Learn why dynamic management of barriers and safeguards is so critical, and understand where many companies go wrong with process hazard analysis.
The CCPS monograph aims to promote a better understanding of the impact of natural hazards, including hurricanes and other natural events around the globe, and provides recommended actions.
AIChE Credentials can be the competitive edge that helps you get your next promotion or new job, whether in process intensification, process safety, hydrogen, safety, sustainability, or other specialized chemical engineering areas.
This month, guidance for compliance auditing of pressure relief systems, tips for better steam-assisted flare performance, risk management of glass use in hazardous chemical service, and much more.
Learn how to use vapor-liquid equilibrium properties for inferential models, improve safety with better site selection and buffer zone maintenance, and much more.
This issue, cybersecurity and the role of process safety, hydrogen's growing importance in transportation, how best to manage change for small modifications, and much more.
Learn how Acelen has a close eye on process safety at every level of its operations, as it processes 300,000 barrels of oil each day at its Mataripe refinery.
Learn how Enablon is helping companies use predictive analytics and AI to help evaluate risk and improve risk management.
Want to meet other process engineers? Looking to understand how you can apply your degree to multiple fields as a process engineer? Then join us March 10th!
Hear from Ecolab’s global engineering leader about process safety trends in the Asia-Pacific region and about the company’s path to process safety leadership.
Learn how one company is transforming its process safety culture, and hear predictions about where process safety practices, technology, and related regulatory issues are headed.
Using simple, well-designed grab sampling systems and industry-standard best practices will help you provide the best product to your customers.
This issue, brush up on process control basics, get tips on dust hazard analysis, and identify root causes of heat exchanger tube failure — and much more!
These simple but important lessons drawn from daily work life can simplify any chemical engineering career path you choose, traditional or otherwise.
Can you help out with answers to other members’ questions about upper flammability limits, safe carbon disulfide storage, student thesis topics, and more?
Use this summary of 2019's process safety incidents to learn and to help prevent incidents at your facility, whatever your industry.
This month, there's an Engage conversation about personal finance tips, while others are sharing accounts of accident incidents, or looking for fellow students interested in biomedical topics.
Learn how COVID-19 is affecting the development of process safety management, and hear thoughts on changes to come over the next five years.
Hurricane season is upon us. Are you prepared to ensure your plant’s safety in case you’re affected by an extreme weather event?
HMC Polymers, a CCPS corporate member, hosted a virtual process safety session for its leadership team from the company's plant in Map Ta Phut, Thailand.
CCPS provides detailed insights to help companies adapt and lead risk-based process safety during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This issue, a special section dedicated to process intensification, plus articles on perfecting incident investigations, preventing corrosion, career tips, and much more.
In this issue, troubleshooting combustion and air pollution control equipment, a heat exchanger primer, tips for career growth, and more.
This month in CEP, tips for getting your research published, advice for strong video presentations, a look at reducing plant energy costs, and much more.
A careful and methodical approach to technical issues will make your work easier and help save your company time and money.
Attendees at two recent conferences learned how CCPS's downloadable RAST software can help prevent hazardous situations and incidents.
Case histories presented at GCPS in New Orleans demonstrate the tragic consequences of safety failures in the chemical industry.
An impressive lineup of women leaders gathered at GCPS in New Orleans to discuss career paths, challenges, and and more.
Hear Gavin discuss how integrated safety management can enhance safety performance.
Bruce Chinn, President of Chevron Chemicals, discusses highlights of his talk and shares his take on how diversity and inclusion fuel innovation.
Sharon Beshouri, President of Shell Global Solutions U.S. and Vice President for Shell’s Catalyst Technologies, discusses the transition to renewables and more.
On March 6 and 7, the Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) held the Technical Steering Committee’s Europe Regional Meeting in Leverkusen, Germany.
Learn how safety practices are evolving for chemical process and refining companies and the role that management of change and pre-startup safety review play.
Learn to incorporate the bowtie model in HAZOP analysis, brush up on reverse osmosis, understand fire risks of CIBCs, and more.
The Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) held its first Pakistan Regional Meeting in Karachi last month.
