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CEP: Meeting Preview - Spotlight on a Diverse Profession, AIChE Annual Meeting, Nov. 16–21, Atlanta, GA

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Forward-looking perspectives on the always-evolving chemical engineering field will be framed by examinations of the discipline’s fundamentals when AIChE takes its 2014 Annual Meeting to Atlanta, GA.

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CEP: Meeting Preview - Spotlight on a Diverse Profession, AIChE Annual Meeting, Nov. 16–21, Atlanta, GA

Forward-looking perspectives on the always-evolving chemical engineering field will be framed by examinations of the discipline’s fundamentals when AIChE takes its 2014 Annual Meeting to Atlanta, GA.

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