Researchers at the MIT have developed materials that make it possible to print photovoltaic cells on paper or fabric. Much like a document in any office, the paper emerges from a printer, but when exposed to light, it generates enough energy to power an LCD clock display.
Take a look at what CEP magazine has lined up for July. This issue features pilot plants and includes features on mastering baffle tray capacity, reducing piloting time and cost, developing screening cost estimates, and much more.
Just discovered: an alloy that converts heat directly into electricity, and which might have a wide-ranging impact on generating eco-friendly electricity from waste heat.
Feeds from Mission Control and from the Atlantis are now being streamed with audio of engineers and astronauts.
Most engineers I knew in my MBA program went into finance. It’s not too surprising: you need to be analytical and highly skilled in Excel. Our academic cousins in Physics were applying differential equations at Long Term Capital Management (the case study for “math gone wrong”) and prior to the housing crisis Wall Street was even hiring engineers without their MBAs (article). But there is a difference between finance for the Street and the finance used to drive operations. We’ll focus on the latter and how it ties into our fundamental building block for ChE: The Material & Energy Balance.
