Sustainable Packaging Symposium 2019 December 16-18, 2019University of California, Santa Barbara, CASustainable Packaging Symposium (SPS '19) will focus on Innovative Technologies and Life Cycle Approaches for Packaging Sustainability in a Circular Economy World. It is co-organized by the AIChE Institute for Sustainability and the American Center for Life Cycle Assessment (ACLCA). Submit an...
Scaleup and Commercialization of a Gas Fermentation Technology October2019SBE Special SectionRachel BrencA newly commercialized gas fermentation platform could be key to addressing climate change by enabling biological conversion of waste gases to products.
Technical Entity Trends: A Green Thumbs-Up for the Future of Cosmetics October2019Technical Entity TrendsMaithreyi ThukaramOur skin is our largest and fastest-growing organ. It is a part of the integumentary system and plays roles in our excretory, immune, and nervous systems, among others. Skin is the body’s first defense against the outside elements, helps regulate...
Piet Huizenga on the Process Development Symposium Europe August 29, 2019Hear from conference co-chair Piet Huizenga about what you can expect from the very first Process Development Symposium Europe.
Cashews Could Soon Make Your Sunscreen Work August 23, 2019Researchers have found a compound derived from cashew shells that offers UV-absorbing properties with many applications.
Armin Fricke on the Process Development Symposium Europe August 21, 2019Learn what's in store for participants at the very first Process Development Symposium Europe taking place in Frankfurt this September.
Impact of Nutrients on Water Environment: Control Technologies and Policy Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2019Effluent streams of domestic origin contain nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) that are essential nutrients for the growth and metabolism of microbial...
The Cleanest Way to Treat Spent Caustic Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2019Spent caustic is arguably the worldâs most foul industrial wastewater. It is generated in the removal of acidic contaminants from...
Process Safety Leading Indicators By Enviromental Experts Point of View Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 1, 2019Process safety accidents can cause severe environmental damage. Selecting indicators that can identify the beginning that something is not working as...
A Non-Stationary Approach to Conducting Site-Specific Integrative Risk Management Assessments at Industrial Facilities at Risk from Extreme Weather Events Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 1, 2019The physical forces and environmental stressors that occur during extreme weather events can place facilities at risk for multiple infrastructure...
Nishanth Chemmangattuvalappil on Sustainability Science and Engineering June 12, 2019Hear from this ICOSSE '19 keynote speaker about top sustainability science and engineering trends, and about what to expect from the conference.
Raymond Tan on Sustainability Science & Engineering June 3, 2019Raymond Tan shares his perspective on the greatest environmental challenges and discusses what we can expect from the upcoming ICOSSE conference.
Rui Cruz Invites You to the 2019 Process Development Symposium May 13, 2019Dow's R&D Director for Industrial Solutions shares a preview of the upcoming 2019 Process Development Symposium, where he will deliver the keynote address.
Resolve to Better the Planet April 22, 2019Much like New Year’s, spring is a time many of us resolve to improve.
Trending Styles: Advanced Materials in the Garment Industry February 20, 2019From the development of pigments and dyes, to production scaleup, chemical engineers have lots to contribute to R&D in the garment and textile industries.
Concentrating Solar Power: Solar Energy on Demand Archived Webinar Jun 21, 2017 Can a power plant ever expect to reliably provide solar power on demand—even when it’s nighttime or cloudy? Find out here. Join National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s Craig Turchi...
AIChE & A&WMA Web Forum: OAQPS Update on Multipollutant Science and Policy Considerations Archived Webinar Sep 30, 2015 In the first part of this presentation, (presented by Bryan Hubbell), EPA discusses the current state of multipollutant air quality research with an emphasis on the most policy relevant research...
How Our Communities Collect Waste and Recyclables Archived Webinar Sep 2, 2015 The presentation provides an overview on collecting solid waste (SW) from the curb in front of your home to the point of processing and/or disposal. It includes a brief history of how the industry...
AIChE & A&WMA Web Forum: Practical Applications of LCA in Industry and Product Design Archived Webinar Jun 10, 2014 Life Cycle Assessment is a tool used in the field of industrial ecology to evaluate the environmental impacts of products or processes over their entire life cycle – from raw material extraction,...
Marcellus Shale Gas Wastewater Reuse and Recycle Archived Webinar Oct 3, 2012 This webinar provides background on how water is used for drilling and hydraulic fracturing and includes a review of hydraulic fracturing fluid composition and flowback and produced water quantity...
