After Thanksgiving dinner, most blame a compound in turkey known as tryptophan for making them drowsy, but this short video is here to debunk that canard!
How do you turn a reserved, soft-spoken New England dairy farmer into a media celebrity? Help her to buy and install a profitable anaerobic digester.
More sunlight strikes the earth in one hour than all of the energy currently consumed on the planet in one year. As the world’s energy consumption rate is projected to double by 2050, and triple by 2100, the sun holds great potential as a sustainable energy source.
Do you have what it takes to be an entrepreneur? If you're still in college or just beginning your career, answering this question will save you a lot of angst and floundering. Check out the video to learn more.
The Women’s Initiatives Committee (WIC) mission is to “lead in promoting the entry, development, and full participation of women in the Institute and the profession.” The Annual WIC luncheons showcase an accomplished woman in the Chemical Engineering field as the keynote speaker as well as an awards ceremony for the Mentorship Excellence Award and Travel Grant awards for students.
This month's CEP magazine focuses on what it takes to successfully patent your ideas. You'll also find advice on smart column design, cutting agitator power costs, and more.
Get to know more about this month's featured YP, including how he left a more traditional chemical engineering job in Houston to pursue a new career choice.
Interested in Sustainability and Life Cycle Assessment methodology? Please join the Virtual Local Section Thursday, November 15th for a webinar on this topic with keynote speaker Dr. Mary Ann Curran.
Computing and communication networks have become a ubiquitous “cyberinfrastructure” for our personal and professional ChE lives.
Not only can new developments in carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) make fossil energy more sustainable and environmentally friendly, they also have the potential to revolutionize enhanced oil recover (EOR).
Check out the pictures of chemical engineering students hamming it up for the camera at the AIChE 2012 Student Conference Halloween party in Pittsburgh. If you were one of the students who ventured into the booth, keep an eye out for a familiar face!
ChEnected sat down with Chuck McConnell of the Department of Energy to hear his thoughts on coal, shale gas, and oil and how they mesh with sustainability and our energy future.
Before delivering the 64th Institute Lecture, Frank Bates sat down with ChEnected to discuss his talk titled "Multiblock Polymers: Panacea or Pandora's Box?"
For young women facing a cancer diagnosis, the fear of chemotherapy-induced sterility often leads to seeking fertility-protective measures. Current methods of fertility preservation, however, can delay cancer treatment and come with the risk of reintroducing cancer cells later. Today, a new technique for in vitro culture and maturation of ovarian follicles holds promise for treating infertility in these cases.
Bioscience has become an important part of chemical engineering. This post reflects on how bioscience and ChE have changed each other and what changes are in store.
