Chemical engineers collaborate to brainstorm new product ideas, solve technical problems, manage projects, and more. I'm writing a series of articles for Chemical Engineering Progress magazine on the online tools that ChemEs are using to collaborate. Share what tools you use!
The Featured YP for May is Lane Daley. Learn more about her background, her advice to other young professionals, how she spends some of her spare time, and more.
On location in Thailand, a look at how the food/fuel battle is affecting life. Read on for insights into the common practice of field burning and its detrimental effect on air quality, and about the struggle over whether to use crops for biofuel or cooking oil.
The P3 Program is a design competition sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency which promotes college students researching sustainable solutions to current and future issues. P3 stands for People, Prosperity and the Planet. Through this EPA program, college students can benefit people, promote prosperity and protect the planet by designing solutions that move us towards a sustainable future.
Two companies, Dow Chemical and Bayer MaterialScience, are steadily introducing new materials to give blade designers more options in the race toward 9 and 10 MW turbines.
During the Spring Meeting, AIChE YPs turned out to clean up the Harrisburg Sunset Trail. The project was also part of the Keep Houston Beautiful initiative. Check out pictures from the event here.
Recently, Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ, hosted AIChE's Mid-Atlantic Student Conference. Among the activities was the regional ChemE Car competition, in which 15 colleges participated. Check out video clips of competitors and their cars.
The AIChE Annual Meeting is the premier educational forum for chemical engineers interested in innovation and professional growth. A wide range of subjects relevant to latest research and newest technologies in emerging growth areas will be covered.
Outside the realm of most technical literature that chemical engineers might typically encounter, “Jumping the S-Curve” offers insights into how high-performing companies function. Individuals working in technology fields will find this book important to help identify top performing companies for employment.
Thank you to all the Young Professionals (YP) who attended this year’s Spring Meeting Mixer. We had a great turnout of sixty YPs that are eager to get “Chenected” with the organization and more involved!
Welcome to the 10th comic in the Boil's Laws series, brought to ChEnected by artist and chemical engineer Rich Byrnes. This time: ChE's and spelling!
If you would like to present your work or research at the premier educational forum for chemical engineers interested in innovation and professional growth, please submit your abstract to our Call for Papers. Deadline is May 2.
Student winners of the Virtual Local Section (VLS) Student Poster Contest will present their work online at the next VLS meeting on Thursday, April 26 from 9:00-10:00 PM EDT.
John Bresland, US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, shares lessons for young process safety engineers. Prior to his time with the US Chemical Safety Board, John was with Honeywell and worked as an environmental consultant.
