AIChE president David A. Rosenthal opened this year's events in Houston with a warm welcome to conference-goers and then turned the podium over to this year's keynote speaker, Michael Dolan, senior vice president of ExxonMobil. The joint session launched events here in Houston with a packed auditorium and record crowd.
ChEnected caught up with Joe Powell, chief scientist, chemical engineering at Shell Global Solutions US Inc., to discuss chemical engineers' future challenges in the area of fuels and petrochemicals.
This evening in Houston the 2012 AIChE Spring Meeting kicked off with an opening reception. Check out our photos!
Jay Keasling and researchers with the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) have developed a new technique that boosts microbial production of renewable biodiesel fuel as much as threefold. They call this new technique a dynamic sensor-regulator system or (DSRS).
What makes erbium so important for websites like YouTube and ChEnected? The professor goggles up to explore this silvery white element and its applications as he continues his journey through the periodic table.
Check out some of the sessions and events sponsored by the Young Professionals Advisory Board that may be of interest to young professionals attending the 2012 Spring Meeting in Houston.
Two researchers, John Seinfeld, PhD, and Kirk R. Smith, MPH, PhD, whose groundbreaking work revealed the dangers of air pollution, have been awarded the 2012 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement. They will also share the prize's $200,000 award.
Have you ever considered working or studying abroad? Read about one PhD student's experience in Munich, Germany.