Green Design, Green Energy, and Sustainability Archived Webinar Jan 25, 2012 This webinar presents a systems analysis perspective that extends the traditional design framework to green design, green energy and industrial ecology leading to sustainability.
Is Your Facility Carbon Capture Ready? Understanding the Basics of Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) Archived Webinar Nov 30, 2011 In this webinar, engineering professionals find out how to implement and deploy Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) projects. Specific areas addressed are project development, operations,...
Fracking: The Hydraulic Fracturing of Shale Archived Webinar Nov 15, 2011 Led by experts from academia, government and industry, this interactive Web Forum presents an overview of the history, the current state of development and a look into the future of natural gas shale...
Resilience and Sustainable Development Archived Webinar Sep 21, 2011 This webinar discusses the challenges of sustainable development, and gives examples of current research on life cycle assessment, industrial ecology, and supply chain resilience.
Sustainable Development in the Process Industries: Cases and Impact -- An Overview of Real-World Examples Archived Webinar Jun 1, 2011 This webinar presents highlights and insights from the recently published book Sustainable Development in the Process Industries: Cases and Impact. It describes case studies and real world examples...
Embedding Sustainability in GlaxoSmithKline's Operations Archived Webinar May 11, 2011 This presentation covers an overview of the Materials Guides with information and EHS ranking on a wide range of solvents and bases and the life cycle impacts associated with solvent manufacture.
BACT for Greenhouse Gases - BACT to the Future Coming to a Facility Near You Archived Webinar Jan 13, 2011 USEPA will begin regulating the emissions of greenhouse gases in Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) permits beginning January 2nd, 2011.
Credentials for Sustainability Professionals Archived Webinar Dec 8, 2010 In order to effect more positive and faster advancements in the sustainability arena, the speaker suggests that the sustainability community must address two fundamental components.
Gaps and Barriers to Carbon Management Technologies: Outcomes of the Founder Societies Technologies for Carbon Management Workshop Archived Webinar Mar 26, 2010 In this webinar, we will summarize the outcomes of the workshop, and elaborate on the path determined for 2010.
An Integrated Waste Management System for a Sustainable Society Archived Webinar Feb 24, 2010 What are the hallmarks of an effective integrated was.te management system? How do we best create one for a sustainable society? This webinar provides an overview of the sustainable attributes of an...
Grand Challenges in Sustainable Biofuels Production Archived Webinar Apr 22, 2009 It is now clear that, for many reasons, corn has serious limitations as feedstock for biofuel production. While cellulosic biomass can potentially provide a sizable fraction of the US liquid fuel...
A Perspective on the World's Energy Challenge Archived Webinar Apr 6, 2009 Modern life depends upon the availability of plentiful energy at reasonable cost. Life styles, industries, agriculture, health care all assume availability of energy on demand. Is this situation...
101-year-old Chemical Engineer Awarded Patent 1 CommentJanuary 24, 2019Chemical engineer is awarded patent for carbon dioxide capture at the age of 101.
Body of Knowledge in Sustainability Overview eLearning (online) CourseTake this online course to understand the concepts and tools that define professional competency in the increasingly important area of sustainability...
Consider Wet Scrubbers for Pollution Control October2018Environmental ManagementGregory D. MacLeod, P.E.Three main types of wet scrubbers are used in the chemical process industries (CPI) to remove contaminants from gas streams. The differences and suggested applications for each are discussed here.
Repackaging the Planet June 14, 2018Current plastic recycling efforts just aren't enough, but new solutions are evolving in response to public awareness and outrage.
Technical Entity Trends: Repackaging the Planet May2018Technical Entity TrendsLucy Lyudmila AlexanderDramatic images of plastic floating in our oceans and stories of its detriment to marine life have drawn the public’s attention to the plastics industry and, especially, plastic packaging — which accounts for 26% of all plastics used by volume. The...
Earth Day 2018 April 22, 2018This year's Earth Day coincides with the opening of AIChE's Spring Meeting and the 14th Global Congress on Global Safety. #AIChESpring #GCPS
CEP: News Update March2018News UpdateVaccine Boosts Immune System Response to Cancer Cancer can be difficult to treat because its highly proliferative cells spread throughout the body, effectively evading the immune system’s surveillance. One opportunity that scientists are pursuing...
Harnessing E. Coli to Manage Carbon Dioxide January 9, 2018Scientists have devised a method that harnesses E. coli to potentially capture, store, or recycle carbon dioxide.