With the recent rapid changes in our global environment, it is no longer sufficient for chemical engineering to produce only mature bulk chemical products and intermediates. Instead, advanced chemical product/process manufacturing is called for to develop innovative, sustainable,...
This column defines resilience as it applies to industry and infrastructure, and explains the importance of resilient design in the face of unforeseen changes.
Responsible Collaboration is a cooperative relationship among regulatory and investigative authorities, labor organizations, communities, research institutions, universities, and industries
In U.S. patent law, the Doctrine of Equivalents allows a patent owner to claim infringement by a product or process that is outside the scope of the patent claims but close enough to be considered an equivalent. To qualify as an equivalent, however, the product or process that is accused of...
Desalination has many benefits as well as flaws. It provides clean water for people, but in the process of converting sea water to drinkable water, produces a toxic brine that is sent back into the ocean where it hurts marine life. Energy is also a concern since desalination uses 15,000...
In this month’s column, Carol Williams talks about her journey at Dow Chemical as she moved from an R&D engineer through various business leader and director roles to the executive vice president of manufacturing and engineering and special advisor to Dow’s chairman and CEO....
