Strategies for Addressing ABET Safety Curriculum Requirements Archived Webinar Feb 6, 2013 This webinar discusses the background to ABET safety curriculum requirements as well as strategies that departments have used to address them.
Solutions for a Sustainable Tomorrow Archived Webinar Jan 30, 2013 This presentation focuses on the critical components of a truly sustainable operation . . . safety, environment, energy, capital management, and asset productivity.
Emissions of Mercury and Other Air Toxics: Compliance Strategies for Coal Combustion Archived Webinar Jan 23, 2013 What do you need to know about mercury, HCI, metals and other toxics control? This webinar will address technical and permitting issues from two perspectives: what is required (by Nick Hutson of USEPA) and what strategies could you adopt (by Bob Fraser of ERM).
International Society for Water Solutions, Sustainability Metrics for Energy Systems, and the ICOSSE Label Series Archived Webinar Dec 20, 2012 This last session of the first CSTP webinar series features 3 presentations: Danny Reible’s overview on AIChE’s Society for Water Solutions, Veronika Rabl’s discussion on Sustainability Metrics for Energy Systems, and Beth Belof’s introduction to ICOSSE and the ICOSSE label.
Safety in the LNG Value Chain Archived Webinar Dec 12, 2012 In this webinar, presenters describe and examine potential LNG (liquefied natural gas) hazards and risk-reduction methods for the LNG value chain ― production and consumption.
Critically Thinking About Critical Thinking Archived Webinar Oct 24, 2012 Have you ever examined another person's solution to a problem and found yourself frustrated and asking yourself "What were they thinking?" when you realize that the person's actions actually compounded the problem rather than solving it. In this webinar, the presenters will first define the problem...
Working Across Distances: The Challenge of Global Teams Archived Webinar Oct 17, 2012 Teamwork can be challenging, especially when a project involves people in multiple locations or time zones, and of various cultural backgrounds. This webinar lays the groundwork for practicing effective global teamwork when working across cultures and/or distances.
AIChE YCOSST Activities and an Overview of the Institute for Sustainability (IfS) Archived Webinar Oct 9, 2012 Erin Chan, project manager for IfS, discusses the Youth Council’s involvement in the EPA P3 Program and other activities. Darlene Schuster, executive director for IfS, provides an overview to the Institute for Sustainability.
The Right and the Wrong - Two Process Design Optimization Examples Archived Webinar Oct 4, 2012 James Turner talks about two interesting case histories from his personal experience.
Marcellus Shale Gas Wastewater Reuse and Recycle Archived Webinar Oct 3, 2012 This webinar provides background on how water is used for drilling and hydraulic fracturing and includes a review of hydraulic fracturing fluid composition and flowback and produced water quantity and composition.
From Biochemical Engineering to Synthetic Biology: A Short History of Engineering Impacts on Biotechnology Archived Webinar Sep 27, 2012 This webinar will focus on how biochemical engineering developed in response to the need for large-scale production of antibiotics in the 1940s and 50s, even though fermentation provided a route to many industrial organic chemicals prior to their production from petroleum.
The AIChE Sustainable Engineering Forum (SEF) and the Engineers Forum on Sustainability (EFS) Archived Webinar Sep 24, 2012 Richard Nemec discusses current work and objectives for the Sustainable Engineering Forum. Subhas Sikdar provides an overview of the Engineers Forum on Sustainability.
Failure Mechanisms in Lithium Ion Batteries: Opportunities for Materials Development Archived Webinar Sep 19, 2012 This presentation will focus on the primary failure mechanisms for lithium ion batteries, how those mechanisms are affected by material selection, and vehicle applications for batteries and their future development.
EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule: Lessons Learned Archived Webinar Sep 12, 2012 A lot has changed since the EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule was issued in 2010. Under the rule, thousands of facilities were required to collect and report emissions data – or face potential criminal penalties. Now that the first year of monitoring and reporting greenhouse gas emissions under the...
Center for Energy Initiatives and the Founder Societies Technologies for Carbon Management Archived Webinar Sep 12, 2012 Dale Keairns provides an overview on the Center for Energy Initiatives and the Founder Societies Technologies for Carbon Management project (with ASCE, SPE, TMS, AIST, ASME, IEEE, ASME, AIME, and SME).
Virtual Local Section: Go for the Gold Medal in your Chemical Engineering Career Archived Webinar Aug 23, 2012 As Young Professional, you have already achieved success in completing the most challenging undergraduate program at most universities as you begin your career as chemical engineers. Now you are faced with the challenge of achieving success in a more challenging venue - the real world.