Hear about this process engineer's career and profit from his insights on finding success in industry.

This month, CEP looks at the neural networks of deep learning and delves into Fourier transform infrared (FITR) spectroscopy, plus much more.

3M's Cristina Thomas will deliver the keynote address at this year's PDS: "3M Science: Combining 46 Core Technologies to Improve Daily Life."

This month, brush up on the essentials of continuous evaporation, learn new uses for hydrofoil impellers, enjoy the special section on translational medicine, and more.

A Texas A&M graduate and newly retired engineer, Gayle discusses working in various areas at DuPont, including engineering design, plant improvement, and manufacturing as well as her experiences as an LGBTQ professional.

Learn about this process engineer's diverse career experience working in the hydrocarbon industry.

Marc-Olivier Coppens discusses major particle technology themes from his plenary keynote.

ChEnected sat down with Heinrich Jaeger of the University of Chicago to discuss new findings in the area of contact charging of particles.

Ah-Hyung (Alissa) Park, Lenfest Chair in Applied Climate Science and associate professor at Columbia University, was Wedn

Dow's Karl Jacob discusses promising trends in particle technology research and education.

Hoda Mehrpouyan of Boise State University discusses cybersecurity from the point of view of chemical engineers.

Following his welcoming keynote for the 14th GCPS Welcome Plenary Session, Michael Graff discussed main themes of his talk "Process Safety for a Sustainable World."

Dr. Robert W. Ivester currently serves as the deputy director of the EERE Advanced Manufacturing Office, U.S.

Get a preview on the April, 2018 issue of CEP.

@ChEnected will be live tweeting throughout the 2018 AIChE Spring Meeting and the 8th World Congress on Particle Technology, April

This tutorial on using Excel for circulation calculations shows how to use Excel and the Colebrook equation to create Moody diagrams.

Researchers from Brazil and the UK are fighting water pollution two ways with a method that reuses polystyrene to filter toxic and carcinogenic waste chemicals from water.

This issue delves into process intensification, modularization in chemical processing, and takes a look at characterizing adsorbents for gas separations—plus much more.

Welcome to the second in a series of AIChE blog posts profiling process engineers, a diverse group of professionals spanning multiple industries and regions.

The Manufacturing USA initiative is creating exceptional opportunities in a wide range of manufacturing, and AIChE's RAPID is playing an important role.

Learn how to optimize pilot plant testing for liquid-liquid extractions, analyze the performance of pump networks, get an update on the chemical industry in Hungary, and much more.

If you need to visualize a distribution or estimate probability, then a histogram in Excel is probably what you’re looking for.

We're looking for process engineers across all industries to join a community dedicated to them. Sign up now to have online discussions or share your profile.

Researchers have devised a single-atom alloy catalyst that requires significantly less energy to turn shale-gas methane into hydrocarbon fuels.

Welcome to the first in a series of AIChE blog posts profiling process engineers, a diverse group of professionals spanning multiple industries and regions.

This month, methods for order-of-magnitude cost estimation for shale-gas, optimized heat transfer of viscous fluids, the chemical industry in the Philippines, and more.

The two brothers' new app, Refyne, uses an interactive refinery game to teach basic chemical engineering concepts.

John Cirucci, an AIChE Foundation Trustee, sat down with ChemE senior and AIChE volunteer Lizzy Zimmerman for a chat about her efforts at the University of Iowa, her insights on STEM outreach and her plans for the future.

Chemical engineers' response to the addiction epidemic, cogeneration operation basics, an overview of Colombia's chemical industry, and more.

2017 Prausnitz Institute Lecturer Rex Reklaitis speaks with long-time Purdue colleague Dr. Rakesh Agrawal.

Chris discusses with Samir Mitragotri of Harvard the work presented in the 2017 Andreas Acrivos Award lecture.

More than 200 young chemical engineers from around the world met up for the Young Professionals (YP) social at

2016 EWB grant recipients Donny Gross and Chris Royal of University of Tulsa sat down with us to discuss their project in Machacamarca, Bolivia.

Hear from conference chair Ian Glasgow about why you should attend this year's SW Process Technology Conference.

New liquid-metal membrane technology may help make hydrogen fuel cell vehicles viable, read this AIChE Journal article for FREE

Researchers at Northeastern University have discovered a way to use carbon nanotubes to desalinate water.

Early-stage research and development projects sought—act now to meet the September 18 deadline.

Hear from conference board member Robert Collins what you can expect from this year's event.