While grab sampling can be a dangerous and hazardous process for both operators and their surrounding environment, too often safety takes a back seat to other day-to-day considerations. If this...
Abstract: Understanding the broad range of anthropogenic sources contributing emissions of reactive gas-phase organic compounds, including volatile organic compounds (VOCs), is becoming increasingly...
Biographical Information: Fabio H. Ribeiro is the R. Norris and Eleanor Shreve Professor of Chemical Engineering at Purdue. He is also the Director of CISTAR (Center for Strategic Transformation of...
Strategy, strategic planning, strategic thinking. For every engineer is important to understand these concepts and how they relate to the desired objectives of the organization. In dictionaries, a...
The hydrogen economy is on fire. Each day brings announcements of new hydrogen projects, ranging from small to gargantuan. And more than $150 billion is in the investment pipeline, according to the...
Engineers are often aware of the inherent flammable and combustible properties of the materials they use, ranging from flammable liquids to combustible dust to ignitable gas. However, they often miss...
Consumer preference toward safer, healthier, greener, and more effective cleaning products demands a new age of surfactants and a new vision for how we envision manufacturing, supply chains, resource...
Nanocellulose is an interesting material with unique properties and chemistry. Cellulose, the structural component of the primary cell wall of green plants, is the most abundant organic material on...
Carbon capture (CCS) has become an important economic, industrial and environmental issue. However, there are technical aspects you may not understand because they typically aren’t covered in...
Liquid crystal elastomers are rubbery solids with liquid crystal mesogens incorporated into their main chains. They display an isotropic to nematic phase transformation accompanied by a large...
In one hour, you’ll learn about key measurement solutions in your batching process that you can implement to hit your quality and production targets while ensuring a safe and reliable operation. In...
Artificial intelligence (AI) started off with great promise in the early 1980s, spurred by the success of the expert system paradigm in certain applications. This prompted a flurry of research...
Presentation Abstract Air pollution controls have led to dramatic improvements in air quality in California’s South Coast Air Basin (which includes Los Angeles). However, in spite of those controls,...
By now we’ve all heard that unconscious bias is part of being human. Although we may believe we’re being objective, we all have unconscious biases. At this meeting, we'll be breaking down the...
Solution-based processing of optoelectronic active layers promises to drive down the manufacturing costs of emerging technologies, such as light-weight, large-area solar panels. While significant...
Nuclear energy has looked about the same for the last 60 years. Now, startups and the innovation arms of larger companies are looking to deploy new kinds of reactors in the 2030 timeframe. What's...
