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Webinars

Many Virtual Local Section (VLS) events are recorded and published on AIChE's Academy platform. These recordings can be viewed at your convenience. Recent recordings of VLS events are listed below.

Refinery-Petrochemical Integration

Archived Webinar
Thursday, October 26, 2017,
9:00pm to 10:00pm
EDT
Petrochemical plants and refineries both process hydrocarbon derived materials. Refineries focus on fuels production. Refinery products include LPG (liquefied petroleum gas), gasoline (petrol),...

Student Co-op and Internship Presentation Competition

Archived Webinar
Thursday, September 28, 2017,
9:00pm to 10:00pm
EDT
September`s webinar features Student Co-op and Internship Presentation Competition. Three selected finalists speak on a variety of experiences on projects covering: Finding optimal parameters for...

Energy Reduction Opportunities for Desalination Systems

Archived Webinar
Thursday, July 27, 2017,
9:00pm to 10:00pm
EDT
Seawater desalination technologies are less common in the United States for providing municipal potable water than in other places around the world for a number of reasons, including: high capital...

Integrating Operations and Information Technology (OT/IT) Systems and the Practice of Smart Manufacturing

Archived Webinar
Thursday, June 22, 2017,
9:00pm to 10:00pm
EDT
Discussing the practice of smart manufacturing and integrated operations and information technology (OT/IT) systems. Smart Manufacturing (SM) is the technology practice of applying advanced sensors,...

Process Safety Leadership and the Role of Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS)

Archived Webinar
Thursday, May 25, 2017,
9:00pm to 10:00pm
EDT
An overview of CCPS and its journey to achieve its mission of reducing process safety incidents in industry and academia. It will highlight what it means to achieve process safety excellence. It will...

Cooling Towers and Legionella: Assessing and Managing Risks of Exposure

Archived Webinar
Thursday, April 27, 2017,
9:00pm to 10:00pm
EDT
If you think that Legionella won’t affect you – think again. As recent outbreaks have shown, Legionella bacteria shows up in a lot of places like industrial facilities, cooling towers,...

So You Think You Want to be a Private Engineering Consultant?

Archived Webinar
Tuesday, March 28, 2017,
2:00pm to 3:00pm
EDT
The March meeting of Virtual Local Section featured simultaneous face-to-face and online presentations. The meeting will be hosted at and broadcasted to online attendees from the AIChE Spring meeting...

What does “well mixed” mean - and what happens if a CSTR is NOT perfectly mixed?

Archived Webinar
Thursday, February 23, 2017,
9:00pm to 10:00pm
EST
This is a presentation on mixing and continuously stirred tank reactors (CSTR). Three radically simplifying ChE assumptions are that gasses are ideal, processes run at steady state, and stirred tanks...

ALTSEP – An Industry-Driven Technology Roadmap for Separation Alternatives to Distillations

Archived Webinar
Thursday, July 28, 2016,
8:00pm to 9:00pm
EDT
This Webinar provides a behind-the scenes tour of the transformational initiative described on the website www.altsep.org . Rooted in a collaborative partnership between the American Chemical Society...

Accelerating your Success in STEM - Tales from the Trenches

Archived Webinar
Thursday, June 23, 2016,
9:00pm to 10:00pm
EDT
Based on her experiences as a leader in GlaxoSmithKline's programs for early-career technical talent development, Dr. Jimenez-Gonzalez will present "do's and don'ts" for early-...

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