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Standing Out Is the New Fitting In

This article offers advice for readers to take charge of their careers, make positive changes, and become proactive contributors, rather than place trust in automated processes that tend to squash exceptional behavior. The guidance will attempt to inspire leadership behavior that disrupts the...

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Navigating Oil Price Volatility in the Chemical Industry

The decline in oil prices that began in summer 2014 has rapidly changed the basic economics of the global chemicals industry and generated widespread uncertainty. Price volatility is particularly complex in chemicals because it affects everyone differently. Some have benefited: Makers of...

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Minimizing the Risk of Legionella Contamination in Industrial Cooling Towers

• Outlines key provisions of ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 188-2015, “Legionellosis: Risk Management for Building Water Systems,” a new voluntary standard that may be incorporated into building codes and other legislation

• Explains how chemical processing and other...

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Meet Peter Schwalbenberg – Featured YP for December 2015

December 1, 2015

Douglas Clark

December 1, 2015

Meet this month's featured YP, a process safety engineer and graduate of Rowan University.

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ChE Student Developers Win Mobile App Competition

November 30, 2015

Cory Jensen

December 7, 2015

This year marked the third annual AIChE/CACHE Mobile Device App Competition. Two awards were given: one for the overall best app, and a second for the best app that focuses on safety. Each winning team’s AIChE student chapter will receive an award of $500.

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Texas Is Giving Away Wind Energy

November 29, 2015

Kent Harrington

November 30, 2015

Wind power is now so cheap in Texas that many energy retailers offer special deals that include free electricity at night after demand drops and the turbines are still pumping out electricity.

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Retired Coal Plant Has Second Career as Lithium-ion Grid Storage

November 24, 2015

Kent Harrington

November 25, 2015

Duke Energy replaced its recently retired Beckjord coal-fired plant in New Richmond, Ohio, with a 2-MW lithium-ion grid-storage battery and joined companies like AES Energy Services in the storage-to-frequency regulation market.