Chemical plants are possible targets for cybersecurity, but well-designed control systems that look beyond computer technology are a strong defense.
Catch up on CCPS summer and fall activity, including a variety of workshops, conferences, and important agreements.
A look at how far process safety in Latin America has come in 10 years, and thoughts on its expanding role in industry.
When it comes to engineering the future's best process security, a look to the past can provide important solutions.
Perspectives on Latin American process safety from the conference chair of the Latin American Conference on Process Safety, which takes place in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on September 11-13, 2018.
A detailed look into the first of two workshops on hurricane disaster relief and resiliency.
A summary of the latest and most active discussions on AIChE's Engage.
Learn about this process engineer's diverse career experience working in the hydrocarbon industry.
Laura Turci of Ashland discusses career challenges and successes, with advice for young women entering the field.
In 2017, Hurricane Harvey devastated the Gulf Coast in what many would call a 1,000-year flood event. Record rain accumulation and flooding caused billions of dollars in damage.
Jun Mutoh, representative director and executive vice president of JXTG Holdings, Inc, presented “Beyond Operations Management
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."
Mark P. Vergnano, president and CEO of The Chemours Company, a U.S.-based global chemical firm, set the stage for AIChE’s 2018 Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety with the AGILE Award Keynote Address. Watch on Facebook.
Mark Vergnano, president and CEO of the Chemours Company, will deliver a keynote address as this year's AGILE Award recipient.
Welcome to the third in a series of AIChE blog posts profiling process engineers, a diverse group of professionals spanning multiple industries and regions.
Welcome to the second in a series of AIChE blog posts profiling process engineers, a diverse group of professionals spanning multiple industries and regions.
Using the example of driving, this video puts risk reduction into perspective in a way most of us can relate to in everyday life.
Today's businesses need to be prepared for a variety of situations from flooding and terrorists to power outages and epidemics.
Each of us can have a role in reducing risk, whether in our personal lives, in the community around us, or in the institutions where we study and work.
First responders have a unique role and perspective when it comes to safety at industrial sites.
Every chemical engineer knows that seemingly small mistakes or temporary lapses in judgment can have serious consequences.
Meet the 35 ChemEs honored in the AIChE 35 Under 35, brush up on adsorption, learn about condition monitoring, and much more.
This week, a look at safety risks and the unexpected.
How do you plan a safe release of a genetically modified organism? And how do you build a plan B, or deal with an accidental release?
This week, a look at chemical engineers' spelling skills.
This week, a look at the journey from the chemist's lab to the plant.
A recent CCPS Process Safety Bootcamp course, and the beneficial lessons learned there, were covered by a local TV station in Nebraska.
A look at the laws of thermodynamics from an unlikely character in this week's Boil's Laws.
A humorous look at project management experts and how their best practices are put into use.
We revisit the very popular comic Boil's Laws, which is devoted to chemical engineering and launched here back in 2010.
Louisa Nara, technical director for CCPS, sat down with BASF's Mi
Discussion central participants discuss mentors/influencers, the role of chemical engineers in the American economy, risk management, and the skill of creating quality presentations.
AIChE's 2016 Annual Student Conference got its start this morning in San Francisco with keynote speaker Jim Fitterling,
Mike Neill of Petrotechnics discusses overcoming barriers to safety.
Mark K. Cox is senior vice president, chief manufacturing and engineering officer for Eastman Chemical Company.
Like so many of us, I jog through my neighborhood in pursuit of 10,000 steps a day.
Innovative and exciting research is being performed each and every day by graduate students across the globe in all walks of chemical engineering.
Rainer Hoff, chair of the Global Congress on Process Safety, sat down with
Shakeel discusses the cultural issues of good process safety, his plans for the future of CCPS, and more.
The Wide Lens: What Successful Innovators See That Others Miss by Ron Adner. Portfolio/Penguin Press, 2013. 267 + x pages. US$17.00 (paperback).
Matthew C. Koenings discusses the main themes of his talk, "The Upside of UPSLI: Ensuring a Safer Industry Through Undergraduate Process Safety Education."
