New Super-white Paint Can Help Keep Buildings Cooler
. by Douglas B. Clark
A new super-white paint formulation can reflect 98% of solar radiation, which helps keep buildings cool and reduces energy consumption and expenses.
Design/Green Engineering
Meet Process Engineer Bill Celenza
. by Scott D. Love
Meet this environmental process design engineer and hear about his path to the profession, plus learn what he ranks among the top career challenges for process engineers.
Nishanth Chemmangattuvalappil on Sustainability Science and Engineering
. by Lucy Alexander
Hear from this ICOSSE '19 keynote speaker about top sustainability science and engineering trends, and about what to expect from the conference.
Trending Styles: Advanced Materials in the Garment Industry
. by Lucy Alexander
From the development of pigments and dyes, to production scaleup, chemical engineers have lots to contribute to R&D in the garment and textile industries.
New Process for Bioplastic with Low Water Impact
. by Douglas B. Clark
Researchers have devised a method for creating a polymer from marine microorganisms that completely recycles into organic waste. What’s more, the process itself has a very low environmental impact.
Earth Day 2018
. by Sonja Bradfield
This year's Earth Day coincides with the opening of AIChE's Spring Meeting and the 14th Global Congress on Global Safety. #AIChESpring #GCPS
Meet Process Engineer Robert Nunley
. by Stephanie Viola
Welcome to the first in a series of AIChE blog posts profiling process engineers, a diverse group of professionals spanning multiple industries and regions.
World's Largest Carbon Capture Project Launches in Texas
. by Kent Harrington
Without the existence of carbon pricing, any company bold enough to develop carbon sequestration technology has to find a creative business model as a workaround.
Long-Range Electric Poised to Banish Diesel Buses
. by Kent Harrington
A new electric bus has clocked 600 miles on one charge in track testing, and its makers are ready to rid the country of diesel buses.
Novel Wastewater Treatment Is New "It" Technology at Stanford
. by Kent Harrington
Can a balding, late-middle-aged researcher who's hawking a still-uncommercialized technology transform America's aging fleet of aerobic waste treatment plants?
Two Major Water Contamination Mysteries Solved
. by Kent Harrington
Few of her peers were surprised when Professor Joan Rose received 2016's Stockholm Water Prize in Geneva last March, which celebrated her career sleuthing, identifying, and eliminating dan
Elon Musk Opens Tesla's Nevada Gigafactory
. by Kent Harrington
Two weeks ago reporters and fans joined Elon Musk and chief technical officer J.B.
Truck Platooning Convoys Make First Trip Across Europe, Saving Diesel Fuel
. by Kent Harrington
Every tailgating long-distance trucker knows that slip-streaming behind another big rig — a driving skill perfected on NASCAR tracks — can boost the bottom line by saving expensive fuel
As Solar Impulse 2 Lands in Abu Dabhi, Facebook Tests Its First High-Flying Internet Drone
. by Kent Harrington
World Nears Peak Fossil Fuels for Electricity, According to Bloomberg
. by Kent Harrington
If the renewables tsunami starting to slam into the traditional energy business feels like it's growing larger, there's a perfectly logical reason.
iPhone-Stalking Elon Musk's Tesla Model 3 Launch
. by Kent Harrington
Elon Musk's live-stream from the Tesla Design Center in Hawthrone, California, is about to start. The stage is dark, but the noisy acoustics don't lie.
Graphene Oxide Harnessed for Antibacterial Properties
. by Douglas B. Clark
A group of researchers in Italy are looking to graphene oxide for “green” anti-bacterial properties that could enhance medical devices and one day decrease the need for antibiotics to fight post-operative infections and reduce recovery times.
US Navy Green Fleet Makes Biofuels the New Normal
. by Kent Harrington
The US Navy's biofuel program has just launched a great success with the Great Green Fleet, which is fueled with a drop-in blend of biofuel from beef tallow and petroleum-based fuel.
Catalyst Opens Doors to New Bio-Based Plastics
. by Douglas B. Clark
Plastics manufacturers largely rely on crude oil to create isobutene in the production of plastics, but researchers at Washington State University have developed a catalyst to easily convert bio-ba
At UCSD Algae Oil Invades a Petro-niche: Surfboard Production
. by Kent Harrington
Stephen Mayfield, a professor of biology and a geneticist at UC San Diego, has spent his career researching algae.
Drone Video of Tesla's New Giga-factory Goes Viral
. by Kent Harrington
It's been common knowledge that Tesla is building a huge lithium battery factory near Reno, Nevada.
Greener Use of Fossil Fuels: Lithium from Coal
. by Chandni Jagannathan
Geologists from the Hebei University of Engineering in Handan, China have devised a plan to extract the lithium previously discovered in coal deposits in the northern part of the South China Sea.
Recycled Packing Peanuts Become Battery Components
. by Douglas B. Clark
Researchers at Perdue University have demonstrated that it’s possible to convert waste packing peanuts into high-performance carbon electrodes for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries that outp
Solar Impulse 2 Begins Its Milestone Flight around the World
. by Kent Harrington
On Tuesday night, the Solar Impulse 2, powered entirely by solar energy and lithium backup batteries, finished the second leg of its journey — a shortish hop from Oman — by gracefully t
